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Summary of Agenda Item
page 2
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Relationship to:
506.119 a14 506429
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Oregon administraijve rule -
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1ircTh 05-067
Options available tà Commission:
See Staff Rcport.
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Option recommended:
See Attached.
Draft motion:
Part I.
part:,
ud
xx
inercia1 Bay
ab - I nve to niTLtain status qj.iO.
rierciaj ocean
ab - i nve to adopt option 4 (statue qjio)
issue 2 aed option 2 lmder issue 4 of the staff recaueation.
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Option
reeoum€nded:
Optlol recommended:______________________________________________
Part
f.
Part I.
Commercial 8ay
Bay Crab
Crab
Connercial
Part II.
fI.
Part
Commercial
Crab
Coumercial Ocean Crab
Status
Status Quo
Quo
Option 4 Issue
22
Option
Issue
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Status
Status Quo
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Option 22 ISsue
Option
4
fssue 4.
for
date for
Adopt
August 14,
14, 1991,
1991, ast
as eligibility
eligibility date
Adopt Augnrst
one
shou)-d one
parlicipition
fishery,
participation
in
fishery,
should
linited
in a license
license limited
that
Inform
oldners that
vessel owners
Inform vessel
be
Le developed
developed in
in the
the future.
future"
lLcenee
entrryr license
linlted
they
may not
not be
be quallf
qualified
for a limited
entry
ied for".a,"
ttrey' nay
or
fishery
if they
they had
had not
not participated
participated in
the fishery
on or
in the
lf
-before
that date.
Jcefore that
date.
S
I
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I
Irvt
DUNGENESS
DT'NGENESS CRAB FISHERY
FISSERY
License
L
i c e n s e Limitation
Linitation
635-05-040
635-05-o4o
measure
In
measure
f n the
t h e event
e v e n t that
t h a t a license
l i c e n s e limitation
limitation
b y the
adopted
d o p t e d by
t h e Commission,
C o m m i s s i o n , AucTust
1 4 . 1991
1991
iis
s a
A u q u s t 14,
be
b e used
u s e d as
as
sshall
hall
participation
crab
d a t e for
D u n c r e n e s s crab
the
date
in
t h e eligibility
elicribilitv
f o r participation
i n the
t h e Dungeness
fisherv.
fishery.
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I
.
m092710t
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092710t
II:I,;,,,,, NOTICE OF
PROPOSEDRULEMAKING
RULEMAKING HEARING
oF PROPOSED
HEARING
U(ev.1O/1187)
(Statementof
(Statement
Needand
Impact must
of Need
and Fiscal
Fiscal Impact
must accompany
accompanythis
this form.)
form.)
Oregon
Oregon Department
Oegartertt'
of
of Fish
ard Wildlife
Wildlife
Fistr ar1
AGENCY:
AGENCY:
(l)qu1&nt)
(l)q,a,tmcnL)
(Division)
{Divirionl
The
notice of hearing.
gives notice
hearing.
The above
abovenamed
namedagency gives
"g.n.y
HEARINGS TO BE HELD:
HEARINGS
HELD:
Time:
Date:
Date:
Oct.
Oct. 16,
L6, 1991
1991
:trltsA
*TB
Location:
Location:
OreEon Department
Oregon
of
of Fish
Wildlife
Fish ar
ard Wildlife
@affi,
'
Camission Roan
missiqr
nocn
gt First
2501 SW
Avenue
First Arrenue
Portlar1, OR
OR 97201
FetJard,
972OL
*An
Anagerrla
ageria wilt
wifl be
be available
days pnior
prior to
arrailable 10
10 dalns
to the
tlre meetir
reetirg
Hearings
Officer(s):
HearingsOfficer(s):
arx
is available by writirg or callir the address below.
506.119
506.129
ard 505.129
506.1it9 aixl
Pursuant
_______________________________________________________or
Pursuantto
authorityofofORS
tothe
thestatutory
statutoryauthority
ORS
Chaptef(s)
Chaptei(s)
,
House Bill(s)
or Senate
House
Bill(s) ____________________________or
SenateBill(s)
Bill(s)
Oregon Laws
Oregon
Laws 19
19, 19
19-
or
or
Legislature
Legislature
proposed:
the
the following
followingaction
actionis
is proposed:
ADOPT:
ADOPT:
AMEND:
AMEND:
-
thapter
Chaprter 635,
535, Division
Divi-sion 05
O5
REPEAL:
REPEAL:
-
Notice Given; Hearing
Prior Notice
Hearing Requested
by Interested
Interested Persons
Requestedby
Persons
.a
Prior
r i o r Notice
N o t i c e Given
fl
D -xN0
Given
No P
SUMMARY:
Amd
Amerd rules
the
nrJ-es regulating
tlre cararercial
regulatjry
cccmrercial Lirigeness
D:ngeness crab
aab fishery
fis,heql including
ilcltd'inq
qporl. arKi
rEa.sures to
prevent gear
measures
gear
to resolve
resolrre sport
ard cannrcial
ccrmnercial bay
bay crab
cr=b issues,
issues, prevent
conflicts
witlt other
quralifyirg
conflicts
with
ard
oEher fisheries,
date
fj.strcries,
ard designation
designatj-on of
of a qualifying
date for
for
q/sf-m.
a license
system.
license limitation
linitation
Interested
persons
rnay
porposed
Written
received
Interested
persons
may comment
comment on
on the
rules
Written
comments
received
by
in writing
writingat
atthe
hearing.
comments
by
theporposed
rulesorally
or in
thehearing.
orallyor
Oct . 14,
Oct.
].4, 1991
1991
the
will
also be
be considered.
considered. Writlen
Written commenfs
comments should
will also
be sent
senlto
lo and
andcopies
copiesof the
shouldbe
proposed
rulemaking
maybe
proposed rulemaking
may
be obtained
obtained from:
from:
Signature
Signalure
AGENCY:
AGENCY:
ADDRESS:
ADDRESS:
of Fish
Oregon Department
Wildlife
Oeear*rent of
Fish arxl
ard WildJ-ife
ATTN:
PHONE:
PHONE:
Kay
I(ay Brown
kcnrn
(503) 229-54OO
(503)
2295400 ext
e)<t.354
35/i
P.O. Box
Box 59
59
Portlard,
Oregon 97207
97207
Portlard,
Oregon
// Da{e
,
BEFORE
lMISSION
BEORE ThE
TiIE FISH
ETSI AND
WILDUTFE @MvTSSION
AI{D WILDLIFE
OFIBE
OF TI{E
SUTE
S|'INTEOF
OF OREXON
ORreON
In
the natter
matter of
In the
of the
tbe anri1n.nt
amerdrent of
of
rules
relatingtototletheccmrercial
cQmrcial
nrles relatirq
Ixingeness
crab fi.sherlrr
fishery
D.rgeness o:ab
1.
1.
STMUIORY
STAiThET oF
OF
sIF[n
roRg AUfliORTr,
NtrIlORfIY, sglEMEllT
)
))
))
)
NEED,
PELTED
Rtr;tED
mCUMENTS
NEED,PRINCIPAL
PRIIGPAL DOCUMENTS
I{ISGL IMPACT
I}lPACf
UP3,
S]TENP OFOF
FtSC1L
UPON, AND
A}{D SIFIIEME\II
Citation of
Citation
of statutory
stabrtcry authority:
authority:
OPS
506.119
OR.S
506.119 ar
ard 506.129.
The
rules are
are reeded
neededtotoadcpt
adoptccmencial
cnnrcial cx.ab
crab
Need
ttre rules:
2.
2.
I.Ieedfor
fe the
nrles:
The nr].es
rulations
ar
!*ridr are
hrith neighboring
states, resolve
resol've sport
regulations which
areconsistent
consisterrt with
nei$rboriry states,
ryoe{, ard
otlter
wittt other
tlre aimunt
am.rrt of
of ocean
ocean conflict
conflictr with
cannrcial
bay
rercia]
baycrab
orab issues,
ard reduce
redtrce the
issrres, arxl
fhe
s/ste!n. The
announce a qual.i.fyiJq
qualifying date for
fisheries
for aa license
license limitation
U.nitation system.
fistreries ar
ard anncnnrce
share
in
to
to
share
in
rules
are
interxled
to
assure
all
fishernn
have
fair
opportunity
bave
a
fair
cfpqtmity
rrrles
irrterrled to assr.re all fishren
enforce
rulations
designed
to
to
designed
to
the
harvest ard
enhance ttre
the statets
state's abilitlr
ability to enforrce regulations
the hawest
ard entrance
protect
rescr.rce.
trn'oEect'the resource.
3.
3.
bocrurelrrts;-ni@
aiii
*diltr-es -iEied'Wori
prepar.ed for
hearirg.
Ccnunission hearing.
Staff
Staff report
reeoL+ prepared
for October
Octoben 16,
15, 1991,
1991, Cczmmission
nnt:
rent:
of
blic inspection
at
of
at the
the DepartnEnt
The above
for
available
irryect:-on
abcve report
retrnrt is
is available
for p:blic
@affi,
Fish
aixiWildlife,
Wildlife,2501
2501
Avenue,
Portlard,
Oron,dtrirg
duringregular
rular
Oreglon,
Fish ard
SWSW
lst 1st
Avenue,
Pdlard,
b.isiness
hours, 8:00
8:00a.m.
a.m. toto 4:30
4:30 p.n.,
p.m., I'Iorday
Noray through
tlrqrgf,t Friday.
Fliday.
hrsirpss hcurs,
4.
4.
Dated:
hted:
Fiscal
econcanic furpacf:
impact:
ard econcnric
f'i-scal. aixi
See
See attached.
attached.
September
Setrrtarber 11, 1991
1991
"
//
I^lP
Pardy Fisher
isk
Director
Direc{cr
^
I
I
o
o
0ctober 16,
Economic
Statement for
EconomicImpact
Impact Statement
the October
16, 199]
1991Hearing
Hearing
for the
on the Amendment
on
Amendment
of Rules
Rules Relating to
Management of
of the Commercial
Crab
the l'lanagement
Conrnerci
al Dungeness
Dungeness
Crab Fishery
Fi shery
proposed
Fiscal
rules
F j s c a l and
a n deconomic
e c o n o m iimpact:
ci m p a c t : The
r u l e s will
w i l l affect
s t a t e agencies,
T h e proposed
a f f e c t state
agencies,
g o v e r n m e nand
p u b f i c , respectively,
units
u n j t s of
o f local
l o c a l government
atn dthe
t h e public,
r e s p e c t i v e l y ,as
a s discussed
d i s c u s s e below.
db e l o w .
'i ncluderules
p r o p o se damendments
The
T h e proposed
a me n d me nmay
ts yinclude
ma
r ules to:
to:
(1)
(1)
Resolve
R e s o l v esport
s p o r t and
a n d commercial
c o m m e r c i abay
bl a ycrab
c r a b allocation
a l l o c a t i o n issues.
issues.
((2)
2 ) Reduce
g
e
a
r
w i t h other
gear conflicts
Reduce
c o n f l i c t s with
o t h e r ocean
o c e a nfisheries.
fisheries.
par t of the season
(3 ) A
(3)
Adjust
the
timing
of the latter
d j u st th
e ti
m ing of
latter part
seasondue
due to
to
concerns
over
soft
co
n ce rn so
ve r so
ft shells and
and consistency.
consistency.
q u a li f y i n g date.
( 4 ) Establish
(4)
i c e n s e limitation
l ' i m i t a t i o n qualifying
date.
E s t a bils h a Ilicense
a.
which
a . State
S t a t e agencies
a g e n c i e sw
h i c h ccould
o u l d be
b e affected
a f f e c t e d by
b y rules
r u l e s rrelating
e l a t i n g to
t o crab
crab
(0DFlil)
management
of
of Fish
andWildlife
tlildlife (ODFW)
m a n a g e meregulations
re
n t g u l a ti o n s are
a re the
th e Oregon
0r egonDepartment
Depar tment
Fish and
( O S P ) . However,
and
a
n d tthe
0 r e g o nState
n, o significant
s i g n i f i c a n t changes
c h a n g e sfrom
f r o m the
the
h e Oregon
S t a t e Police
P o l i c e (OSP).
H o w e v e rno
off tthese
orr e
expenditures
are
expected
ass a
x p e c t e da
ccurrent
u r r e n t llevels
evels o
h e s e aagencies'
g e n c i e s ' operations
o p e r a t i o n so
x p e n d i t u r e sa
re e
p a r t i c u l a r rules.
Establishment
rresult
e s u l t of
ot f aa license
l i c e n s e limitation
limitation
o f these
t h e s eparticular
rules. E
s t a b l i s h m e nof
system
costs.
T her e
s y s t e min
i n the
th e commercial
co mme rci acrab
l b fishery
fisher y could
could increase
incr easemanagement
management
costs. There
cra
q
u
a
l
i
f
y
w h i c h could
c o u l d qualify for
f o r aa limited
limited
would
w o u l dbe
b e additional
o identify
v e s s e l swhich
a d d i t i o n a l cost
c o s t tto
i d e n t ' i f y vessels
ermit, a
t o a llesser
o r iissuing
ssuing a
icenseso
license
orr p
permit,
and
annual
orr
license o
n d ((to
e s s e r eextent)
x t e n t ) ffor
n n u a l llicenses
permits to
qualifiedvessels.
vessl FloweveT,th-e propo-sedt"lTerdo-not-este ish
permits
to qua'lified
o f aa
such
will
b e limited
l i m i t e d to
t o the
t h e designation
d e s i g n a t i o nof
s u c h aa system.
s y s t e m . Any
A n y amendments
a m e n d m e nw
t si l l be
a r t i c i p a t e d in
i n tthe
h e ccrab
rab
deadline
date
which
must
have
participated
e s s e l sm
u s th
a v ep
d
e a d l i n ed
a t e by
by w
h i c h iindividual
n d i v ' i d u a l vvessels
e r m i t tthat
u a l i f y ffor
hat m
a ybe
be
fishery
qualify
orr p
permit
may
i m i t e d llicense
icense o
f i s h e r y i in
n order
o r d e r tto
o q
o r a llimited
established
e s t a b l i s h e din
t h e future.
i n the
future.
tOWVthe
o v e r n m e nw
t h i c h ccould
Units
off llocal
which
bee a
affected
byy tthese
ffected b
hese
b.
b. U
o c a l ggovernment
ould b
nits o
'
i
n
c
l
u
d
e
g
o
v
e
r
n
m
e
n
t
s
.
p
o
r
t
Port
c
o
u
n
t
y
P
o
r t authorities
authorities
regulations
include
port
authorities
and
county
governments.
regulatjons
authorities and
the
-and--eunt-ygov-ernment-sma-y-der-ive--revenues--and
-experi ence costs
costs related
rel ated to
to the
and-eountagov€rnments-+rapderive
revenues,and-experience
p r o v i s ' i o nof
a s aa
c h a n g e sare
a r e expected
e x p e c t e das
provision
o f moorage.
m o o r a g e .However,
H o w e v e rno
n, o significant
s i g n i f i c a n t changes
result
r e s u l t of
o f these
rules.
t h e s erules.
cc..
p u b l i c is
The
b y these
t h e s erules:
rules:
T
h e public
i s affected
a f f e c t e d by
(1 ) An
and
of the economic
impactsof
of commercial
comm er cialand
A n analysis
a n a l ysi s of
econom icimpacts
(1)
esentedin
epor t on
l s ea
crabbing
presented
staff rreport
on the A
Alsea
in a rrecent
ecent staff
b a y cra
s pr
rrecreational
e c r e a t i o n a l bay
b b 'i n giis
Bay
several
w h j c hare
s u m m a n i zin
ei nd the
t h e next
n e x t several
f i s h e r i e s , the
t h e results
r e s u l t s of
o f which
a r e summarized
B a y ccrab
r a b fisheries,
paragraphs.
paragraphs.
per bay
per sonalincome
baycrab
c r ab
incom eper
Alsea
commercial
fishery,
the average
aver agepersonal
IIn
n tthe
h e Al
se a Bay
B a y co
mme rci afi
l sher y, the
'
i
s
caught
c a u g h tis::
.
Area
A re a
1989
1989
Coastal
C
oastal
State
S
ta te level
I e ve l
3.56
$ 3.56
4.75
$ 4.75
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
Coastal
C o a sta 'l
State
S ta te level
I e ve l
3.74
$
$ 3.74
5.01
$
$ 5.01
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
1990
1990
Personal
P e rso n a lincome
i ncome
p
e r pound
p o und
per
pounds
Average
Aver agepounds
per crab
per
cr ab
Year
Ye a r
Personal
Per sonalincome
i nc om e
per
per crab
cr ab
7.12
.r2
$ 7
9.50
$ 9.50
$
$
7.58
.58
$ 7
10.02
$
$ 10.02
$
,
is
On
on average,
aver age,is
e a ch Alsea
Alsea Bay
Baysport
spor t crabber,
cr abber , on
0 n the
t h e recreational
r e cre a ti o n a l side,
si d e , each
per
per
sonal
The
average
personal
income
impacts
per
impacts
income
accompanied
by
0.16
noncrabbers.
b
y
0
.1
6
n
o
n
cra
b
b
er
s.
The
aver
age
accompanied
recreational
crabber
day
are:
d
a
y
a
re
:
r e c r e a t j on a l cra b b e r
.
o
p e r recreational
p e r s o n a lincome
day.
c r a b b e rday.
c o a s t a l personal
i n c o m eper
r e c r e a t i o n a lcrabber
1 3 . 1 4 coastal
$ 13.14
per recreational
e rso n a l income
abber day
state
personal
crabber
day
r ecr eational cr
te p
incom eper
23 .3 4 sta
$
S 23.34
per day.
per angler
day .
cr abs per
The
angler day
day is
i s 2.2 crabs
ca tch rate
r ate per
a v e r ag erecreational
re cre a ti o n a l catch
T
h e average
p e r recreationally
p e r s o n a lincome
c r a b 'is:
is:
c a u g h tcrab
Thus,
i m p a c tper
r e c r e a t i o n a l l y caught
t h e average
i n c o m eimpact
a v e r a g epersonal
T
h u s , the
Area
Area
Coastal
C
oastal
State
l e ve l
St a t e level
Personal
Personalincome
income
per crabber
per
day
crabberday
Average catch
catch
Average
per day
per
day
13.14
$
$ 13.14
23.34
$
$ 23.34
2.2
2
.2
2.2
2.2
Personal
income
i ncome
Persona'l
per crab
per
crab
5.97
5
.97
10.61
$ 10.61
$
$
p r e c i s e that
should
that w
Neither
wee should
s o precise
e s t i m a t e sare
a r e so
ol r recreational
r e c r e a t j o n a l estimates
t h e commercial
c o m m e r c i aor
N e i t h e r the
p
e
r
differ
ent
for
conclude
per
crab
impacts
are_significantly
different
for
ar
e
significantly
th e average
a ve
ra
g
e
cr
ab
impacts
th a t the
c o n c l u d ethat
-the permnaT
tsasffctatnthan
averageaveraqe
assocrTed-with' an
incometrn
inmaefs
Dersenal Thorn
eithei fishery. So.
pr
obablv
abouleq@
L
commercially
or
recreationally
caught
bay
crab
are
Drobablv
about
equal
bay
cr
ab
ar
e
o
r
re
cre
a
ti
o
n
a
l
l
y
cauqht
c o m m e r ci a l l y
on aa
The
economic
effects
off a
one fishery
to another
another depend
depend on
fr om one
fisher y to
ffe cts o
a reallocation
re a llocation from
c o n o mi ce
T
he e
'
im
por
tant
points
the overall
over all
is that
that the
On eof
o f the
th e most
mostimportant points is
number
fa cto rs. One
n u m b e of
ro f factors.
jndicator o
the
economic
t a k e n as
as a
ann indicator
off the
n o t be
b e taken
t h e fisheries
s h o u l djj.
a g n i t u d eof
o f the
f j s h e r i e s should
economim
cmagnitude
marginal
reallocation.
e c o n o m ieffects
ce f f e c t s of
o f reallocation.
n a r q i n a l economic
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f i s h e r y translates
trans'lates
activity
o n efishery
w i t h the
r e d u c t i o n sin
i n one
a s s o c i a t e dwith
t h e catch
c a t c h reductions
a
c t i v i t y associated
t h e fishery
fishery
i t h the
a s s o c i a t e dw
directly
with
e c o n o m i activity
ca c t i v i t y associated
i n t o an
a n increase
i n c r e a s ein
i n economic
d i r e c t l y into
per-sona1
a v e r a g epersonal
u s i n g the
t h e average
0 n this
t h i s basis,
b a s i s , using
i n c r e a s e dallocation.
a l l o c a t i o n . On
t h e increased
rreceiving
e c e ' i v i n gthe
j n c o m eimpact
p e r crab
p r o v i d e sno
f o r shiftin
shiftingi
r e a s o n sfor
income
n o convincing
c o n v i n c i n greasons
c r a b caught
c a u g h tprovides
i m p a c tper
obably other bays)
( and pr
c aus e
between
crabb fisheries
in Alsea
Alsea Bay
Bay (and
probably
bays),, be
because
fi sh e ri e s in
e tw e e ncra
ccatch
atch b
per
cr
ab
and
comm
er
cial
average
are
essentially
equal per spor
sportt and commercial crab
re e
sse ntially equal
v e r ag eimpacts
i mp a ctsa
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he a
harvested.
harvested.
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he p
ffects o
a r q i n a le
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most
would
marginal
effects
off tthe
policy
o u l d be
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a p p r o p r i a t eanalysis
g e t for
o u ask
q u e s t i o n ,"What
for
w j l l we
w e get
marginal
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t h e question,
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a s k the
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w e give
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this question
what
w
h a t we
u p ? " The
p o l i c y also
proposed
a l s o will
will
The
policy
o f the
t h e proposed
aggregate
values. T
h e effect
e f f e c t of
o r average
a v e r a g evalues.
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g g r e g a t eor
p e o p lerespond
to the
the change.
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ypical'ly d
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bay
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ot her bay
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by extension
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recreational
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i m p a c t s . Unfortunately,
ccur
ct'ivity w
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r a b b i n ga
whether
activity
would
occur
a n increase
s u c h an
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i n recreational
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o r not
n o t such
w h e t h e ror
t h a t recreational
recreational
a n be
b e argued
a r g u e dthat
fli s h e r y were
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if
w e r eclosed.
c l o s e d . It
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i f tthe
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ositively
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ishery w
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other
aspects
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ther a
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ates o
ccatch
a t c h rrates
a n g l e r sto
to
a d d i t j o n a l anglers
affected
additional
e x t e n t necessary
enough
t h e extent
n e c e s s a r to
yt o attract
a t t r a c t enough
t o the
a f f e c t e d to
p e rsonalincome
offset
closure.
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can be
o f f s e t the
t h e reduction
re d u cti o n in
fr omaa commercial
be
i n personal
incom efrom
com m er cial
closur e. It
a
lso b
also
bee a
argued
that
off the comm
commercial
will have
have such
such a
rg u e dth
a t removal
re mo va lo
er cialharvesters
har vester swill
p o s ' i t i v e psychological
p sych o 'l o g i caeffect
l ffe ct on
positive
e
on sport
spor t crabbers
cr abber sthat
that increased
incr easedrecreational
r ecr eational
activity
will
than
make
up
for
the
reduction
in
commercial
a
ctivity w
i l l more
m o r et h a n m a k eu p f o r t h e r e d u c t i o n i n c o m m e r c i aactivity.
al c t i v i t y .
e a r 1989
p o u n d sof
In
I n ccalendar
a l e n d a ryyear
l 9 B 9 over
o v e r 11.6
1 1 . 6 million
m i l l i o n pounds
o f ocean
ocean
pr ice of $1.16
caught
c a u g h t crab
w e re landed
c r a b were
l a n d e din
i n Oregon
0 regonand
and had
had an
an average
aver ageex-vessel
ex- vessel price
$1.16
p e r pound.
p o u n d . For
p o u n d were
sw e r elanded
per
F o r 1990,
1 9 9 0 ,nearly
n e a r l y 9.5
9 . 5 million
m i l l i o n pounds
l a n d e dat
a t an
a n ex-vessel
ex-vessel
p r i c e of
p e r pound.
p o u n d . These
per unit
price
o f $1.53
T h esenumbers
number reflect
sr eflect the
the per
unit effect
effect on
on
$ 1 .5 3per
h
harvest
a r v e s t llevel
which
would be
decreases
e ve .l revenues
re ve n u e sw
h i ch would
be associated
associatedwith increases
incr easesor decr
eas es
in
i n ocean
o c e a ncrab
c r a b harvests.
harvests.
(2)
(2)
p e r s o n a lincome
' i n c o m(direct,
(ed i r e c t , indirect
T h e estimated
The
e s t i m a t e dimpact
' i m p a con
ot n state
l e v e ' l total
t o t a l personal
indirect
s t a t e level
p
e
r
p
o
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n
d
pr
ocessed
a n d induced)
and
Oregon
i n d u ce d )per pound of
o f ocean
o ce ancaught
caught crab
cr ab harvested
har vestedand
in O
r egon
and processed in
p r e f i m i n a r yestimate
personal
w a sabout
was
a b o u t$3.07
i n 1989.
1 9 8 9 . AA preliminary
e s t i m a t eof
o f the
t h e 1990
1 9 9 0total
t o t a l personal
$ 3 . 0 7in
p e r pound
p o u n dis
per pound.
pound. These
i n c o m eimpact
income
i mp a ct per
Theseestimates
r epres entaa
i s about
a b out$3.70
estim atesrepresent
$3.70per
p e r unit
per sonal income
reasonable
which
r e a s o n a bl erange
o f per
total personal
hj c h
ra n g e of
u n i t effect
effect on
on state level total
incomew
w o u l dbe
b e associated
w i t h increases
would
a s s o c i a t e dwith
i n c r e a s e sor
o r decreases
d e c r e a s ein
si n ocean
o c e a ncrab
c r a bharvests.
harvests.
p laced on
g ear
A n y additional
Any
a d d i ti o n a l restrictions
re stri cti o n s placed
on season
seasonlength,
length, area
ar ea or
or amount
amountof gear
l a t e in
late
on harvest
i n tthe
h e season
se a so ncould
b e expected
e xpectedto have
have some
somenegative
negative impact
impact on
har v es t
co u l d be
p e rso n a 'lincome
r e v e n u e sand
revenues
weree not
a n d personal
i n co meto
- the
the extent
extent that catches
catcheswer
cofreSpondinglyhigher
Fmthe-JaSt
correspondingly
in
the
higher in the openrinQ--partlof-thtr-next-seas6n.-'
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e
a
r
s
p
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r
t
i
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t h r e e years aa relatively
h a s been
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three
made
r e l a t i v e l y ' llow
o w proportion of
o f the
t h e ocean
o c e a ncrab
c r a b catch
c a t c h has
b e e nm
p o s i t i v e effects
in
i n JJuly
u l y and
a n dAugust.
A u g u s t . There
T h e r emay
m a ybe
b e some
s o m epositive
e f f e c t s on
o n the
t h e other
o t h e r fisheries
fisherjes
((troll
t r o 1 l ssalmon
and
w h i c hhave
a l m o na
n d inshore
i n s h o r e trawling
t r a w l i n g for
f o r flatfish)
f l a t f j s h ) which
h a v eexperienced
e x p e r i e n c ethe
dt h e
g e a r . It
p o s s i b l e to
q u a n t i t a t i v e l y what
conflicts
w i t h crab
what
not
c o n f l i c t s with
c r a b gear.
I t is
is n
o t possible
t o specify
s p e c i f y quantitatively
o s i t i v e or
positive
would
tthe
he p
o r negative
n e g a t i v eeffects
o n revenues
r e v e n u e or
so r income
income
w o u i dbe,
b e , however.
however.
e f f e c t s on
((3)
3)
Because
there
Because
t h e r e are
a r e already
a l r e a d ymore
m o r ethan
t h a n enough
e n o u g hharvesters
h a r v e s t e r sto
to
fu-1-l-y---e-xploi-t--the--harvest-able
ocean
a
f u l l y e x p l o i t t h e h a p v e s t a b i es u r p i surpluses
u s e so f o of
cea
nc r acrab,
b , t h ethe
e sestablishment
t a b l i s h m e notoff a
q u a l i f y i n g date
license
to
l ' i c e n s elimitation
l i m i t a t i o n qualifying
d a t e would
w o u l dnot
b e expected
t o have
h a v ean
e f f e c t on
on
n o t be
expected
a neffect
p e r s o n aincome.
li n c o m e .
off catch
tthe
h e llevel
evel o
a s s o c i a t e dharvest-level
h a r v e s t - l e v e lrevenues
r e v e n u e or
so r personal
c a t c h or
o r associated
Designation
D
e s i g n a t i o nof
e f f e c t of
new
o f such
s u c haa date
d a t e could
c o u l dhave
h a v ethe
t h eeffect
o f discouraging
d i s c o u r a g i npotential,
gp o t e n t i a ] new
p
e
r
s
p
e
c
t
i
v
e
bf
entrants
e n t r a n t s to
t o the
T h j s is
n o t bad
b a d either
e i t h e r from
f r o m the
t h e perspective of
t h e crab
c r a b fleet.
f l e e t . This
i s not
existing
orr in
off e
economic
efficiency,
but
might
tthe
he e
fficiency, b
u t it
it m
i g h t rreduce
educe
x i s t i n g ffleet
leet o
i n tterms
ermso
c o n o m i ce
p u r c h a s e so
g e a r . The
potential
g e a r from
purchases
off gear
t h o s e businesses
b u s i n e s s ewho
sw h osell
s e l l crab
c r a bgear.
T h epotential
f r o m those
' is not
q u a n t fi i a b le .
magnitude
m a g nt u
i d e of
o f this
t h i s impact
i m p a c tis
n o t quantifiable.
Although
management
bee v
viewed
i e w e da
ass
A
l t h o u g htthe
h e rrules
u l e s relating
r e l a t i n g tto
o crab
c r a b season
s e a s o nm
a n a g e m eccan
nat n b
p o t e n t i a i l y rrestricting
p r o c e s s i n go
potentially
opportunities
p p o r t u n i t i e s in
i n tthe
h e sshort
hort
e s t r i c t i n g harvesting
h a r v e s t i n gand
a n d processing
o m
run,
off seasons
maintain
r u n , cconservation
o n s e r v a t i o nthrough
t h r o u g hthe
t h e use
i s intended
i n t e n d e dtto
a i n t a i n tthe
he
use o
s e a s o n sis
j n the
q u a l i t y and
proposed
q u a n t i t y of
p r o d u c tlanded
l o n g run.
r u n . The
T h eproposed
quality
a n d quantity
o f the
t h e product
l a n d e din
t h e long
j
n
t
e
n
d
e
d
p
regulations
intended
to
strike
a
balance
which
will
sustain
present
and
r e g u l a t i o n s are
w
h
j
c
h
w
i
l
l
nd
are
to stri.ke balance
s u s t a i n r e s e n ta
future
while
maintaining
equity
benefits, w
f i s h e r y and
a n d reasonable
r e a s o n a b l ee
quity
f u t u r e benefits,
hile m
a j n t a i n i n gan
a n orderly
o r d e r l y fishery
among
existing
a
mong
e
x i s t i n g harvesters.
harvesters.
All
A l l business
b u s ' i n e saffected
sa f f e c t e dby
t h e s erules
b e l j e v e dto
t o beb e'tsmall
business."
b y these
r u 1 e sare
a r ebelieved
" s m a l l business."
.
STAFF
REPORTON
STAFF REPORT
AND
ON RECREATIONAL
RECREATIONAL
ANDCOMMERCIAL
COMMERCIAL
D(JNGENESS
CRAB
D U N G E N E S SC
FISHERIES
R A B FISHERIES
Dungeness
Dungeness crab
crab issues
issues for the Oregon
Oregon Fish
Fish and
meeting
WildlifeCommission
meetinghave
and Wildlife
Commission
have
beenseparated
been
separated into
into two parts.
parts. Part
and
bay
withrecreational
recreational
Part11deals
dealswith
andcommercial
commercial
baycrab
crab
fisheries.
Increased
hasresulted
recreational
fisheries.
Increased
effort
has
ininrecreational
users
effortininboth
fisheries
resulted
bothfisheries
users
expressingconcerns
expressing
concerns about
about commercial
commercial use
use of
of crab
crab in the
the bays.
bays. Staff
analysisof
of the
the
Staffanalysis
fisheriesindicates
two
indicatesno significant
two fisheries
gains can
can be
be achieved
by re-allocating
re-allocating
significanteconomic
economicgains
achievedby
great
available
resource,
available crab
crab resource, and no biological
biological concerns.
concerns. The
Thegreat majority
majorityof
of bay
baycrab
crab
catchis still
stilltaken
recreationalusers.
catch
taken by recreational
users. Staff
foundthat
lackof
Stafffound
thatlack
recreationalcrabber
crabber
of recreational
poortechnique
successwas
oftendue
success
was often
due to poor
technique and
lackof
knowledgeof crab
and a lack
of knowledge
crabbehavior.
behavior.
Reducedbudgets
Reduced
budgets and staff
staff may
limit future
future efforts
shellfish
may limit
effortsat
at studying
studyingrecreational
recreational
shellfish
fisheriesand
groupconflicts.
fisheries
and resolving
resolvinguser
Because of these
these findings
usergroup
findingsand
conflicls. Because
andthe
the
likelihood
reducedbudget,
materialson
likelihood of a reduced
updating
materials
budget,staff
staffrecommends
recommends
updatingeducational
educational
on
quoon
crabbingmethods
methodsfor public
crabbing
public distribution,
distribution, maintaining
status
bay
maintaining
statusquo
on commercial
commercial
bay
periodicbasis
management,
crabmanagement,
crab
and the
the continuation
of
on
and
discussions
basisto
to
continuation
of townhall
townhalldiscussions
on aa periodic
provide
pro'G'ideuser
usergroups
groupsan
anopportunity
opportunity to
to resolve
resolve conflicts.
conflicts.
Parl2
progressmade
Part
2 deals
deals with
with ocean
ocean crab
crab fisheries
madeto
PacificStates
fisheriesand
to date
on the
thePacific
States
and progress
dateon
Marine
Marine Fisheries
Fisheries Commission
Commission (PSMF€)-spon-soredTri-Sfafe Dungeness-$;s[
Committee formed
formed to
to resolve
resolve Washington,
Washington, Oregon,
Oregon, and
regional
issues.
Committee
issues.
and California
California
regional
process,it is
Although,
Although, the Tri-State
Tn-State Committee
Committee has
has not
not completed
completed it's
it's process,
is far
far enough
enough
along for
for the
the Staff
Staff to make
two of the
the four
along
makerecommendations
fourissues
identifiedby
recommendations
on two
issuesidentified
by the
the
potential
gear
To
Committee.
To
reduce
potential
handling
mortality
and
gear
conflicts
between
Committee. reduce
handlingmortalityand
conflictsbetween
recommends
crabbers, trollers
trollers and
and nearshore
trawlers during
crabbers,
nearshoretrawlers
fishery,staff
duringthe
the summer
summerfishery,
staffrecommends
gear
either
depth and
and gear restrictions,
restrictions, or
and
eitherdepth
restrictions
andaa trip
limiton
on the
the summer
summer
ordepth
depthrestrictions
triplimit
ocean
ocean er-ab-fishery-.
St-affalso-recomrnendsadoption
of
erabfishery,-Staff
August14,
14,1991
1991as
cut-off
of August
as aa cut-off
also reesmmends-adoption
planthat
futureeligibility
date for
for future
in
plan
for
date
mightbe
for
eligibility
in any
licenselimitation
limitation
thatmight
any license
be developed
developed
Dungeness
Vesselowners
forthe
would
Dungeness Crab.
Crab. Vessel
for
for
the 1991-92
season
forlicenses
licenses
1991-92
seasonwould
ownersapplying
applying
participatein
be
that they
they may
eligible to participate
be notified
notifiedthat
may not
in the
in the
futureifif
not be eligible
the crab
fisheryin
the future
crabfishery
preparedto
failedto meet
meetqualifying
is prepared
they
qualifying landings
landings prior
prior to
to the
the cut-off
cut-off date.
date. Staff
theyfailed
alsois
to
Staffalso
shift
researchemphasis
shift funds
funds and
emphasis from
and research
oceanfisheries
fisheriesto
to the
theocean
ocean
fromother
othershellfish
shellfishocean
Dungenesscrab
incidental
Dungeness
crab fishery,
fishery, to study
study softshell
handling
handlingand
crabdistribution,
distribution,
andincidental
sofishellcrab
mortalityimpacts.
catch mortality
catch
impacts.
Bay Crab
Part 1: Recreational
Recreationaland
Fisheries
Crab Fisheries
and Commercial
CommercialBay
Introduction
.lntroduction
prohibition
ln 1990,
1990,the
for prohibition
In
the Commission
Commission received
received a petition
petition which
which called
of
calledfor
of ocean
ocean
petition
commercial
crabbing within
within 1 112
1/2 miles
miles of
of the
the mouth
mouth of
of Alsea
Alsea Bay.
Bay. A
A second
commercialcrabbing
secondpetition
not
not submitted
submitted to the
the Commission
Commission collected
collected several
several hundred
hundred signatures
signatures for
for a ban
ban on'
commercial
bay crabbing
crabbing in
in Alsea
Alsea Bay.
Bay. The
decided
commercial
bay
Commission
decidedto
hearall
allcrab
crab
TheCommission
to hear
fisheryissues
hearing,
afterstaff
fishery
the October
hearing,
after
use
issuesat
hadcompleted
use
at the
October1991
1991Commission
staffhad
completed
Commission
issues.
and
studies of Alsea
Alsea Bay
Bay and
and had
gathered public
public input
input on bay
crab issues.
and economic
economicstudies
had gathered
bay crab
AllDungeness
Dungeness
inaa
All
crab in
in Oregon
Oregon are
are part
part of
of a single
single population.
population. Crab
in
crab
movements
Crabmovements
yeafstime
Thesize
year's
time can
can be
substantial, and
and crab
crab move
move in and
and out
out of the
the bays
bays at will.
will. The
be substantial,
size
restrictions
protect
restrictions in the
the sport
sport and
fisheries
protect
the
from
resource
fromoverfishing
overfishing
andcommercial
commercial
fisheries
theresource
and
and preserve
preserve an adequate
adequate broodstock.
broodstock. We
that
recreational
Weestimate
recreational
estimate
thecombined
combined
thatthe
percentof
and
and commercial
commercial fisheries
fisheries in
in the
the bays
currently constitute
2 to
to 5
the total
total
of the
bayscurrently
5 percent
constitute
harvest of Dungeness
Dungeness crab
crab in Oregon.
Oregon. With
biological
concerns,
the
harvest
Withno
noapparent
biological
concerns,
the
apparent
issuein
centralissue
in bay
central
is
allocation
of
baycrab
crabfishery
fisherymanagement
management
issport/commercial
of the
the
sporVcommercial
allocation
grounds
available
resource
fishinggrounds by
available resource
and use
users.
and
useof
users.
offishing
bycompeting
competing
pasttwo
Considerable
Considerable
staff time
time has
spent over
over the
the past
two decades
decades meeting
with the
the
hasbeen
meeting
with
staff
beenspent
public,conducting
public,
conducting studies
studies on
on bay
options
for
formanagement.
management.
baycrab
crabuse,
use,and
anddeveloping
developing
options
Theissues
issuesare
The
are complicated
complicated by
very real
on the
the grounds
grounds by
two user
realcompetition
by two
user
by very
competition
on
groupsduring
groups
during certain
certain times
times of
of the
the year.
year. Few
of
the
current
issues
are
new,
although
Fewof thecurrentissuesare new,although
increases
inthem.
continuing
increases in
in bay
effort
interest
in
continuing
fuelingaa renewed
renewed
interest
them.
baycrabbing
crabbing
etfortare
arefueling
Many
Many sportsmen
sportsmen perceive
perceive that
that commercial
crabbing
is
for
fordepressing
depressing
commercial
crabbing
is responsible
responsible
poorcatch
in bays,
reflection
crabber
sport
crab catch
catch in
of
sportcrab
bays,although
ratesmay
mayoften
beaa reflection
of crabber
althoughpoor
catchrates
oftenbe
experience
or
exp€rience
or crab
crabbehavior.
behavior.
Wereport
reportpast
We
past and
and current
current status
status of the
the bay
bay fisheries
fisheries for
for Dungeness
Dungeness crab,
crab, and
and
' r
summanze
th€ rseentsfudfol Alsea Say"frsherie€-We:providssumrfi€rie-sof-pubtic'news
input from
from advisory
advisory group
group meetings,
and written
solicited
through news
input
meetings,
writtencomments
solicited
through
and
comments
releases.
releases.
Finally,
Finally,
we
weoffer
for
forfuture
futuremanagement.
management.
offeroptions
options
Background
Background
History
Historyof
Regulation
of Regulation
Recreational crabbers
crabbers are
are currently
currently allowed
allowed to take
take 12
crab with
with aa
Recreational
Dungeness
crab
12 male
maleDungeness
per
potsor
minimumcarapace
ringsper
minimum
carapace width
width of 5 3/4
3/4 inches.
inches. They
orrings
Theyare
arelimited
limitedto
to 33 pots
person
to
person and
and no angling
angling license
license is
is required.
required. Bays
are open
oper to
Riverare
Baysand
ColumbiaRiver
andthe
the Columbia
15to
sport
crabbing year-round.
year-round. The
August15
to
sportcrabbing
PacificOcean
sportcrabbing
crabbingAugust
ThePacific
closedto
Oceanisisclosed
tosport
November
Forcomparative
November 30
30 to
to coincide
coincide with
with the
the commercial
commercial ocean
oceanclosure.
closure. For
comparative
purposes,
purposes,
our neiahborinc,
states currently
currently have
have the
the following
following regulations.
regulations. California
California
our
neighborino
states
3/4
requires
requires a license,
license, limits
limits catch
catch to
to 10
crab of either
either sex,
sex, has
minimumsize
10 crab
has a minimum
sizeof 5 3/4
ringsif fishing
fishing
inches,
and uses
uses seasonal
seasonal closures.
closures. Grabbers
inches,and
limitedto two
two crab
crabrings
Crabbersare
are limited
pierand
ports. There
no
froma pier
Thereare
areno
from
and crab
crabtraps
havetwo
inchescape
trapsmust
musthave
two44 inch
escapeports.
limits
Washingtonlimits
restrictions
on number
number of
of units
units of
of gear
gear ifif crabbers
crabbers fish
fishfrom
from aa boat.
boat. Washington
restrictions
on
in
recreational
114inches
inchesin
recreational
crab harvest
harvest to
to 66 male
male crab
crab with
with minimum
minimum sizes
sizes of
of 66 and
and66 1/4
crab
PugetSound
(including
River),
respectively.
the
the
River),
respectively.
the Puget
Soundand
coast(including
andalong
alongthe
thecoast
theColumbia
Columbia
pots
license
is
Washingtonsport
and no
no license is
Washington
crabbers are
are limited
limited to 2 crab
sportcrabbers
ringsor
crabrings
or pots and
ports)as
gearrestrictions
(including
required.
gear
apply
4
1/8 inch
required.Detailed
4118
inchescape
as do
do
Detailed
restrictions
escapeports)
apply(including
pot
seasonal
fishingclosures.
seasonalpot fishing
closures.
S
2
TheCommission
The
last
concerns
related
bay
in June
Commission
lastaddressed
addressed
relatedto
in
concerns
to commercial
commercial
baycrabbing
crabbing
June
public
petition
1987.
A
of 1987. A public hearing
of
was
to
for
hearing
washeld
heldininresponse
response
forthe
calling
theelimination
elimination
toaapetition calling
commercial
of
of commercial
crab
fishingin
estuaries.
At
voted
crabfishing
in Oregon's
Atthat
votedto
Oregon's
estuaries.
thattime
timethe
theCommission
Commission
to
restrictcommercial
restrict
commercial bay
by
from
baycrabbing
crabbing
season
fromthe
dayafter
LaborDay
Dayto
bysetting
settingaa season
theday
afterLabor
to
theend
endof
the
PFevious
action
in
February
1984
restricted
commercial
ofDecember.
December.
Previous
in
February
1984
restricted
action
commercial
perboat
fishermen
prohibited
15rings
ringsper
weekends
fishermen to 15
commercial
crabbing
on
and
boatand
andprohibited
commercial
crabbing
onweekends
and
holidays.Commercial
holidays.
crabbing
is
Commercial
crabbing
is allowed
allowedin
inall
allbays.
bays.
Commercial
Commercial crabbing
crabbing in
the Columbia
River
with
in the
is managed
managed
withthe
regulations,
Columbia
Riveris
theocean
oceanregulations,
pot
which
not
which allows
allows pot fishing
fishing up
up until
until the
the August
August 15
closure. In-river
catch
15closure.
ln-river
isnot
catchis
distinguished
distinguished
from
fromocean
oceancatch.
catch.
TheRecreatienal
anCCemmercial
FayCrahFisheries
Based
Based on previous
previous studies
studies conducted
conductedin
in 1971
1971,
1977, and
and 1986,
1986, an
in
increase
in effort
anincrease
effort
, 1gT7,
from69,000
from
crabber
trips
occurred
69,000sport
in1986
19BO
sportcrabber
crabbertrips
in1971
1971to
150,000
crabber
occurred
tripsin
to150,000
tripsin
(Figure
peaks
(Figure 1).
1). Recreational
effort
usually
peaks
ininJuly
although
some
Recreational
August,
although
somebays
effort
usually
Julyand
andAugust,
bays
' produce
producebetter
forthe
recreational
catches later
later in the
the year.
year. There
Thereisisno
noclosed
therecreational
bettercatches
closedseason
seasonfor
bayfishery,
fromthe
1971and
1977
bay
fishery, and
Data
inall
months.
Datafrom
the1971
and1977
andsome
someeffort
effortoccurs
occursin
allmonths.
studies
studies showed
75 % otthe totalbay.crab-atcfrvastake6fyJfprsprffi :
showedthat
thatabout
aboutT5
fisheryand
and25%
fishery
fishery. During
the
season,
the
25T"by
by the
fishery.
During
commercial
season,
the
thecommercial
commerciat
thecommercial
percentage
Between
40 and
percentage of crab
crab caught
caught by the
the commercial
commercial fishery
fishery is
is higher.
higher. Between
40
and50%
50%
of
indicatethat
onthe
of the
the sport
sport crabbers
crabbers do
do not
not catch
catch any
any crab.
crab. Studies
to
todate
dateindicate
thaton
the
Studies
perday.
percentof
average,
average,
approximately
70
catch
lessper
approximately
70 percent
catchtwo
twocrabs
crabsor
orless
day.
ofall
allcrabbers
crabbers
pier
Boat
Boat crabbers
crabbers have
and
havea much
muchhigher
highersuccess
ratethan
or pier crabbers
crabbers
andare
are
successrate
thanshore
shoreor
responsible
responsible
for 74
74 to 95
95 percent
percent of the
the recreational
recreational harvest.
harvest. A
new
for
A relatively
relatively
newuser
user
jsbecoming
group-ehafierboatcrabbers,
represents
in the baysand
--groupcha4erboat-crabbers,1sbecoming.
established
inthe-bays
andrepresents
established
pressure
fishery.
The
another
component of
of the
the increasing
harvest
pressure
in the
the bay
bay crab
crab fishery.
The
another
in
component
increasing
harvest
piersin
goodcrabbing
coastwide
coastwide lack
areas
shore
lackof
in good
areasconstrain
shorebased
based
of docks
docksand
andpiers
crabbing
constrain
-r
accessfor
access
forcrabbing.
crabbing.
Thecommercial
harvestin
in bays
The
commercial bay
fishery in
in Oregon
hasaa long
longhistory,
history,and
andharvest
bays
baycrab
crabfishery
Oregonhas
generally
generally
reflects
abundance
cycles
in
the
ocean
fishery
(Table
and
Figure
2).
1
Figure
Bay
reflectsabundance
2). Bay
cycles the oceanfishery$able and
potsin
crab
were somewhat
higher in the
the early
early 70's,
70's, due
due in
in part
part to
in
crablandings
landings
were
tothe
theuse
useof
higher
ofpots
somewhat
pounds
while
bays. Statewide
total
crab
averaged
8.2
pounds while
bays.
million
Dungeness
landings
averaged
8.2million
Statewide
totalDungeness
crablandings
Whilethe
bay
bay crab
crab averaged
averaged only
only 36
36 thousand
thousand pounds
pounds from
from 1976
1976 through
through 1990.
1990. While
the
product
commercial
commercial
catch
to
catch,the
theproduct
is very
verysmall
relative
to the
theocean
oceancatch,
catchof
of bay
baycrab
crabis
smallrelative
not
meetssome
who
meets
some of
of the
the demand
for
fresh
crab
in
local
markets
selling
to
those
who
do
for
fresh
markets
selling
to
those
donot
demand
crabin local
personal
for
crab
use. Bay
niche
crabfor
for personal
seasonclosure
closurefor
Baycrab
fillsaamarket
market
nicheduring
duringthe
theseason
use.
crabfills
ocean
November
30.
ocean Dungeness
crab
15
November
30.
Dungeness
whichruns
runsfrom
fromAugust
15through
crabwhich
August
through
Despiterestrictions
Despite
outlined
above,
bay
have
effort
have '
restrictions
crabcatch
catchand
andeffort
outlined
above,commercial
baycrab
commercial
probably
(Figure
continued
to
increase
(Figure
2).
These
trends
in
catch
and
effort
are
probably
aa
continued increase
2). Thesetrendsin catchandeffortare
response
in other
otherfisheries.
fisheries.
response
crab
and
opportunities
in
opportunities
increased
crababundance
abundance
anddecreased
decreased
to increased
Most
Most of the
the recent
increase in statewide
statewide commercial
commercial landings
landings of
of bay
come
baycrab
crabhave
havecome
recentincrease
harvest
of
from
fromCoos
Coos Bay.
ratio
commercial
harvest
is
is
unknown
outside
of
Thecurrent
ratioof
unknown
outside
Bay.The
current
commercial
ofsport
sportto
to
33
in
fisheries
andcommercial
commercial
recreational
combined
thecombined
Alsea Bay.
that
recreational
and
fisheries
in
Weestimate
estimate
thatthe
Alsea
Bay.We
in
landedin
crablanded
Dungeness
percent
harvest
of Dungeness
of the
annualharvest
from22 to
theannual
the bays
of
of
crab
to 55 percent
baysranges
rangesfrom
the
Oregon.
Oregon.
(1988,
years(1988,
lastthree
forthe
threeyears
thelast
wassummarized
summarized
activitywas
The
bay
for
baycrab
fleetactivity
crabfleet
Thecommercial
commercial
average
poundsannually,
foran
anaverage
annually,
landed54,576
54,576pounds
boatslanded
1989,
.1 990). An
An averag
average
e of 77
77 boats
for
1989,.1990).
morethan
than
landed
22boats
boats
thatlanded
poundsper
were14,
14,19,
19,and
and22
Therewere
of 709
709 pounds
per boat.
boat. There
that
more
of
catch
annual
represents
Figure
poundsin
1990,respectively.
in 1988,1989,
1988,1989,
and1990,
1,000
pounds
and
respectively. Figure
33represents annual catáh
1,OOO
Fifty-three
percentfrequency
and
over the
the three
three fishing
fishing seasons.
seasons. Fifty-three
boatsaveraged
averagedover
of boats
frequencyof
andpercent
2,500
peryear,
year,while
7o/"landed
landed2,500
poundsor
while7%
lessper
percent
250pounds
or less
percent of the
the boats
landed250
boatslanded
(Figure
crab(Figure
baycrab
of bay
landed75%
75%of
of the
the boats
the catch
catch of
poundsor
boatslanded
25/" of
of the
Only25%
ormore.
more. Only
pounds
4
4).) .
groundfish
andgroundfish
participate
in ocean
Commercial
bay crabbers
crabbers also
also participate
ocean crab,
crab, salmon
salmon troll,
troll, and
bay
Commercial
crab
baycrab
Thebay
muchof
hook
deriving much
of their
their income
income from
from them.
them. The
deriving
linefisheries,
fisheries,
hookand
andline
(Figure
percent
5,
16
fisheries
averages
in
four
all
component
of
their
annual
catch
all
four
fisheries
averages
percent
(Figure
5,
of theirannualcatch
component
pounds
1,000pounds
landing
morethan
than1,000
panel).The
crabbers
ofcrabbers
upper
of
landing
more
Thebay
component
baycrab
crabcomponent
uppdrpanel).
panel)
lowerpanel)
period
(Figure
year
5,
threeyear period (Figure 5, lower
26%over
overthe
thethree
of
averaged
26%
averaged
annually
of bay
baycrab
crabannually
poundage
crabpoundage
percentage
ofocean
oceancrab
yearperiod,
period,large
in the
thepercentage
largeincreases
increases
Over the
the three
three year
in
of
Over
e#settingandffiandJine€roundffirpoundagslak@re*ete*,
have
crabbers
bay
have
indicates
baycrabbers
Thisindicates
landings.
salmonlandings.
of
a drop
of troll
troll salmon
This
in the
dropin
thecontribution
contribution
insalmon.
salmon.
groundfish
decreases
workto
to offset
otfsetdecreases
intensified
their ocean
work
in
craband
andgroundfish
oceancrab
intensified
their
tothe
the
newto
are
half
the
boats
of
Another
characteristic
of
the
fleet
is
that
more
than
half
of
the
boats
are
new
more
than
of the fleetis that
Anothercharacteristic
out
notdrop
dropout
producing
donot
boatsdo
year.As
thetop
topproducing
fishery
the
boats
Aswould
wouldbe
beexpected,
expected,
fisheryeach
eachyear.
to
options
fishersseeking
seekingoptions to
It also
also reflects
reflectsfishers
fleet. lt
restof
ofthe
thefleet.
nearly
asthe
therest
nearlyas
as often
ofienas
opportunities
troll
counteract
decreased
salmon
troll
opportunities
salmon
decreased
counteract
AlseaBay
K.CrabFisheries
Summary
____ of RecentStudieson theLI
management-crabmanagement
baycrab
addressbay
lackof
information
to effectively
etfectively
to
address
of information
responseto a lack
In response
crab
and commercial
commercialcrab
sportand
studyof
of the
issues, the
the shellfish
shellfish staff
staff undertook
two year
year study
the sport
undertooka two
issues,
study
the study
waschosen
as the
chosenas
Baywas
AlseaBay
fisheries
Alsea Bay
during 1988
1989. Alsea
Bay during
19BBand 1989.
in Alsea
fisheriesin
staff
headquarters
staff
headquarters
proximity
Newport
to
the
reasons,including
area for several
including it's
it's proximity the Newport
area
severalreasons,
biological
addition to collecting
collecting biological
In addition
fishery. In
intensecrab
crabfishery.
(lowercost)
relativelyintense
(lower
cost) and
and a relatively
dollar
of the
the dollar
estimation
allowestimation of
and
fishery information,
economic
werecollected
collectedto allow
data were
economicdata
information,
and fishery
are
1991)are
1991; Carter,
Carter,1991)
(Demoryand
McCrae,1991;
andMcCrae,
Thereports
reports(Demory
value
fishery. The
valueof the
sportfishery.
the sport
2.
and2.
contained
in Attachments
Attachments11 and
containedin
results:
Baystudy
studyresults:
AlseaBay
of the
Following
summaryof
theAlsea
is a brief
Followingis
briefsummary
. An
annually.
70,OOO
crab,annually.
caught70,000
crabberscaught
26,000sport
sportcrabbers
crab,
of about
about26,000
An average
averageof
. Half
percentageof '
low percentage
anycrab,
crab,and
and a low
crabbersdid
notcatch
catchany
sportcrabbers
didnot
thesport
Halfof the
peoplecaught
mostof
of the
crab.
people
the crab.
caughtmost
. Half
trip.
partof
crabbing-fishing
of aa combination
combination
Half of the people
people crabbed
crabbed as a part
crabbing-fishing
trip.
4
. Most
Mostsport
werecaught
sportcrab
crabwere
caughtby
byboaters.
boaters.
. Most
Mostrecreational
recreational
fromthe
users
userswere
werefrom
fromOregon
butnot
notfrom
Oregonbut
thecoast.
coast.
. Sport
Sport catch
catch was
was high
from
November
in
highand
fromJuly
November
andsustained
sustained
Julythrough
through
inboth
both
years.Commercial
Commercial
wassignificant
years.
catch
in
and
in
catchwas
significant
inSeptember
andOctober
inboth
September
October
both
years
years (Figure
(Figure
6).
6).
. Annual
poundsor
Annual commercial
commercial catch
catch averaged
about
pounds
15.3thousand
7,500
averaged
about15.3
thousand
or 7,500
pounds
crab.20
20boats
boatsharvested
crab.
8,273
in
15,348
harvested
in1988
boatsharvested
harvested
15,348
8,273pounds
1988and
and88boats
p o u n din
1989.
pounds
isn1989.
. The
personal
generated
Thepersonal
incomeimpact
fisheries
income
by
was
impactgenerated
wasnearly
nearlyequal
bythe
thetwo
twofisheries
equal
percrab
generate
per
on
generate
$$ 5.97
on aa per
crabbasis.
basis.At
Atthe
fisheries
level,sport
sportfisheries
5.97per
thecoast
coastlevel,
crabcompared
Atthe
level
crab
compared to $ 7.35
7.35 for
for commercially
commercially caught
caught crab.
crab. At
statelevel
thestate
the sport
fisheries generate
generate $10.61
$10.61 compared
compared to $ 9.76
9.76 for
for commercial.
commercial. Total
the
Total
sportfisheries
personal
incomeimpact
personal income
fishery
impactis
is much
muchhigher
higherfor
forthe
recreational
fisheryas
as
therecreational
(anaverage
most of
of the
the crab
crab are
are taken
taken by
by sportsmen
sportsmen in
of 90
90
most
Bay(an
in Alsea
AlseaBay
averageof
percent
number)and
percent by
by number)
rcLfr€Lm-the€oasl
thus
and mostSpgrt€rabbe+s€re
generating
generating
additional
expenditures
inland.
additional
inland.
expenditures
Public
InputSummary
Summary
Public Input
Advisory
GroupMeetings
Meetings
Advisory
Group
AlseaBay
Bay
Threadvisosygroupssepresesthngthe. Columbia
Flyer,
Alsea
River,
Bayand
andCoos
CoosBay
Threeadviso4lgloup.Lrep-resentinglhe
Co-lu-mb-ia
In
areas
were
formed
to
aid
staff
in
identifying
major
issues
and
conôerns.
In
forming
the
areaswereformed aidstaffin identifying
majorissuesandconcerns. formingthe
groups,a balance
interests.
advisory groups,
recreational
and
interests.
recreational
andcommercial
advisory
balancewas
wasstruck
commercial
struckbetween
between
newsrelease
The
input
news
Theadvisors'
inputwas
wasalso
Department
releasesoliciting
soliciting
advisors'
alsoused
usedto
developaa Department
to develop
publiccomment
public
comment from
from users
users originating
originatingfrom
fromboth
bothinland
inlandand
andcoastal
coastalareas
areas.
. Each
Eachof
groupmeetings
Bayarea
area
the
group
held were
were somewhat
somewhat unique.
unique. The
TheCoos
CoosBay
thethree
threeadvisory
advisory
meetings
held
groupwas
Alsea
group
of
three commercial
commercial and
and three
three recreational
crabbers. The
wascomposed
TheAlsea
composed
recreational
crabbers.
of three
Bay
was coordinated
by the
the Port
and
aa townhall
Bayarea
meeting
was
Waldport
andresembled
resembled
townhall
areameeting
Portof
ofWaldport
coordinated
by
grouphad
from
type
The
River
representatives
each
meeting.
representatives
eachfrom
typeof
of meeting.
TheColumbia
Rivergroup
hadseveral
several
Columbia
andcharter
sport,
and
sport,commercial
commercial
interests.
charterinterests.
fromeach
ofthe
supportfrom
eachof
the
Summarized
below
the issues
statewide
support
beloware
received
statewide
Summarized
arethe
issueswhich
whichreceived
groupscombining
groupinput
responses.
two user
advisory
group
responses.
inputand
andsolicited
solicited
two
combining
usergroups
advisory
Recreational
Recreational
Fishermen:
Fishermen:
. Efforts
particularly
infrequent
to educate
sportsmen
would
particularly
the
Effortsto
beneficial,
theinfrequent
educate
wouldbe
bebeneficial,
sportsmen
is aa consensus
and
often unsuccessful
unsuccessful participant.
participant. There
that
consensus
andoften
Thereis
that
greatly
they
could
many sport
sport crabbers
crabbers are
are not
as effective
as
they
could
be,
and
many
as
andthis
thisgreatly
notas
be,
effective
howto
affects
their catch.
catch. Information
should
crabbing is
includehow
to crab,
whencrabbing
affectstheir
crab,when
Information
shouldinclude
5
include
likely
likely to be
be most
most productive,
productive, and
and where
where to
to crab.
crab. Education
should
alsoinclude
Education
shouldalso
softshell
concerns,
size limit
crab
and
softshell
limitrationale,
rationale,
andcrabbing
crabbing
concerns,
size
crabbehavior
biologyand
behavior
andbiology
gearininnavigation
etiquette
etiquette information
information (e.9.,
(e.g., setting
gear
channels).
navigation
channels).
setting
,-o
. Sport
monitored,
with
Sport crabbers
crabbers would
would like
like the
the bay
with emphasis
fisheryto
emphasis
baycrab
crabfishery
to be
be monitored,
on evaluating
the current
current bag
on
evaluating
limit.
the
baglimit.
. Crab
particularly
funds
Crab fishing
fishing should
should be included
included in licensing
licensing structure,
structure, particularly
ifif funds
wereused
were
forbay
fisheryevaluation.
usedfor
baycrab
crabfishery
evaluation.
. Enforcement
priority.
highpriority.
of existing
existing sport
regulations
is
Enforcement
is aa high
of
sportand
andcommercial
commercial
regulations
Manysportsmen
inboth
Many
feel that
that there
there is
amount
in
isaa substantial
illegalactivity
both
sportsmen
feel
ofillegal
activity
substantial
amountof
fisheries.
fisheries.
. A large
largemajority
favor
in the
favor restrictions
restrictions on
boats
majority
boatsin
the
onnumber
numberof
of commercial
commercial
(except
coastal
fisheries (except in
River).
coastalbay
in Columbia
bayfisheries
River).
Columbia
. A large
feel that sportsmen
shouldntt
to share
the bay
largemajority
majority
feelthat
sharethe
baycrab
crab
sportsmen
haveto
shouldnthave
resource
resource with
with commercial
fishermen.
fishermen.
commercial
. A charter
new user
fishery is becoming
and
user
charterboat
boatfishery
becomingestablished
representsa new
established
and represents
groupin
in the
group
River.
thelarger
largerbays
baysand
andColumbia
River.
Columbia
.
Commercial Fishermen:
Commercial
Fishermen:
. Many
an
Many sportsmen
sportsmen are not
not crabbing
crabbing effectively
would benefit
benefit from
from an
effectivelyand
and would
------------ ----------------------------------edueatienaLeffsrt.
. Commercial
givenup
muchfishing
opportunity
bay crabbers
crabbers feel
feel they
they have
fishing opportunity
Commercialbay
havegiven
up as
as much
possiblewith
individuals
as possible
to individuats
as
with the current
current restrictions.
Any
to
restrictions.
Anyfurther
furtherrestrictions
restrictions
already
fishery
could
not
be
sustained.
alreadyin
in the
tishery
not
the
could
be sustained.
. Commercial
minimize
crabbers can
can fish
Commercialcrabbers
fish at
to minimize
at different
differenttimes
timesand
anddepths
depthsto
problemsbetween
crowding
crowdingproblems
fisheries.
betweenfisheries.
CitizenCommentsSolicitedDuringthe PublicCommentPeriod
.27letters
werefrom
fromOregon
werereceived
Oregon
27
were
letters
receivedregarding
regardingbay
Allbut
onewere
baycrabbing.
crabbing.All
butone
inlandlocalities.
localities.
sport
and
7 from
sportcrabbers;
fromthe
frominland
crabbers;20
20from
thecoastal
coastalcommunities
andT
communities
. 17 respondents
crabbing.
advocated
of
bay
respondents
ofcommercial
baycrabbing.
advocatedelimination
elimination
commercial
. 6 people
peoplesuggested
instituting a shellfish
fundcrab
licenseto
helpfund
crab
suggestedinstituting
shellfishlicense
to help
management
and enforcement
enforcement of
managementand
regulations.
of regulations.
'
. 5 people
peoplefelt
to be
bestepped
steppedup.
of
needs
fettthat
regulations
needsto
up.
thatenforcement
enforcement
existingregulations
of existing
. 55people
S.
peoplewrote
wrotethat
thatat
atleast
leastsome
some female
female crabs
crabs should
should be
be allowed
allowed in
in the
the bag
bag
limit.One
wasopposed
Onewas
limit.
opposedto
females.
to the
thetaking
takingof
offemales.
. 3 people
peoplefelt
felt that
that the
the commercial
commercial fall
tolerated if overall
overall effort
effort
fallfishery
fisherycould
couldbe
be tolerated
limitsare
are imposed
imposedor
limits
are
in
or existing
regulations
inthe
existingregulations
areenforced
enforced
thecommercial
commercial
fishery.
fishery.
Discussion
Discussion
S
Weanticipate
We
that statewide
effort
to
in
anticipate
that
statewide
willcontinue
in both
etfortand
andcatch
catchwill
continue
increase
boththe
the
to increase
recreational
recreational
and commercial
commercial bay
at
and
fisheries
Department's
baycrab
crabfisheries
ataa time
timewhen
whenthe
theDepartment's
budget
managing
budget for
for managing
these fisheries
fisheries may
may be
be reduced
eliminated. The
these
reducedor eliminated.
TheDepartment's
Department's
proposal
pass,
legislative
legislative proposal to license
license sport
sport crab
crab and
and clam
clam harvest
harvest did
did not
not pass, resulting
resulting in a
reduction
in the
maysoon
$140,000
reduction
the Marine
Marine Shellfish
Shellfish Program.
Program. Charter
boat
may
crabbing
soon
Charter
boatcrabbing
$140,000
groupas
developinto
intoaa significant
develop
user
diversify
their
significant
usergroup
operations
theirbusiness
business
ascharter
charteroperations
diversify
be
opportunities in response
response to
to salmon
salmon harvest
harvest constraints.
constraints. Angler
could
opportunities
Anglersuccess
success
couldbe
improved
improved by
by distribution
of
materials
and
of
crabbing
of educational
materials
crabbing
distribution
andcreation
creation
ofadditional
additional
educational
piers
limit
Recreational
redistributed
piers and
and docks.
docks. Recreational
crab
by
beredistributed
bybag
baglimit
crabcatch
catchcould
couldbe
reductions.
reductions.
Limiting
the
bay-crahbiflç --would-reduce-or-n
inirnize
weuld+eduee
Umiting
thecommercialcomrnereial'bayerabbing
sr rRinirRizegeneraland
in general
competition for
for crab
crab and
and space
space on
on grounds.
grounds. Commercial
fishermen
in
competition
and
Commercial
fishermen
small
fishermen in
in particular
particular are
currently faced
faced with
with less
or opportunities
opportunities
smallboat
lessoptions
optionsor
boatfishermen
arecurently
foresees
in
traditional fisheries
and are
are developing
developing other
other options.
staff
in traditional
fisheries
staffforesees
and
options.Department
Department
fisheries,
both
difficulty
in
expecting
the
coastal
bays
to
accomodate
unrestricted-effort
fisheries,
both
difficulty
in expecting
thecoastalbaysto accomodate
unrestricted-effort
sport
sportand
andcommercial.
commercial.
A gr-eat-numberof
recordedduringthe
the
informatiotr
kgreaLaumbesofideas
concern
sand
wererecordeddwing
concems
id-e-as,
andother
otherinformation
w-€r'€
groupmeetings.
group
willbe
be
advisory
group
The
group
meeting
notes
and
will
advisory
meetings.
meeting
notes
andsummaries
summaries
Theadvisory
advisory
for
available
citizens and
and will
will be
be submitted
along with
with the
the citizen
citizen letters
letters for
available
interested
to interested
citizens
submitted
along
.r
the
hearing
theCommission's
Commission's
hearingrecord.
record.
perception
Thereis
improprieties
inthe
commercial
There
by
of
in
is aa common
of improprieties
thecommercial
commonperception
by sportsmen
sportsmen
pots(or
(or
fishery.These
whileusing
fishery.
include
selling
crabs
Theseallegations
include
usingpots
allegations
sport-caught
crabswhile
sellingsport-caught
rings) with
with commercially
commercially licensed
licensed boats,
boats, and
and selling
selling undersize
undersizecrabs.
crabs. Many
Manyideas
ideas
rings)
"loopholes"
none
werediscussed
fishery,
were
to close
surrounding
the commercial
fishery, but
commercial
butnone
discussed
close"loopholes"
the
to
surrounding
gainedconsensus
prohibiting
live-boxes,
gained
support.
These
prohibiting
live-boxes,
consensus
support.
Theseideas
ideasincluded
included
gear,
fromsport
requirements
prohibiting
sport
requirements for
for attending
gear, and
commercial
bay
from
baycrabbers
crabbers
attending
andprohibiting
commercial
crabbing.
crabbing.
prohibiting
There was
was no
consensus on the
the issue
issue of
of prohibiting
ocean
outside the
the
oceancrabbing
crabbingoutside
There
no consensus
mouths
bays. The
fishermen
felt
boost
boost
feltthat
wouldnot
notbe
beaa significant
significant
mouthsof bays.
Thecommercial
thatititwould
commercial
fishermen
to
fishery
to the
thebay
bayfishery.
gearhas
notresulted
resulted
in
Past
action
the commercial
season
hasnot
in
reducing
seasonand
PastCommission
actionreducing
andgear
Commission
commercial
the
Thenumber
numberof
crabbers
Sfewer
participantsand
andunits
unitsof
ofgear
gearininthe
thebays.
bays. The
crabbers
fewerparticipants
of commercial
commercial
landings
Thetotal
and
catch has
to levels
levels not
not seen
seen since
since the
the early
early 1970's.
1970's.The
totallandings
hasincreased
increased
to
andcatch
7
removals
of
bay
significantly
less
lessthan
thanremovals
of crab
crabby
bythe
thecommercial
commercial
fisherystill
significantly
baycrab
crabfishery
stillremain
remain
perception
public
of
by
sport
crabbers.
Some
fishery
conflicts
are
known
to
exist,
and
public
perception
by sportcrabbers.Somefisheryconflictsareknownto exist,and
hasincreased
among
conflicts
the last
last two
two years.
years. There
among
increased
in the
Therewas
wasaaconsensus
consensus
confliclshas
leavethe
the
wouldnot
notleave
commercial
crabbers
that any
in
dayswould
commercial
crabbers
furtherreduction
reduction
infishing
fishingdays
that
anyfurther
could
fishery
viable.
means
commercial
effort
effortcould
fisheryeconomically
viable. Remaining
meansof
commercial
economically
Remaining
ofcontrolling
controlling
include license
limitation, reduction
reduction in
in gear,
gear, or
or eliminating
eliminating the
the fishery.
fishery. Among
Among
the
the
include
licenselimitation,
in
or
range
of options
are no
solutions
that
can
be
demonstrated
in
biological
biological
rangeof
optionsare
no clear
can
be
demonstrated
clearsolutions
that
isaa function
function
ofocean
ocean
economic
terms. At
level,
is
of
level,bay
terms.
Atthe
availability
economic
thebiological
biological
baycrab
crabavailability
abundance and
and local
local bay
bay conditions
conditions including
including strength
strength of tides,
tides, time
time of
of day,
day, and
and
abundance
amount
of freshwater
freshwater run-off.
run-off. Sport
of
effortand
andexperience.
experience.
function
ofeffort
amountof
Sportcatch
catchisisaafunction
out.
Economically, the
the benefits
benefits from
crabbing
balance
out.
crabbing
balance
Economically,
frombay
baysport
sportand
andcommercial
commercial
protectthe
resource
and
Our
goals are
maximize
the
of
and
ofthat
resource,
maximize
thatresource
areto
to protect
thebenefits
benefits
Ourgoals
theresource,
possible
preserve
developing
preserve recreational
and
opportunities
where
wherepossible by
bydeveloping
recreational
andcommercial
commercial
opportunities
providea range
plans. Staff
to
below
rangeof
of options
optionsto
resource
sharing
resource
sharingplans.
recommendations
belowprovide
Staffrecommendations
While
achieve these
these goals,
goals, and
and present
present the
the Commission
Commission several
several choices
choices on
on direction.
direction. While
achieve
practical
due
problems,
fewthat
arepractical
thatare
there
there
due
manyways
waysto
maybe
beonly
onlyaafew
thereare
aremany
to solve
solveproblems,
theremay
to
limits
resources.
Department
limitsof
to Department
of time
timeand
andresources.
-Reggqlqqndations- -
Itti1iIKIfliT
Recreational
BayCrabFishery
where to
to successfully
successfully
Update Sea Grant
Grant material
how, when
when and
material on
on how,
and where
catch
catch crab.
crab.
1.
1.
S
due
perception
in our
lackof
ourbays
bayg,is
of the perception
of
crab in
of crab
haveshown
of lack
shownmuch
much_oJ,thq
is due
__S.taffjie_b_studies
goodtechnique
Pamphlets
of crab
crabbehavior.
behavior.
to
technique or
Pamphlets
notusing
notbeing
awareof
to anglers
anglersnot
usinggood
or not
beingaware
and
chambers
of
commerce,
should
be
made
available
for
distribution
atfield
stations,
chambers
of
commerce,
and
made
field
shouldbe
available
for distribution
at
stations,
pursued
withthe
OregonState..
inconjunction
theOregon
marinas.
This
can
in
with
marinas.
Thisoption
conjunction
option
canbe
beeasily
easilypursued
University Sea
Sea Grant
Grant Program
Program with
with assistance
assistance of
of it's
it's marine
marine advisory
advisorypersonnel.
personnel. We
We
University
year
would attempt
to accomplish
this
would
duringthe
nextfiscal
fiscalyear.
attemptto
accomplish
thenext
thisduring
the
reduce the
crease, evaluate
evaluate the
the need
need to reduce
pressuresIn
lncrease,
As recreational pressures
limit from
from 12
12 crab in coastal
bag limit
coastalbays.
bays.
2.
2.
recreational
users.
resource
amongrecreational
A
the
among
users.
A reduced
reducedbag
mayhelp
helpto
distribute
baglimit
limitmay
theresource
to distribute
gearlimits,
ideasto
to
limits,and
andany
anyother
otherideas
Investigate
the concepts
concepts of
of party
party bag
bag limits,
limits,further
furthergear
lnvestigate
the
pursued
2year
next
during
the
equitably
share the
the crab
crab resource.
resource. This
maybe
Thisoption
bepursued during the next 2 year
share
opilonmay
equitably
fishing
Department's
period(1
theDepartment's
(1993-95
updatethe
period
993-95biennium)
biennium)ififbudget
budgetis
is available,
available, to
fishing
to update
perceptions
ofsatisfaction
satisfaction
involving
regulations.
The
aasocial
one
perceptions of
issueisisessentially
oneinvolving
regulations.
Theissue
essentially
social
by
the user,
andequity.
equity
bythe
user,and
piers that
would
that would
development of effective fishing piers
Encourage
the development
Encourage the
resource.
thecrab
crabresource.
to the
provide additional
shore-basedaccess
additional shore-based
accessto
3.
3.
E1
5
o
partlyan
goalof
Thisis
is partly
of
This
issue,
the
goal
aneconomic
economic
issue,and
wayto
achieve
Department's
andalso
alsoaa way
toachieve
theDepartment's
"increasing
goodcrabbing
for
"increasing
opportunities
for use
of aquatic
Piers
opportunities
resources."
Piersnear
crabbing
useof
aquaticresources."
neargood
popular.
programs
instantly
areasbecome
becomeinstantly
areas
popular.
Department
access
programs
on
access
coast,to
todate,
date,
Department
onthe
thecoast,
have
pier
have addressed
addressed only
only the
the Garibaldi
pier in
Bay
the Commission's
Tillamook
Baythrough
in Tillamook
throughthe
Commission's
Garibaldi
Restoration
Restoration
and
Program. Concern
was
by
andEnhancement
Enhancement
wasexpressed
Restoration
Program.
expressed
bythe
theRestoration
Concern
pierwas
andEnhancement
Enhancement
principal
and
Board
that ifif the
the principal
use
the
Boardthat
useof
of the
thepier
wasfor
forcrabbing,
crabbing,
the
project
mightnot
notbe
project might
for A
E
funds
since
there
was
no
shellfish
license
or
be eligible
was
license
or
eligiblefor
there
no
R&
E
funds
since
shellfish
&
corresponding
revenueproduced
corresponding
revenue
produced to
to support
support the
the fund.
fund. FutUre
development of
of piers
piers for
for
Futuredevelopment
crabbingwould
wouldbe
R
crabbing
on
of a shellfish
license
by the
the Legislature
ifif R
becontingent
contingent
licenseby
Legislature
shellfish
on approval
approvalof
&E
E funds
wereto
funds were
access
to be
beused
usedfor
forcrabbing
development.
crabbing
accessdevelopment.
Document the
the extent and
and methods
methods of
of charter boat crabbing in
in the
bays.
bays.
4.
4.
planning
While
While charter
dramatically,
planning
and
are
are
charterboat
boateffort
etforthas
hasnot
anduse
usestudies
studies
notdeveloped
developed
dramatically,
recommended
recommended
chart future
future directions
directions before
before an
an additional
additional large
large user
user group
group
to chart
Program
would
emerges.
of
recreational
and
charter
use
would
depend
on
Shellfish
Program
emerges.Studies
of
recreational
depend
on
Shellfish
Studies
andcharteruse
budget
biennium.
1993-95
budgetduring
duringthe
the1993-95
biennium.
Fishery
Effort
Commercial
Fishery
Effort
Controi---------Commercial
Control
Of
the four
outlined below,
below, staff
staff recommends
recommends status
statusquo
quoat
atthis
thistime.
time. On
On a per
per
Ofthe
fouroptions
optionsoutlined
equalininterms
terms
crab
and
crab
are
equal
recreational
fisheries
roughly
crabbasis,
basis,the
therecreational
crabfisheries
areroughly
andcommercial
commercial
of impact
impact on
on coastal
coastal communities.
communities. There
concerns
with the
the two
two
nobiological
of
Thereare
areno
biological
concernswith
in
abundance
fisheries
crababundance
fisheries
since
in
the bays
by
in
sincecrab
is largely
largelycontrolled
controlled
bycrab
crababundance
abundance
in the
baysis
Recreational
crabberzs
possibly
crabbefs
the
and
the
fishery. Recreational
theocean,
ocean,environment
environment
andpossibly
theocean
oceanfishery.
successJn4hebaysdependsJarge1y_oncrabbe1iavior
arid
fishing
technique.
fishing
technique.
successjn-the-bays-depends-largely-on
craLbehaviorand
without
Educational
materials
could improve
without
Educational
materials
andsatisfaction
satisfaction
could
improvecrabber
crabbersuccess
successand
quo,
eliminating commercial
commercial users.
users. Staff
that with
with status
status quo, some
some measure
measure of
eliminating
recognizes
that
Staffrecognizes
public
public dissatisfaction
with commercial
commercial users
users would
would continue,
continue, but
but this
this is
is true
true for
for most
most of
with
dissatisfaction
our fisheries.
fisheries.
our
Establish
Direct staff to determine
determine a
licenselimitation
Establisha license
limitation system.
system. Direct
qualitying.
A cutcutfor qualifying. A
of permits for
for each
each bay
bay and a system
systemfor
target number of
off date could
off
be decided
decidednow
commission.
could be
now by
by the
thecommission.
1.
1.
forcommercial
commercial
In 1980,
instituted
aa limited
In
1980,the
Washington
limitedentry
entrysystem
systemfor
ofWashington
instituted
theState
Stateof
withaa similar
allocation
Dungeness
crab
in
facedwith
similarallocation
Dungeness
fisheries
PugetSound,
whenfaced
crabfisheries
in Puget
Sound,when
in
problem.
positive
reduction
First,
desirable
problem.
The
benefits
of
First,
aadesirable
reduction
in
areseveral.
several.
Thepositive
optionare
benefits
ofthis
thisoption
problems.
The
remaining
effort
would
occur
and
alleviate
some
of
the
crowding
problems.
The
remaining
would
crowding
effort
occurandalleviate
some the
potentially
wouldhave
amongthemselves,
commercial
boats
among
themselves, potentially
haveless
lesscompetition
commercial
boatswould
competition
gear
with
perboat;
competing
commercial
increasing
catch
would
gear competing
with
lesscommercial
increasing
boat.There
There
wouldbe
beless
catchper
gearto
would still
the fresh
freshcrab
marketto
to exist
exist
allowthe
crabmarket
recreational gear
recreational
to attract
attractcrabs.
stilla!low
crabs. Itlt would
wouldbe
simplified
regulations
be simplified
during
the ocean
closure. Enforcement
of
regulations
would
commerciaf
duringthe
oceanclosure.
Enforcement
ofcommercial
particpants.
reduced
number
due
to
a
reduced
number
of
particpants.
dueto a
of
and
for small
reduced
opportunities
The
costs
opportunities
for
small boats
boats and
Thenegative
negative
wouldinclude
includereduced
costswould
to
difficult
would
make
ititdifficult
to
make
would
reductions
Budgetreductions
fisheries.Budget
intoother
otherfisheries.
displacement
of
ofboats
boatsinto
displacement
program.
A
limitation
license
do the
the analysis
needed
to
and
aalicense
limitation
program. A
andadminister
administer
needed
todesign
design
analysis
do
permits
without
for
bayswithout
of
number
difficult
taskwould
wouldbe
beto
tochoose
choose an
an appropnate
number of permits for bays
appropriate
task
ditficult
no
virtually
with
small
very
are
currently
developed commercial
commercial fisheries
fisheries.. Some
are
very
small
with
virtually
no
Some
developed
currently
Coquille)
(Nehalem,
Netarts,
perhaps
present
excluded
fishery
at present
and
should
bebe
excluded
(Nehalem, Netarts, Coquifle)
should
andperhaps
fisheryat
(Tillamook,
Yaquina,
landings
have
sporadic
larger
buthave
entirely. Other
but
sporadic
landings
(Tillamook,
Yaquina,
baysare
arelarger
Otherbays
entirely.
Table1.
1.
Umpqua, and
and Siuslaw).
Siuslaw). See
See Table
Umpqua,
boat.
gear to
to 10 rings
rings per boat.
commercial gear
2. Reduce commercial
2.
could
boatcould
eachboat
The
benefits would
wouldbe
beto
to reduce
reduce the
the amount
amount of space
space each
positivebenefits
Thepositive
gear.
The
withsport
sportgear. The
perboat
gearper
boatcompeting
competing
sequester and
of
with
baitedgear
amount
ofbaited
andthe
theamount
sequester
ring
thering
increase
alsoincrease
couldalso
boatcould
negatives
include
possible increase
increase in boats.
boats. AA boat
the
includeaa possible
negatives
strings.
spacing
total
be similar
similarto
to present
present strings.
lengthto be
stringlength
causing
totalstring
spacingcausing
'Eliminate commerciat
g. -'Eliminate
(excluding Columbia
Columbia
bays(excluding
3.
commercial bay
bay crabbing
crabbing tn
In all bays
years.
five years.
phaslng-outIn
River) by
by phasing-out
In three to five
loe€ reere€*ior}€}l-ee|y$€}reratr{bheryjry|t!4q
Ttre
The positivetene{its-woutd-obviousty
crabbing
of
ofsport
sportcrabbing
experience
Theexperience
fleet. The
fromaa commercial
commercial
competition or
or interference
from
fleet.
interference
competition
participate
wouldparticipate
sportsmen
moresportsmen
thatmore
arguethat
couldargue
might be
be enhanced
enhanced for many.
many. One
would
Onecould
might
bedemonstrated.
demonstrated.
cannotbe
butthis
thiscannot
if the
the commercial
commercialfishermen
fishermenwere
wereabsent,
absent, but
be
wouldbe
Oregon
market
freshcrab
crabmarket
Many
negative costs
costs are
are obvious
as well.
ininOregon
would
Thefresh
well.The
obviousas
Manynegative
intoother
other
displaced
bedisplaced
wouldbe
boats
nonexistent
in
summer and
boats
would
into
fall.Commercial
Commercial
andfall.
in late
latesummer
nonexistent
-sporfsmenwere
-ftthenesocexpenence-econom4c-hardshIp.if
Io_harvesUtie
wereunable
unablelo-hanlesltha
hardshipJf -spertsmen
Jisheries=r+,xperi€nee.ec€nsrnie
boat
possible
chafterboat
It
possible
that
the charter
the
that
is
lt
.
beunderutilized.
underutilized
wouldbe
surplus
crabs, the
would
resource
theresource
surpluscrabs,
fishery might
might flourish
flourishunder
underthis
thisscenario,
scenario,since
sincethe
the retail
retail crab
crab consumers
consumers who
who cannot
cannot
tishery
Displacing
ne
Displacing
One
not sport
sport crab
crab may
may enter
enter the
the fishery
fishery as
as charter
charter boat
boat customers.
customers.
or do not
option.
intentof
ofthis
thisoption.
commercial
fleet
for another
another is
the desired
intent
desired
is not
notthe
fleetfor
commercial
thesport
sport
foreven
evenifif the
here,for
There appears
to
economic
argument
here,
argument
economic
noobvious
beno
obvious
tobe
There
appears
net
nonet
wouldbe
beno
therewould
harvest
commercial
beencommercial
crabbers
catch
have been
harvest
there
whatwould
wouldhave
allof
of what
catchall
crabbers
significantly
groupis
isnot
notsignificantly
usergroup
gain,
since the
impact of
of crab
crab caught
caught by each
each user
gain,since
impact
theeconomic
economic
crabs
new
surplus
If
many
of
these
new
surplus
crabs
basis.lf manyof these
different
(Carter, 1991)
1991)on
onaa per
percrab
crab basis.
(Carter,
different
they
foralthough
although
loss
economically,
remained
at large,
there could
be some
economically,
for
they
somesmall
smallloss
couldbe
large,there
remained
at
worth
less
less
worth
may
be
they
would
likelybe
becaught
caughtin
inthe
thenext
nextocean
ocean commercial
commercial season,
season, they may be
woutdlikely
lower:
pricethen
since the
lower.
typically
thenisistypically
theprice
since
4.
4.
presentregulatory
schemeregulatory scheme.
Status Quo: Retain
Retainthe
thepresent
Sfalus
anyone,
fishery
fisheryto anyone,
levelcommercial
providean
commercial
entrylevel
The
would be
be to provide
anentry
positivebenefit
benefitwould
Thepositive
market
Themarket
resource.The
crabresource.
baycrab
allowing
themaachance
chance to
to compete
compete for
for aa share
share of the
the bay
them
allowing
periodic
townhall
recommend
periodic
townhall
we recommend
Withstatus
for
bay crab
crab would
would be
be supplied.
supplied. With
status quo,
quo, we
for bay
conflicts.
conflicts.
resolve
to resolve
groups
an
opportunity
type
meetings
to
allow
user
groups
an
opportunity
to
allow
user
to
typemeetings
10
10
problem
The
costs
to
that
Thenegative
negative
hasbeen
been
costsmay
mayinclude
includeno
noresolution
resolution
socialproblem
thathas
toaa social
problem
presented
Although there
there is
problem
is no
presented
to the
and
no biological
biological
to
thecommission
commission
andstaff
staffbefore.
before. Although
or
solution,
increases
in
will
factions
willsurely
causethe
the
or obvious
obviouseconomic
economic
solution,
in effort
effortfrom
fromall
allfactions
surelycause
increases
same
issuesto
sameissues
to arise
ariseagain.
again.
.
.
11
Flsherles
OceanFisheries
CrsbOcean
DungenessCrab
2: Commerclal
CommercIal Dungeness
Part
Part 2:
introduction
lntroductlon
review
I
to review
P$MFCto
by PSMFC
1990by
in1990
formedin
wasformed
committee
Crab Committee
was
crab
Dungeness
Tri-state
Th
Dungeness
Thi,Tn-State
Identify possible
Dupgeness crab fishery management issues and problems and r hecom
mitteeisis
mra-The Committee
cafto
Washington,
and California.
oreson,and
ns,o
n,Oregon,
# iJ6:[i
riiil"#off
solutions
for the fishery
:|ff;'ff
3Ji[f;
Identified
ldentifled
Com.mittee
The Committee
Uiologists'
agency biologists.
r.l and
Ini ;;t*y
procesro
.ThP
coinposed of
processors,
ofcrabbers,
crabbers,
coinposed
seasgn'
ofthe
theseason,
of
beginnlng
thebeginning
at the
crab
including softshell
crab at
softsnel
maprLsued
for
Issues
major
issues inctudlng
lssues
fodr
license
andlicense
pots,and
groundilning of
otpots,
leasonflgYlllinins
tn-eseason,
crab problems
during
outingthe
piouieml
softshell
;;}.h;lt;;"n
and
and
gSllihcludes
overview
an
(PSMFC, 1991)
includes an overview
f
paper(PSMFC,
issuepaper
Anissue
m4ratorium/limltecl entry.
entry. An
mdratorium/limlted
33and
and4.4'
Attachments
asAttachments
repbn
included wnn
with tnid
this report
as
isinfiuo"o
i[iiffi;"r#;;;
fleet questionnaire is
rvT?lig:ylt*:
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.Ji
i ne
* i ::3f,11ff
r ffJ'g,l1ii,31'',
a
a
addrgss
to address
wasto
tlmewas
thistime
atthis
the
committee at
th9goqTgte
assembling
for
emphasis
primary
Tte primary
emphasis
for assembling
rrle
when
opener
when
opener
6gmmerclal
1989commercIal
the1989
ol the
itpa& of
tneimpact
aboutthe
wi
espread concern about
wlflespreaO
10because
because
January
1
until
January
10
untit
1
December
tro* December
"oncein
o'i.ningfrom
$at;d€rard-ir,err
W
shington State
delayed their opening
wNshington
in
season change
change in
1989season
the1989
of the
tfrpactof
of crab.
crab. The
ffreimpact
*nOftioitof
softshell
of
Ie softshell
condition
otfthe
rs
is
openers
of
season
openers
otseason
*"ntgement
for management
W
shington, and committee recommendations ioi
wpshingtgn:
.uf^99TTlt?:^::":#fid;t
paper'
issuepaper.
theissue
inthe
length
dicussed atatlength
In
di$cussed
I
resutts
itt6e,1he
aommitt66
t-hecomm
bythe
bt
Identifiéd
ldentified bhiôrñilWrsu1ts
pioceJs'ioentified
process
pi"r.tngprocess
planning
andplanning
i;J;; and
lssues
,n,issues
the
onthe
on
W
on
reoo,t
report
wLreport
W[
four
thefour
on two
two of
of the
on
recommehdations
"no
presentrecommendations
ina present
meeting6,and
coastalmeetings,
series of
slxcoastal
of six
ofIa
of
la Series
we
now.We
discuss
to
todiscuss
now.
want
mavwant
Wildlife Commission
may
commission
Fisr,
isues
the Oregon
and wilorirs
ilil Fish
ilffJ';;
crab during the summer
ojsoftshefl
reduce mortality
of
mortantv
;;;;io"no
present
options
on
to 19or9.t
t;' means
pr'esent
options
:^tl*1[9?i::l:"ti?:t;[:lou,,
date
date
cut'orr
ofaacut-off
selection
of
setection
rscommend
indrecommend
2),and
(issue
2),
(issue
connrcts
rn nths
and reduce gear conflicts
;inT:H1",';:,11.'nru,
4)'
(issue
(issue 4).
flshery
crabfishery
oceancrab
the ocean
forthe
system for
rimitatrori'ryrt.r
in-a-ticense
vesserJ
10 qualifyIng
vessels
in a license limitation
quarifyrng
I
Background
Background
I
era
modernera
Themodern
1889' The
before1889.
to before
backto
datesback
crabdates
crab
Dulgen€ss,
lor Dungeness
fisheryfor
ie Oregon
Oregonfishery
Tfre
and
pounds
pounds
and
10million
mlllion
reached
10
ieached
landings
thelandings
World War
War IIll when
wnenthe
atteiWortd
gan shortly
after
shortly
bggan
approximately
9
of approximately
annual catch
calchof
averageannual
termaverage
with
longterm
*ith aa long
rtuauating,
en began
beganfluctuating,
tfien
in
in
status
fishery
chronicles the
the fishery
status
by
Demory (1990) chronicles
;i.D.-;tjll:gl
repoq
suiimary
illion pounds.
AAsummary
report
pounds.
riiuion
groater
isthe
thegreater
decades
is
decades
recent
Inrecent
significant change in
change
tail(Attachm'ni;j.
(Attachment 5).in.'mobt.stgriiticant
The most
dNtag
in
numbers
innumbers
increases
hugeincreases
andhuge
foqttand
fishery. Larger
modern boats
crease in
in the filntw
etton'iriine
ineffort
iricrease
dil;9aarn
period
period
month
twomonth
landings
into aa two
i11o
landings
annual
majority or
of ine
the annual
compressed
pots have
the maioiiTy
havecompressed
ofpots
lfe
havs
anotherhave
to another
Coastto
WestCoast
theWest
on the
gfiort
areaon
ftomone
on'earea
shiftsfrom
1gg0).Effort shifts
(pemory,
)emory, 1990).
(as
pots(as
morepots
or more
700or
deploy700
wllldeploy
largestoperations
Some
the largest
operations will
of the
Some
come common.
,omron.
bbcorne
and
and
deliveries
largedeliveries
vbrylarge
several very
makosevsral
opttitt, make
1i opener,
Decembet
theDecember
any as
,600) for
for the
nluny
as11,600)
in
in
boats
crab
boats
oiegoncrab
bt Oregon
numb"rof
Thenumber
weeks.The
tnrr" weeks.
asthree
In .*
as little
rittreas
in
rishery
thefishery
reavethe
en leave
11ien
on
on
highest
secondhighest
was the
the second
14)was
August14)
1 through
August
through
.n.ron (December
1999-90
e 1989-90
season
lOecemUer.t
ttie
catch
annual
áatch
Theannual
high. The
ail-time
anall-time
wasan
potswas
150,000
pots
150,00b
estimated
thbestimated
andthe
cord at
lrgh.
at 378,
378,and
record
to
ledto
hasled
coastwide
has
effortcoastwide
in effort
in
escaration
Tneescalation
pounds. The
miilionpornor.9.3 million
wasg.B
seasonwas
r that
that season
{dr
today'
today.
managers
andmanagers
and
Indusiry
facingIndustry
ost of the issues facing
"\;;iihulitrtt
I
12
12
.
for
developed
statements on four issues for
developed
committee
the
the
committee
meetinss,
of
a
series
After
a
series
of
meetings,
attl,
:iilt.T:lf:ii:,:titsues
pursuing.
which there was agreement that a tn-state approach was worth
wsrs:
issues
BrifIy these
issues
were:
these
Bripfly
I
beginning of
of season
soason
shell crab,
crab, baglnnlng
Softshelt
t. I Soft
I
and northern Oregon molt later
offwashinstPl,"jil
1.
decade,
crab
craboff Washington
decade,
each
ortwice
twice
About
once
or
each
once
Rbbut
[ttP::-9-f9":$ltijit
coasiwide opening of
than normal and do not reach acceptable quality in time for the December 1, then an
on
Dcember 1. If, during these few years, the fishery is opened
uI
harmf
rs,harmfu'
occu
qu
crab
quality
crab
occurs,
pdo'
aritv
oi
and
landing
of
poor
u;;i;s
;"oli; ;';'.;;
uncceptabIe
amount
of sorting
at sea ;,.'d
l;".|jiii%i'
ut
marl<et.
andmarket.
and
resource
theresource'
to
toboth the
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those
those
during
onlyduring
season
the.season
the
only
postpone
to postpone
was
was to
rscommendation
Committes,s
Te Committee's
recommendation
tt"il'
committee's
tlt^tl:.The
crab exists.
nsoftshell
st1!131.
*',r1i1
problem
with
* n,n'aail&t
years
ocasional
years
when
onal
rsi
and
:5l
ff
:TTi,tl
. and
deravins
tor
need
the
for delaying
theneed
assess
toassess
repommandation ffiJil#
included a Gli'ii.iiiiig-procedure
test fishing procedure to
lffi;.[]J;rffi
establishing a northern and
rej.opening affected areas, .me committee recommended
1
sPe" December
tlluulsopen
nzQne would
a
lne
prOblem-yearS.
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in probtern-years.
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squthern
in
fishingzone
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(butnever
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goodcondition
ingood
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cra6are
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thenorthern
Ine
arlathe
r
h h a r who
who
crabbgr
howevgr, any crabber
ong, however,
ineither
eitherz
may
zone,
iishin
mayfish
crabbers
15. Crabbers
laser than January
January 15.
ra{Jrtnan
waiting
aa
untilwaiting
zone
zone until
northern
thenorthern
tothe
moveto
notmove
couronot
zonecould
southem
nl*rcroated
thesouthern
prticlpated
ininthe
zone
is
is
committee
Currently,
the
theCommittee
currenilv,
openeo.
opened.
zone
*nhernzone
specified
period of time after the northern
!$[|9,|[TH[J'ltiffi;';i.i,'il,
to the entire season.
il9tn.1!
range
from
15 days
glv1!l*^1"T:rtntril'no"t
ranse
options
p.ti"oand
anooptions
delay
dbat(ng
the
delay
period
the
ddbating
need to be completed, and staff expects
DtaiIs of the regional management strategy
tl tf
-r--aarar:^^
^ r i ^ F to
t n the
l h a 1992-93
1 q q 2 - 9e
33season.
S
ga
aS
On'
n , If
so
se
prior
r^T
ir,iitG rimpl'ri6n-tat
#;;;;ti"oonsioLtheir_tmplementation
ake-recommendat
[i##;;
to1
fiscal
J:^',:,P;13
fiscal
som€
havesome
wourd
line
would have
rine1l?ft
nortn].orfi't
the north-south
onG-r,['in"ln"
inip(emonted,
the test
test fishery
fishery to
to determine
the
irnpremented,
Program
Shellfish
inpact
on
Program.
onShellfish
iqlpact
reiopening?T-1":I-l'fi
*l::*'{?n".'"irm::**:1"5H3""J,"s;:'"lo
-
fr^-*ll,la^
ia
expects
mpte!99
: 1f staff
ffi'liBil['"ffiffiffi ffi';ffii ;'d'st needtobe'co
I
-a
crab,durlng
during fne
the sesson
season
Softshelluab,
-2't
I Sofishell
the
summer
thesummer
around
typically
molts
moltsaround
typically
Dungeness
maleDungeness
of mature
male
of
mature
populatlon
ff,.coastal
.ourtal
Te
population
months'
twomonths.
totwo
weeksto
sixweeks
for
foisix
geneidtty
sbftgenerally
aresoft
are
fall.Crab
toearly fall.
nonths
--late
to
spring
latespring
nionths
.Crab
vary
tovary
seems
crab
to'
crabseems
"arly
ofsoft-shelled
soft-shelled
extent
well
as
of
asthe
theextent
w'ett
m'oii
lhemolt
Te
timing
ofofthe
as
The
tlming
harvested
areharvested
cr.aO
are
malecrab
"s und
thepre-molt
ofthe
Mostof
fre-moltmale
and by year. Most
OVarea
cpnsiderably both
botlrby
cirnslderably
fV,Vear.
softshells
of softshells
high handling
rate of
handling,fT
Summer
fishing can
can involve.
involveaa,iiign
ninlnJ
Summer
piiorto
sutmJi "tn"
thesummer.
p1or
tothe
onaa
selling
crab
or
on
or
crab selling
softshell
ofsoftshell
of
marketin!
mortality
and
at times, marketing
uni'iriirnrJ,
mortaritv
rsulting
InInsignificant
signrficant
resurting
basis.
rçcovery
basis.
rgcovery
I
typically
efforttypically
andeffort
catchand
15'
15. Catch
september
on September
endedon
season
the
crab
season
ended
crab
the
years,
or
many
many
years,
the
for
ofthe
5%of
than5%
less than
averaging.less
ll{9,V' averaging
the.fishery,
ofthe
three months of
fg_s1!hr.",*onif"'t
th.elast
during.
tpered off
the
offduring
thpered
landed
was
catch
was
lanced
catch
an-nuat
tr'eannual
oi the
2s%of
ind 28%
3i and
1dil; 31
and1984,
1983and
In 1983
total. In
thinual
catch total.
dnnualcatch
in
resulting
in
resulting
poor
conditio,n'
in poor condition,
wasin
landedwas
crab landed
oi.i"U
volum.of
thevolume
of the
Mostof
1. Most
June1.
dfterJune
4fter
future
catches
probable depression of
qome
o moutright
e o u t r i gwastage
h t w a s tofa the
g e -resource
o f t h e r eand
s o ua' . ' " nsupport,
o a p r oiha
bab
l . d o pwas
' e s sshortened
i o n o | f u tin
urecatc
in
shortened
was
ttason
the
season
suppott'
indusiry
With
broad
industry
broad
With
mort-alities.
handling
due
mortalities.
tohandling
dueto
13
13
totallgd
have totalled
|
.,
L^r--^-r season,
a^A-Ah landings
tanrtinn.q
June
June1t have
after
afterJune
landings
shonened
'in season,
theshortened
14. Since
sincethe
August14.
195 to
toAugust
1gq5
years the market for picked-out
i"ttniY??f
harvest. in recent
'rilucn
harvest'
gto7%
annual
theannual
3
of the
ro7%of
frorh
*",
was
thopast
inthepast
in
was
market
Much $tr':::J:lti:[:g;:ll
of
ofthis
this market
frorb
Du,geness
crab moat has been depressed.
:n:{'.;i['ffii1ffi'#;il|n;;rr.d.
Ht
quallty
crab
crab'
lowerquality
bylower
suçpiied
by
sudplied
troll
troll
salmon
salmon
reduced
andreduced
craband
lorcrab
higher
prices for
higher.prices
seasons,
pastthree
threeseasons,
In heIpast
years action
the:-tlil:n?:l?l?T;,l,3itfear'eoaction
lateln
in effort
late
in the
ocean crab season. Last
effort
in
surse
toaasurge
oportunities
lead
to
lead
rtunities
whIch
allowed
after August 14
byjthe Commission created a two week extension
affect of this rule change was to permit
t*-9-;9gtl':
not flsh
fish gear'
gear. The
butnot
retrieve
toretrieve
fislermen
to
but
rmen
i9."1?:?t,Y"1t:t^ntgt
about 7%
The 1990-91 catch after June was
effrt to continue until the season closure.
fishery,
of annual effort. For the Oregon
is;i;t.1;!'!'1llll;
nsarv
effort was
was nearly
15%
butetfort
total
ofhe season
total
but
season
^:T.tf,3'^n?fJ:t;ff?;
peak
of
rate of softsheil crabs during the
result
In
a
high
sorting
season
effort
can
in
lat
crabsin
forcrabs
develops
develops for
ptitt structure
struclure
tutiuOfiprice
with ai variable
marketwith
A market
period. A
moltlngperiod.
th molting
The molting period is typically a month
"recovery
fishery").
reItively
poor
condition
(
a
at
rel
at
srtuation
thesituation
mirroring the
srat6,'mirrorins
tnJstate,
otthe
the rest of
il','#'6't
ormore
later In northern Oregon than In
or [,'Jij,:llrfiiiffitd,*"#fi;i.'
mortins
ofmolting
iangeof
therange
todefine
define
the
iut" to
Inadequate data
##F;;; There isb iffi;',il-;
ofthe
thsseason.
beginning of
th besinnins
Oregon'
inOregon,
areain
geo:graphic
5ygeographic
tines by
area
lishing
werefishing
crabber8
of 1991,' crabbers
were
summerol
thesummer
duringthe
of gear
gearduring
the amountof
,1991
fBcause ofcauss
theofamount
fathoms)
mprigeàr in deeper water thartusuaHor sumnecrabbtnguisidpf1O
15
orIS
inside
crab s6ar
gearinside-of
matn{ain'crab
to maintain
p"i{
to
t'e
r.
agreements
in
the
past
have had informal
USJ?rT;:j[-.HiHiJ#:ii#;1'.'i--'t'
were
were
entanglements
Gearentanglements
sfmmer'Gear
thdsummer.
during
the
Ourlng
Users to
gear
conflicts
mlnlmize
fMhoms
gear conflicts
tominimize
fainoms
commercial
andcommercial
sporland
andsport
and
fathoms
AOfathoms
JS""nO
set from
and 40
trom15
gearset
crib gear
roorted between
crab
betwoen
reboiled
reported
between
Additional gear
conflicts were
-WniU
the
same
area.
salmon
trollers
fishing
sdlmontrollers{ishingthesam.e"rur'Rdditionalgearconflictswererepof
longstanding
wasaa longstanding
thiswas
ns;rsho,.area. While this
fishing
ttrenearshore
iirningthe
craUUrri
anO
trwlers and
crabbers
trhwlers
fisheries
bothfisheries
inboth
effortin
increased
effort
incFeased
to"ttu'
due
dueto
heightened
wersheightened
inkeraction, conflic'ts
conflicts were
inlteraction,
d
us114whroharrowe
U;H ;?;i, *fi "tt" nJg
lsf,,l'"HlS"J
[T;t;.,n
i" ffi :qi-f,cr'"tteiJunewaiabout 7%
::Hl.%fuiJ'."t
ff LT','f,j:1,T,iiilJ
:.HTil:l?!:T.?:lllil?rfi'J';il;;t';i;'ttstieircrabsdurinsihe
(alrecoyelry
poor
condition
tivery
lFL'yli::.::'l* ti$:"tfJil'3,llr1'S"lln
,resseilno.rori*Li,i'ii'#*#p'.ffi
d""L$#il?'
-r
.I
occurmost
to oimôst
-.
seerr
prob
ems
seem
andproblems to
issus,and
this issue,
onthis
on
consensus
noconsensus
hadrio
To Committee
had
committeo
Tfre
flshing"
"recovery
fishing".
that"recovery
members
mel;f,t* agree that
committee
fishery.
All
All
committee
lishery.
Oregon
frquentLy
In
the
Oregon
In
the
frilquentty
"gtne
regulatlons
regulations
statss'
twostates'
otier
in
two
in the
ttreother
Difrerences
Differences
stoppeo,
nestopped.
shourd
crabs
be
crabsshould
softsheil
in
oi
ohsoftshell
prograrfs
in
prograrils
yiefO'
yield.
Sampling
econo;iJ
in
loss
in
economic
lors
potenii"l
lapflinO
thls
control
this
potential
conyot
hetp
aDparentiy
help
state'
apparentty
thatstate.
crablnthat
crab'in
softshell
of softshell
r"noi'igof
prohibiting landing
ililF'biting
enforce
rules
enforce
to
useo
are
used
to
are
due
due
v/ashington
Vyashington
to
enlorce
toenforce
difficurt
expensive and
anodifficult
r*p-rnlive
or
sampling
may
be
,umpiii.g
on
based
oftsheIl regulations
based on
regurations
rqI eruo.'tariioinia
July
July
season
theirseason
Qoftsherr
;iori.nrrr"
their
ctoses
"softsheil"
crab. California closes
;
derinrng
of
legally
defining
a
regalry
of
probtem
three
t9 the
tneproblem
of three
tdr
inside
insideof
prohibited
is prohibited
is
trawling
anotrawling
late summer fishery there, and
inr-rii.irrnm.*ilnr.y1nrr",
ellminarng
15,
the
1ls,eliminating
I
rhiles.
thiles.
been
solution
has
hasbeen
solution
consensus
Oregon
consensus
Oregon
no
lssue,
on
this
Issue,
no
on
this
concerns
numergus
t espite
numerous
concerns
espite
the Oregon industry.
resu.liliJ':9lt
results,
a slight majority of
questionnaire
rnthequestionnaire
or
ideas
of
ideas
evaroped.
the
rejected the
;'r?1lr-':i:cted
;;;s majority
ostrong
earlier.
:::$?ffiiil ATi-1iY"":*:r??31*,'l'ilf;P;..,
closing the season
ceveloped. In the
,t'*!lll; i[.1:::i:iJ5ilifi
fvored the option of
states
from
threestates
thethree
fromthe
responses
Coastwide,
responses
Coastwide,
restrlctions.
depth restrictions.
Oeptn
and/or
timits
tip
and/or
the
ng the
tiiplimits
favoring
closing
included
30 individuals
;lyq{{^eg:1!'
ilffi
ideas.
These
ideas'
n
write-i
rous
nums
ihcluded
numerous
write-in
ihcluded
::*3t ntt":1|osi
'
summer'
thesummer,
during
the
durins
rimits
Others sussesteo
suggested pot
pot limits
.u**rr. orhers
fishery earlier in the summer.
crab'
softshell
crab.
ii:?:l;il1iil;??;
defining
legally defining
aa softshell
dnOitgurly
Head, and
CasiuJe"ftL"O'
of Cascade
$hortening
the sea-son
season ,ouit''
south of
tne
crab
activityon
onthe
thesummer
summer crab
$trortening
tia*ltia"iiuity
increased trawler
ouiiT;;;"-#
concurn,
expressed
Some atso
also expressed
concerns over
Some
shonened'
the season were
were shortened.
if the'season
grounds if
6t"rtoi
14
14
of pots
GroundIlnin9 of
Pots
3. Groundttnlng
I
are
Thereare
There
increasing'
be increasing.
to be
pots
appearsto
pots appears
Dungeness
of Dungenesè
longlining
GrundItning
or
of
orlonglining
Grdundlining
lines
fewer
tofewer
lines
dueto
ris'updue
torig-up
expensive
It ls
Is iess
less expensive
to
lt
seeral
advantages to groundlining.
stgytdlinin-s
}t.6fi;fi"i;;g;i"
on-board'
pulled
pulled
on-board,
ls
since
all
allgear
slnce
grounds
[earis
tf,ugrounds
*ouri'on
on the
r.iOitymoved
bereadily
canbe
and
Itltcan
buoys,
anflbuoys,
o{
portions
of
inportions
orin
deeper
water
or
water
indeep;r
fisheryin
e fishery
ioi
for a uiab'f
viable
potdrift
ailows
andallows
driftand
reduces
anf
pot
anditrtreduces
channels.
sh{OoinO
shipping
channels.
wtraditionalwgear
gear sy"l
such as
as single'pots
single-pots
other'traditlonal'
withother
with
pots
conflicted
hasconflicted
Grundlining
ofofpots
has
Gr[unOrining
options
options
discussed
butdiscussed
issue but
this-issue
onthis
noconsensus
consensus on
hadno
gear.The
cormrtteehad
?neCommittee
anti
anptrawl
trawlgear.
to
crab gear to
gll,?nn"t
gear,
limiting the use of longline
t-{' and
ql1
ngthe
tilhi6rii
t{uv'
squo,
staru)
statu
inaluding
ilnqtusrlrg
ncil
udrnsstatus
;v'urrrrJrrr"v
il;, prohibiting
"'ittllii€t"t;
9
XS
."
ryryi:^:t:
:l
P:
with
meetwith
goingto
to moot
is going
corimitteeis
"
o the Tn-State Committee
subcommittee
deper depths.
AAsubcommittee
of
dePths.
depper
area
Riverarea
columbia
inthe
theColumbia River
crabbers
in
crabbers
conventionar
and
andconventional
crabberE,
trawlers, groundline
trdwrers.
sroundrine
crabbers,
gear,
crabgear.
groundline
groundline crab
accomodate
to accomodate
to
expIore options to
i;l;;p6;;opttons
I
entry
entry
moratorlum/ltmlted
Llcensemoratorium/limited
4.1-License
4.fr
I
planfor
the
forthe
entryplan
a limited
limitedentry
a
Council approved
approved
Mlnagement.Council
FisheryManagement
faclficFishery
TffePacific
Tle
new
ol new
and
there could lgqs"grg
be a surgee of
andfhef9-qgglq
pie
ml*rb-fegl.
Se
fIsrrery_'o
grpundfish
onn Sopternbar2OJ99.1
g
rirundtishfishery
s)'
fishonb
few rernaningèfi'ffertos).
ns or
Dungeness
fishery
(one
of th
thee*@ss
sneilG
ngr rirlsri
intothe
rhebu
ertrants
into
eritrants
ls not
notpossible
moratorium Is
possible
a
create
action to
a riorxorium
tocreate
action
tmnieiiate
hlgh.Immediate
atready
arealready
E1fort
levels are
high.
EtJonlevets
the
andthe
time'and
shorttime,
inaa short
ad in
toact
haveto
would have
would
tegistiiuiet
tftitt'stai'e
bcause
each
ofotthree
state legislatures
each
beicause
1991'
this
thisinin1991.
accomplish
toaccomplish
alongto
faralong
ioofar
arealready
already
stataare
sdssions
in
too
ineach
eachstate
sdssions
the number of vessels
limitatiol
is
that aa(imitation
on
lsthat
opinion
majoritv
Theecommittee's
majority
opinion
commlttee's
9lll1lyPA:[t^:fl?
the crab fishing
prUcipatinginJheJrL-statefisheryisn oeded and recommends that
eligibility in
inustry In each of the three states should pursUE Iëgislatiw' which limits in the fishery
tie tn-state fishery, only to those crabbers (or vessels) which participated
1991:
30,1991.
prior to
MaY30,
to May
I
assistancs'
Fisherie$
of
assistance,
ofFisheries
Department
Washington Department
withwashington
Industry,
Washington crab
with
crabIndustry,
Tfrewashington
andaa
dateand
cut-off
cut'ofldate
eligiblllty
for a September
15 eligiblilty
Sept:tnO9t..1b
foi
drafted
billcalling
caliing
draft;daa bill
recently
h[s recently
Include
study.would
The
would Include
1shery'
coastal crab fishery.
tne.olii"Lcrab
entryin
16 study
,000 study
ot-limiteO
limited entry
studyof
$Fg,Ooo
in the
Washington'
byWashington,
developed
by
developed
systems
entry
limited
entrysystems
ol limited
stigatlon of
of
ofcompatiblilty
compatibllity
irivestigatlon
in
in
crosure
s'asonclosure
with the
iheseason
with
coincides
datecoincides
cut-off
cut-;ffdate
proposed
Theproposed
The
carifornia.
andCalifornia.
gon and
edeoandrecoI 19nd:ll t 1ll:,9*ipl llP
lil-tr;i"I*; "n$rvie1e'il'f"""*nSffi"i?ff
ti;i#'diJi1;j::l:g':l3l:l:lL::lfl
il$f
i:i;gg1[J:
inthetishery
parlicipated
wr''r.n
ffhil?iffi;; ioi
STlK$J,tiLil,'.i'v
""i"ri)
dregon
waters.
coastal
;hington coastal
waters.
$ashinOton
'l'lnwnhpll
st'mmaries
mePtlng
I
paper
issues
paper
issuss
committee
Committee
Tri-state
in
is Included
in the
the Tn-State
rncruded
issuesis
theseissues
A
of
ofthese
A discussion
discussion
to
to
mailed
wasmailed
(Attachment
4)
4)was
(Attachment
questlonnalre
lntt questionnaire
paperand
tnJ fleet
tssue
The
(ttachment 3). The
Issue
paper
tdffffiii'tl.
and
oregonand
ofWashington,
waihtngton,
Oregon
crab uuyers
buyers in
in the'states
the states of
andciao
crabbers
Il licensed
crabbers
and
licensod
eitt
and
inform
bothinform and
to both
to
meetings
typemeetings
townhail
type
of townhall
1116,of
conducted
California.
We
conducted
a, series
arso
wealso
carifornia.
the
the
summarize
tosummarize
beto
next step
step witl
will be
rhe'n'ext
crau-rnoustr/.
commercial crab
Industry. The
qolicit
olicit input
input lrom
from the
the commercial
Eure[<a'
inEureka,
meeting
in
meeting
committee
zg'24committee
September 23-24
tiil-s"pt"r6rr
atthe
resurts
lhdustry questionnaire
results
at
quesilonnaire
rhdustry
15
15
issues. The results of the
onon
action
consensusI ltl'l.3:
acti
pursu
estate
st?ie
ndtopursue
tornia,
andto
li?i
Iornia,a
?
I
:E:?t:-'
[i"lTlltfi
and Wildlife
at eh Oregon^tFish
stionnaire will be available for presentation
1.99J'
16,1991.
16,
onOctober
Octobel
n-meettng
m1ssion
meeting on
rorrows:
asfollows:
were
meetings
were
as
meetlnss
to*nnatt
]iffi;ilffiid;-or
location
participation of townhatl
iliTilSland
w*d'i{e
and
Fish
ffi,1,ffi"ffi;i;h-or.son
#'li tT'"l?,ili'.l
Westport, Washington:
Washington:
WestPoil,
Oregon:
Astoria,
Oregon:
Astoria,
Oregon:
Newport,
Oregon:
NewPort,
Oregon:
Oregon:
BaY,
Coos
CoosBay,
-CttY,
Catitornia:
Cresent
CresentC1t', California:
Eureka:
Eureka:
31
31
2a
20
15
15
30
30
29
29
16
16
141
141
Total:
Total:
problems'
crab
crabproblems,
softshe,
opener
to alleviate softshell
opene.rtoateviate
season
thgseason
the
adjusting
ofadjusting
favorof
during
rnfavor
crab
Mpstrtwere
werain
softshell
crab
f'ut softshell during
Most felt that
Eureka,
California.
eu,e*il'c;iil;;i":
fi';il;;in
of
crabbers
in
of
,
Y;'t"rt
exceptton
rheexception
wih the
th::tn:':"?:"fl::['VjL,il
that
should be dealt with at
problem
proolem*it-*ut
or was auproblem
notaaproblem
wasnot
months
ti summer
months
was
summer
revealed a geographic diversity
townhall
meetings
three
Oregon
th state level. The
shortening the season, olosing fishery when
These
were:
inj majority opinions.
in Charleston, Newport, and
hicdrversitv
o
a
are
d
v
e
s
s
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s-oaridthousffime
viré tôJeant of
of
illtT;
Atoria,
respectively. Most participants
of
majoritv
prohibited.
AA-large
large majority
iO'.ited'
oip,of
deeper water or
llmitedto deeperiutt;
be limited
or
of
shouldbe
felt that
thatItlt should
mtjoritv
uutaumajority
of limited entry, but
participants
were
In
favor
#Jr'J''1tiy.lf:yd;ft,
particip"nt,
oregon
andOregon
Vashington
and
shinoton
entry.
timtted
of
entry.
oflimited
supportive
not supportive
werenor
CUfornia
participants
were
ii;;Y; di;;*;
Recommend
R e c o m mati
e n doant l o& n s
2 and 4 The Tn-State Committee
tl?*:?:*
recommendations
for
issues
n
s
o
atl
n
d
m
e
m
reco
h
as
staff
#:t:an
this
has
time,staff
thlstime,
the season was
lot,i
^l[?Jtl;t"t1t:"$f
softshelt crab problems during
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by
d workshop participants felt that
since the softshell condition varies
resolve
separately,
like to
ue that each state should
late season fishery. Staff would
gion. Staff concern is over the scale of the
handling
during the peak molting period when
fishing pressure
Pruuuurv
to.reduce
recovery
of
ek ways
reduce llsnlng
ilaysto
ofrecovery
question
""irO"trolJt,rfil
crabs.
The question
crabs.-The
molted
(softsheU)
to
substantial
to
newly
substantial
be
ortality
iitvcan be
optimum
of
ofoptimum
lgylY.Ti^^r,,ri^n
acItn is
is aa question
ouestion
solution, as
requires
an
industry
""n
thing is one which
would also provide a
onomic yield from the resource. Reduced fishing. pressure
conllicts'
gearconflicts.
rtial sotution
solution to gear
artial
time'
thistime.
atthis
crab
of
crab at
softshell
ofsoftshe{l
management
in-season
management
in-season
quo
ror
status
quo
for
status
cut-off date
date for
for
tff recommends
recommends
afr
1se1:ut'off
August
14, 1991
AtJu.
;itht
adoption
of
the
tg-.iqti-.;
.]1'
recommenal
Staff
recommends
sturt
e1.
by
the
bv
issue
4,
tion
4,
issue
2).
otion
developed the
Dungeness crab fishery developed
l:?liilfi
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j*:*Xtri;,l:l'Tlliil
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re
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r
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ss
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s
t"J
:
l:qilH
?J:*','rT
fr:,y
limited
rit:n:",{fi;^5:Tg*:t"t:*rl'tnery
any future.
future license
,i"3'ininanv
erisibility
ire eligibility
iure
2,
issue 4
4 below)'
below).
2'issue
ffi;#iUi;i;iurl loption
mmlssion or Oregon Legislature (option
1:
seasott'
of season.
beglnnlngof
crab, be9lnn!ng
Softshell
Sottshetlcrab,
negotiated within the Tn-State
procedure
are
being
season.
rinal details of a season delay
be required before the 1992-03
Commission
action
would
ommittee.
16
16
1
o
*
gearconflicts.
conlllcts'
relatedgear
season,related
tfieseason,
durlngthe
crab,during
softshetlcrab,
2: Softshell
is
ue 2:
r"Jue
I
tlshery'
crah fishery;
oceancrab
season ocean
lateseason
Closelate
r. Close
I 1.
River
River
pacific
columbia
andColumbia
oceanand
InPacific
crab
In
ocean
crab
Dung€ness
of
harvest
of
iDungeness
harvest
commerciar
Prohibit
,rjntoi,commercial
year'
eachyear.
30
30each
November
through
November
r 5 through
Ju{y15
Jufr
and
and
crabs
Damage to softahell crabs
'll?ltT:ll:-:.11igt":";:n::'r
ea.se
be
ease
of
enforcement.
wourd.be
benefits
Positive
benefits
would
rjsitive
of
lossof
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reduced'The
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"1 Gear
woudbe
G.u,conflicts would
reduced,
U" reduced.
*oJObe
re4overy
iishingwould
re{overyfishing
catch'
total
"onflicts
s€ason's
of
the season's
total catch.
ofthe
s*ai-fp"i..nt"ge
is aa small
percentage
monthis
lastmonth
thelast
catch
duringthe
catchduring
I
S
mart<et
themarket
onthe
crabon
freshcrab
of fresh
of
redudion
a reduction
be
option would
be a
wourd
ofthis
gative aspects
of
this option
aspects
*1, n.gutive
also
would
simple,
would
w.hite.simple, also
opiion,
This
while
rnis option,
restaurant
season.
iestaffii;;;son.
ano
peak
oiiourist
the
peak
of
tourist
and
the
ddring
summer
during the
the summer
problem
during
crab
crabproblem
softshelt
orno
nosoftshell
is little
little or
thereis.
areas wneie
where there
cl{seareas
In'
In.
participate
toparticipate
to
fishery
no alternative fishery
h;;";;lternative
would
crabbers
would have
Somecrabbers
s. Some
mbnths.
t
confllcts'
gear conflicts.
reducegear
andreduce
etfortand
z. RestrIct
Bestrtcteffort
2.
I
River
River
Columbia
andColumbia
Ocean
O9g,l and
Pacltiq
of
DungenesscrabinIhcPg
ot Dung€qeqlg+Lnllr;B
harvest
commercial
Linit commercial
harvest
Uif.,..rit
August14 n
to 15 fathoms or less from June 15 through
to|rstathomsorlesstromJunet.sthroughAugust_timit
of
southof
1
4, south
August
14,
August
through
1sthrough
June 15
fromiune
rl"5from
fathoms or
ii less
20rathomJ
to20
cOmmercial
harvest to
harvest
cdmmerciar
HeadTllamook
Head.
Tlllamook
summer
forsummer
for
available
beavailable
stlilbe
still
wourd
crabwould
rreshcrab
andfresh
and
minimized
beminimized
wourd
qear
would
be
conflis-ts
may
d.u, confflcts
season
may
season
1990'91
the1990-91
during
experienced
during
the
proirerns
expe{9nced
proposar.
proposal.
Problems
underthrs
narkets
under
this
n{arkets
enrorce'
m.ay
be dtthcultto
maybe
{irriculttoenforce
rnir opJion
flpt-occur-aextseason.
Thtsoptton
;t1';;il;"rr;;;ni
.,
,.
r
r-.-^*^,
I
3. Close problem areas, protect softshe!I crab.
ls.Closeproblemarsas,protectsoftshellcrab'
I
I
ef{ort
fishingeffort
crabfishing
.
A-- -^- industry
a aa
ntAnto
to
reducecrab
reduct
plan
toreduce
devise
a
plan
devlse
Oregon
to
industry-to
oregon
ot
committee
tablish aacommittee
of
atonatbased
crab
based
on
drruo',rn
lishery
crabfishery
summer
Close the
the summer
petiios.'crose
mort
peak
during
peak
molt
periods.
during
mrnimum
tbaa minimum
action.
actlon.
emergency
using
using
emergency
resutts
Ji*plng results
ffiiii"^ sampling
:ua condition
Indicate
Indicate
fishing
testfishing
oftest
results
June
11Ifrfresults
of
June
after
crosed
be
closed
after
be
courd
rishery
xampIe:
The
fishery
could
The
t*"*pt.,
Thestate
The.state
condition'
softshell
condition.
softshelr
post-mort
in a
a post-molt
mate,r"L-aie
male
crab are in
regar
oflegal
than.75olo
pore
than
.75% of
rhore
an
be
bean
would
method
This
would
Thismethod
necessary'
lf
geographic
zones
if
necessary.
tonti
grog*ifi.
lnto
two
ouId
be
divided
Into
two
dtvided
dou6be
The
periods'
The
*:.ryy periods.
during peak
molting
[e"k
'softshelt
il'tr;;itJ
high intensity
fishery
to-adoirrJinigh
effective
way
to
address
a
way
on
.:l3q,i,;rrng
on
predominde
sffeaiva
crabpredominate
when
softshell crab
whei
fishery
closing
the
fishery
.'ie
tsrrlrrnen-ruppo,t
offishermen
najority of
support
program,
rinajority
require
orrequire
Program,
or
sheilfish
tt Shellfish
co.tto
add
to cost
to
"roring
aod
proil;;;;id
sampling
program
would
sampring
the
the
The
thagrounds.
srounos.
tasks.
tasks'
existing
reprogramming
of
ofexisting
ieProgramming
I
guo.
sfafssquo.
h.
4. Status
5
|
. .,..
thg
a s s g s s the
t o assess
. , , . . - , ^ , - ^ a ^ . , r ^ r shellfish
o h a l t f i q hocean
o c a a n fisheries
t i s h e r i g sto
gtaff
t a t suggests
l s u g g e sshifting
t s s h i f tof| nfunds
g o J |from
u n dother
s | r o m o t h e r s hImpacts
e l | f i s hof
o csorting
e a n t iand
s h ehandling
riet
handling
and
soding
of
assessl*purt.
and
to
assess
to
and
crab,
of
softshell
crab,
of
sottsneit
drstribution
anddistribution
extent
bxtentand
17
17
catrfrhtcrab'
incidentally
of .sottsh:llfo.r
would host a
caught crab.
mortality of softshel( or incidentally
fishenes on
on mortality
trawllisheries
andtrawl
In 4rab
in
draband
gear conflict problems. Staff
Enôourage industry to provide a solution to
the price of crab and opportunities
issue.
Depending
on
help
resolve
the
continue'
wo kshop to
maycontinue.
of resource
resource may
pooruse
and poor
use of
gear conflicts and
fish'e'ri1"s;;;;;*ntn-"tt
forlafiernattve
for
alternative fisheries,
to^9:1
asolutiolt
toprovrde.
nities
rtu
industry
pp
o
o
d
n
a
Enbourase
::11*tJi."l':t1?"tt:*
ffiy-Hilel
crau
o
t
*
ilil'i
qil
:'bX
ti
'3t'Ii:l
,v"
!o.
'3r'r",,:"#fi; ft , ffi rlig
it
continue'
n:I;;;:gii''|;'J
av
m
rce
so
u
re
o
r
;;;,;
H
[?flfri :f.ll"ffi
o
5
ot pots
of
Pots
Groundllnlng
S; Groundlinlng
ts{ue 3:
-)ttalna
al
nnle
time'
thistime.
atthis
at
recommendations
N{ recommendations
entry'
moratorium/limited
entry.
moratorlum/llmtted
Llcense
o, LIcense
,rLu" 4:
ln aa
In
partlctpatton
tor participation
dale
for
date
erlgrblltty
as
1991
as
eligibility
lggt
30,
May
AdoptMay 30;
,.
|
1. Adopt
flsherY'
llmltedfishery.
I license
ttcenselimited
1991'
30'1991.
May30)
I
onMay
on
committee
by
the Tri-state
Tn-State Committee
bythe
th€,,
selected
wasselected
licsnselfthey
date
datewas
Tlrrris
entry
sntrylicense
t'lmiteo
aa limited
t"i
be qualified for
;"il;
that
they
may
not
tney
o*n*e tnat
F;:;y:[ijd
rn vessel
vessel owners
Inf'rm
date'
thatdate.
before
that
before
or
6n
tishery
the
fishery
on
or
in.
in
participaied
notparticipated
nadnot
if
I
L
i
for
date for
eltglbtllty date
' ' ' r ^'t'
raatt of
rtl tseason)
aseligibility
as
season)
(eld
(end
lggl
1.!,
August
14,
1991
August
-ot.
2: ,44,opt
+l$hgty.
DartIcIriafTon
1i1 a llcense.-lffil€cl
parttcip'it'oiii.
they
licenseif they
entrylicense
et
entry
aaf
ha qualified
arraufiadtor
{or
a limited
a
limited
limited
for a
notbe
maynot
that they
they may
vesselownors
Pt.ly3lltd
lrform
vessel
owners that
triform
before the end of season.
l'
6n:::^::l::::;::;:,.ra,ed
the fishery
on
or
nsnerv
l{ti1iffi:'ni.il;ilil,h;
o
inves,men,
investment
who
demonstrated
against newcomers
after May 30,
jr'r9
1hls onl'111,,9.?:^'*1,::1':Hli?,l3il[':ffHirr"son
option does not discriminate
.nii'i;q:l':t*il3^?'
but
who
entered
*no
but
current
season
crab
during
the
by
ffH5;l#i['13-1ii"":l;.d:i*;*onu'twhoentere
ncapabilIty toffharvest
nreco mmended by
hd not participated
in
J|fg;n"ff
Ecolnrgldeq
-wa-rhr.gtd$"t"mayu9-r&uired-read"pi-L"i*rarelhsrr
iaterdi
above'
199 1 WashtSt maybe-iequfred-tG-adopta
stated
1g91.
reasons
and
anoreasons
legal
requirements,
rugiii"qui**rnt's,
ouuio
Committee
due
to
Goi'miti.,
Tri-state
the Tn-State
the
I
t
3.
quo'
Status quo.
stalus
ronr,'rrr'
andgear
an(
i
:eof
ofresource
resource
nr.r conflicts.
resource
and
ol
uss
poor
along
with
poor
use
with
along
increase,
to
increase,
to
continue
rt would
would
continue
Ettort
I
I
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I
the
aspects
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aspecls-ot
I
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r.
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rr^^^
.,
lected
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1991'
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1991)
Radtke'
Hans
andHans
N' and:
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Christopher N.
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Oregon Dungeness
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1988-89.
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160
Oregon
Crab Effort
Effort
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Recreational
OregonRecreational
140
140
120
120
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80
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60
60
40
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1971
1977
1977
1986
1986
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c r a b effort
r e c r e a f i o n a l crab
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0 r e g o n recreational
1 . Oregon
1977,
1
9 7 7 , end
a n d 1986.
1986.
Catch
CrabCatch_____
Ocean
Crab
Ocean
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Millions of
lb
O ,",
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Crab catch
Catch
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lb ffi
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88 89
89 90
87 88
85 86
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72 73 74
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81 82
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No. Boats
Boats
No.
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OregonBay
Oregon
Crab Effort
Effort
1977-1990
1977-1
990
Season
Traps [r|
Pots&
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Shoened
Shortened Pots
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100
100
90
90
80
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
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0
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1000
1000
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800
600
400
200
0
82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
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76 77 78 79
79 80
80 81
81 82
75 76
71 72 73 74
74 75
crab
baycrab
andbay
1971-90,
catch,1971-90,
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Dungeness
crab
and
Dungeness
crabcatch,
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2. Oregon
Oregoncommercial
commercial
effort,1977-90.
1977-90.
effort,
S
I
.
AverageAnnualCatchDistributionby BayCrabBoats,1988-90
Percent
of Boats
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
250 500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
>3,000
Catchin lb
in
by annual
annualcatch
percent
boatsby
Figure
percent
frequency
of
catch in
Figure3. Average
of bay
baycrab
crabboats
Average
frequency
lb. Upper
interval
lb.
shown.
Upperlimit
limitof
catchinterval
shown.
ofcatch
.
Hi
Fishery
BayCrab
CrabFishery
Oregon Commercial
Commercial Bay
Oregon
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r 1988
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1990
1989 . 1990
1988 0
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by percent
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boatsin
in the
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4. Cumulative
percent
commercial
the commercial
bay
fleet,1988,
1988,1989,
1989,and
bay crab
crab fleet,
and1990.
1gg0.
Fleet
Entire
EntireBay
BayCrab
CrabFleet
Groundfish
Groundfish
(9%)
30
lb
30 thousand
thousand
lb(9%)
Troll
TrollSalmon
Salmon
(46%)
158 thousand
thousand lb
158
lb (46%)
Bay
BayCrab
Crab
(16%)
55 thousand
thousand lb
lb(16%)
55
Ocean
OceanCrab
Crab
(29%l
99
thousand lb
lb(29%)
99 thousand
Bay
Than 1,000
Annually
BayCrabbers
1,000lb Annually
CrabbersLanding
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(1'/'\
lb(1%)
thousand lb
3 thousand
Troll
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Salmon
(30%)
49 thousand
49
lb
thousand
lb (30%)
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Crab
(26%)
42
lb
lb (26%)
42 thousand
thousand
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Crab
Ocean
(43%)
lb(43%)
70
thousand
lb
70 thousand
geartype,
lb by
type,
of lb
Figure
by gear
Figure 5. Average
Average commercial
commercial bay
bay crab
crab fleet
fleet landings
landings in
thousands of
in thousands
1988-90.
1988-90.
..
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20000
1988
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160
BayCrabLandings
OregonCommercial
(All Bays)
1971-1990
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
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t h o u s a n d sof
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c a t c h in
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seasons.
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t h r o u g h 1989-90
s e a s o n , 1976-77
byy c
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600
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400
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200
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Rings
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p o u n d sand
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r e g o nbay
b a y crab
i n thousands
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(
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s e a s o n ,1976-77
1989-90
number
off units
off gear
r i n g s ) by
1976-77through
throuqh 1989-90
sseasons.
e a s o ns .
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20000
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5.
S
port a
n d commercial
c o m m e r c i abay
b
l a y crab catch
Sport
and
catch by
by month
month in
i n Alsea
A l s e a Bay,
B a y , 1988-89.
1988-89.