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coIIssIOH
OREGCi:S?ATE
SCALES
SP.OU?
IIGO}'
OFSTEET,}EAD
STEEUAL TROUT
SCALES
Rlii,IIiIG
FRC]' TlE
Th RELL
PSSI"LTS
RESULTS FRO?
CATCH
Ci]I.IRCIAL
BAT
TILIIJ.COT
FROT
TUE
TILLAUCOK
BAY
CCIi
ERCIAL
CATCH
T1:E
FR.OI'
bY
Rcport by
A Report
Surnngr
F.
F. H.
H. Sumner
Ssalor BlcLogiet
Senior
Biclog1t
to the
tha
to
Oregon Stata
State Gana
Grie Comnieslcn
Coiiasicn
l]eedham
R"
Par:1
Dr.
Paul
H.
Needharn
lrn
Fleherlee
of Fi5herie
Director
Dlractcr of
1946
]".Zn1946
July
Ju)-y 12,
*L-3.lntroductlon
Introduction
scales
During
D u r l n g t hthe
e w iwinter
n t e r o f l of
g 4 l -1941-42,
4 ? r t } r g l r r the
l t o r cwriter
o l ] . a g tcollected
odgcaler
was so
Hcvever, ltit was
so dlfflcult
d±fficult
IIoNFvsr'
steolhead"
from anglsr-oaught
angler-caught steelhead.
from
popular
varioua popular
by vlsltlng
visiting various
catoh by
tbgir catch
wlth their
anglars with
to
flnd anglers
to find
vas
that itlt was
checkad), that
npz"e checked),
(63 steelhead
stoslhead were
and rsEorts
areas
resorts (63
ar€a8 and
Clty
Bay City
tTio Bay
at two
st€alhead at
steelhead
glll-nottsd
fron gill-netted
data from
decided
to get data
doeldcd to
50
Jaauary 30
from January
c]:ocbed from
wars checked
fLeh were
The ::etiad
netted fish
The
plaats.
packlpg plants
packing
194?.
28, 1942,
to
Fabnrary 28,
tc February
tldeths tideln the
re taken
taksa in
fleh rere
the fish
The groat
gxeat raaJorlty
majority of
of the
Iha
from
cans from
The
The remainder
remainder came
Rlvsr'
section
of the
the l'l11son
rilson River.
esction of
to the
set-nets
s a t - n e t s i in
n t hthe
e l o alower
r e r b a y'cay.
. l h e f l sThe
h l e r efish
d e l twere
v a r o ddelivered
totha
'wats'
wate
of the packing
the
packer
p a a k e r bbr
: , ' ttruck
r u c k o or
r b oboat
a t a : : dand
c u mdumped
p o d o u t hon
eflo
o r ofloor
fthepacklag
from the fish before
took
shed
e h e d oon
n a pal .pier.
o r o f h e The
s ' r l . twriter
ertookd
. a t a fdata
romthst.lshbefore
markets were
Yourk
they
packed.
t , h a ywere
werep
a c k e d ' S t Steelhoad
e a l h e e d s esent
n t t o to
l . i eNew
wYou
rkme'rkete$Jgrg
Tl:ose
Those daettrcd
destined
(net cleaned).
e }eercd)'
ror:::d (not
.n t]:e
the round
boxed
with !.ce,
ice, 1n
boxad, elth
Flslx
Feh
ceLlfornla
tagged wlth
with aa Ca1forna
a::.d taggsd
clea*€d and
rars cleaned
for California
caitfor*ia were
for
bozed lnin lcs'
ice.
beiag botod
before being
(la:no ComrLselon
and Came
Connissicn tag
tag before
and
Dats
Data
gcaLs
Of
the scale
0f tho
sxaninsd'
rnrs examined.
steelhead were
Eight
hundre* steelhead
Elght hundred
co
growbh and so
ln growth
regeneration in
percent) showed
ehosad regenoratlon
?4. (9 percent)
sainple, 74
sanpled,
{9
dubloug"
ware dubiou.
epoctrnenswere
1?specimens
to sex,
eex, 17
As to
ussd' As
be used.
could
not be
oould not
spaclnena used
of specimens
nu:rber of
the number
brought the
date brought
Other gaps
gapslnin tha
the data
0thsr
702'
to 702.
down to
tabi.eg down
in
appndod tables
the appended
ln the
nBssultg from
ths
from the
wrlter' "Results
tha writer,
by the
report by
prevlorrs report
In
Ia aa previous
steelhead trout scales with recomreading
r e a d l n g oof
f g ucutthroat
t t b r c a t a n dend
atee].hgadtroutacaless'l.threoou!ar:mrary of
work" (Juns
(June 16,
1942)' a asuimnary
16' 1942),
mendationsfor
for future
future 'ryorkt
mndatlons
is presented
data
d
a t a ffrom
r o m l 0100
o o f t of
h o sthe
O C e800
o w ]commercial
€ r c i a l e t e s l hstesihead
eadlgpresaated
anl 8B'
6 and
in Tables
Tables 6
ln
ths
1n the
fiEh in
of fish
number of
by number
The
perosutages by
Pr.o perceatages
o,?_^
follows that for the larger
various
Y
$ 1 o u 8 aage
g € g lgroups
o u p g € gessentially
soatlallyfollorsthatforthglergar
the
number
n
D t r b € f o of
f f l gfish
h t r etreated
a t e d o f l nof
t h ain
p r othe
s a apresent
t r a p o r t , areport,
l . t h o u g balthough
tJ:c
adaguata'
eo adequate.
lnea:rlt so
figures
ara by no means
f,lgurea are
Stsolbead
of Steelhead
Sizes
Slzgs of
leagthr
the average
avsraga lengths
glvas the
rcport gives
prevloua report
of the previous
Table
fabb 99 of
snal1
was such
tuoh aa small
thero was
Slnoc there
stsalhoad. Since
ootrerolal steeThead.
8S oossnercial
of 800
percentage
p
c r o e a t a g o of
o f ffish
l g b ddubious
u b l o u s a sas
t oto
a asex,
x , t h c the
e a f learlier
l c r f l g u rfigures
caarr
ppeated
repeated hers.
here.
aze
is
fsnalec ir
tha females
of the
length of
fork length
ths
average fork
The average
lncbcr)o
28'? inchea).
inches (a11'
(all, 28.2
28'1 lacbag
raalosp 28.1
the males,
and of the
28.8
lacher, end
?8.! inches,
8'8
anaraglng 8.6
rolghcd' averaging
wero weighed,
Onehundrad
hundredsomaty-elght
seventy-eight flgh
fish were
Onp
tha
of the
lcagth of
shorter length
lha ahcrtcr
??.1 !'nohes)n
inches). The
pouada (lengtU,
pounds
(length, 27.1
lnd!'nry indi2, msy
Februsry 2,
3O tc February
Jauua4.r 30
from January
flah,
weighed
fish, taken
tksn from
rrlglrd
prorc
noad,adto prove
ls needed
but more
data is
ucrs data
bu!
dlstlnctreEs,
cabs
reia1 distinctness,
oatg raglal
polat.
tbe point.
the
relationships of 702 conTable
T a b l a l1g lgivea
v e a t hthe
e a gage-length
e-l'gngthrolatlons}ripeofTO2eon-
ireasured was
smallest
nrcial
n
r r a l a l ssteelhead.
t s o l h e a d n T hThe
gena
l l e e t n a tnetted
t e d f l s hfish
noasuredgaa
caught
gsa-run steelhead
gEsllgst sea-run
etselhead caught
ths smallest
while the
1on5o shl1a
21.5
21n5 inches
lnclres long,
The 26-27.9-inch
sport
lin
n t tthe
reep
o r t f l afishery
h e r y r r awas
g 1 1 11.25
. 2 6 t n cinches
h e s 1 o long.
ng.Ihaz6.z7.9-lncb
sport fishgroup
g t o u p lis
g t hthe
a l a largest
r g o s t l n bin
o t hboth
t h a o the
o g $ soomiercal
r c l a l a n d eand
portflgh-
tho
of the
perocnt of
38 peroent
aad 38
fors;r and
tha former
of the
prcaat of
59 percent
erl.es,
bclng 39
erles, being
the largest number of fish to
latter.
l a t t e r . T h This
! ' r g r ogroup
u p a l salso
o f u mfurnishes
lshosthelargestn:mberofflsbto
cLa!sos'
year, classes.
or year,
aanulusr or
the
V annulus,
fV and
aud T
II1, IV
the III,
Tablo
ia Table
precontod in
ls presented
groups is
age groups
of ace
The average
longtJrs of
avarage lengths
The
thero
that there
notsd that
be noted
It will
rr111be
2. It
dlffer'
grorth differ
uttle
is
very little
growth
1s very
There is a regresence
the
c n c ' bbetween
otTlenth
c I - II-Il
1 a : rand
d I 1 1 -Ill-Il
I l g r o ugroups.
ps.Thergllaregrca-
as
sion
in ths
the II-III
Il-Ill as
sloa 1n
algo
group' and also
I-III
tha I-Ill
compared
with the
comparadwlth
lin
a t hthe
e I I IIll-Ill
- I I I a s o oas
m ?compared
a r a d r l i h with
t i : e 1 1the
- I I l Il-Ill
g r o u p ' Igroup.
ftflsh
group1
If 3 fish
the
ellmlaatcd, thr
wera eliminated,
111-111 group
group were
the 1II-I11
ln the
under
26inches in
r:ndcr 26.1nchgs
s\)
as
sa:r€ as
average
would be
be tho
the same
averagc rould
_
for
the 11-11lrs'
II-IIi'e.
for tho
numLarger
Largormum-
such lrrrgularltlss'
cut auoh
irregularities.
to smooth
snooth out
sadgd to
data are
ars needed
bera oof data
bers
Fresh
BrackishTJatgr
rater
aad Braoklsh
Freah and
Gfssrth
Growth
steelA
A nmajor
a J o r d l fdifficulty
f l e u l t y i n r ein
a dreading
l n g t h o g o the
a } C sscales
o f a d u l t of
g t sadult
gltha
ganoral' the
Ir' general,
In
grovth'
strean growth.
the stream
in interpreting
lnterpretlag; the
head le
i la
baad
that for
ocean
o c € a n ggrowth
r o r r r b hpattern
p a t t e r n l is
s m l c hch
n cmore
r € c o n consistent
a l s t o n t t h a athan
thatfor
with o
growth
g r c ' s b h i in
n f rfresh
e s h w awater.
t a r . A p p aApparently,
r a a t l l r n a d u l adult
t e t e a l eteelhead
headwlthoe
thaS
the average,
avarago' than
on the
fish, on
growlng floh,
stream anauLus
annulusare
are fastar
faster growing
strcara
single
are
a f s tthose
h o g 6 rwhich
d i i c h e spend
p e a d n more
. o r e t l r tIme
e i n t h ein
s t the
r e a nstream,
, a l d t h e eand
l n g l the
e
as
nich ar€a
area on
on the
the ecala
ecale as
as xrarcb
snclosas as
stream
annulus oftea
often encloses
atrea.m ar:nulus
growlug
alower growing
slower
older'
from older,
eeales from
oe scales
annuli" on
maytwo
two oror three
three annuli
nay
amiuli, the anmili may be
f l g h o O : On
r e c ascales
l ' e e ' c rwith
i - t h s c2r Bor
a t3
r estream
aclsnnull'theanaulluaybs
fish.
of but few cIrcuit, and ocr-
wide
seen,
ora fnarrow,
w
l d s a and
a d e aeasily
sllysa€
arc:'n
fcwrofbutfa'wclrcul1'aadoor-
dletlngr:lsh'
ta diatingush.
reapondingly
difficult to
raspoadlngly ClfficuLt
In
I u B85,
S r o ror
l ' 212
p e r percent,
o o n i r o f i ; hof
e s pthe
e c l specimens
m o n s s t u d l o studied
d t h e r e l s there is
wj'thout
grcnrblr wtthout
watar growth
ea1'Lwater
or salt
brackleh or
gro,yyth rerglr:g
stream
merging into
into braoktsh
straam growth
represents late eunurar down-.
an
s n qannulus.
n n u ] . u g . T hThis
l s p a pattern
t t o r a p r oprobably
bablyrapreseabslatesu!$grdwg-
t}i
g t r e a m nmigration.
l g r a t l o n . T r aTrap
p e t u dstudiea
l a s E q . : lWill
] . a l d laid
n c 1 gin
r l fclarifying
ytagtk.ls
stream
growth
is svldsntly
evidently 1aingrowtl: 1g
tidewster,
Brackish wetar,
water, or
or tidewater,
Bracklsh
polnt.
point.
speekons by
by olrcull
otrouli
scala specimens
tho scale
cf the
s0 percont,
dicated on
420, or
or 60
percent, of
on 4?0,
dlcated
and
ooarssr and
are coarser
vl1ich are
pattern) ithich
(outslde the
etrs$l-grcwNh pattern)
tf.e stream-growth
(outside
(tn
circuit (in
strsan olrou:.r
snooth 1lks
spaced, though
like stream
though smooth
lrldely spacod"
more
ror.e widely
Probabpattera)o
oeean-groath pattern).
ths ocean-growth
ln the
xarr-y clreuli
contrast
etrouli In
tc the
tha wavy
oontrast to
the I ish spent scme time In brackish
lly
y aa
} alarger
r 6 e r p ' oproportion
p c ' t l . c n c f t } l of
sfisi:spentgclptlrnslabracklsh
of
arsa of
large
large area
s sufficiently
er:fflclently
'!vater. Tillamook
providee a
ay provides
TiLlanock la;J
water.
stay of most of the young stealbrackish
b r a c } i g h wwater
a t e r t o to
e x pexplain
l a i n t n e sthe
tarrofrrroetofthoyouaggtsE]'.
oogann
opga ocean.
the open
into the
v.s:rtrrring into
bgfore venturing
ngdlug: before
thr,tmedium
head ln
in tht
hcad
"tlal3q5!.
he yot;ng *that rnoet of
dstoglll-sjf
besn detormIned
has
hag been
3f:3€.*Lor'I-t
taiie g o
li-'re r tr:br:
tributaries.
i(i 1'::i! 3 F!ver
,i ate. from
f rrn KilchI
*s Trapping
TrappJ ::E data
It
It
*+*
ocaa:l'
to the
ths ocean.
thelr way to
ateeThead
migrate dosnEtream
downstream ln
in ilay
iay oa
on their
stealhaad nlgrata
only aa
mlgraats spend
Bp€nd only
of the
the migrants
naJortty of
the majority
It
is probable
probable thab
ths the
It ls
(4 percent)
percoat)
28 (4
only 28
for only
wat,:r, for
few
months at
at ths
the most
most lntracklsh
in'ackish water,
fer nonthe
a,rauius.
blacklsh-vrater annulus.
a brackish-water
shc+r a
7o2 specimens
spacksns show
of 702
of
of
A comparison
conparlaon of
A
thosa rrlthout
anC those
anaulus and
without
an anmulus
wj.th such
suoh an
of fish
fieh with
average lengths
lengths of
average
euperior
is not
not gonersLly
generally superior
ln tlco?tarer
growth in
that growth
has shown
t±dewater ls
shown that
groa*rhn
to
to freslmater
freshwater growth.
conJ:Ience,
thebrackish-1rgter
brackish-water annull
annuli afs
are conl{€nco, tha
tsbles.
gtresm annuli
tha tables.
n the
gtderad as stream
a:suli i-a
sidered
rpeoiof epeciThe
numbers of
11:e nr:mbars
?'
?ab1s 2.
of Table
the bottom
bottop of
at the
shcvna at
e:r3 shown
e&:3u:.us are
ii*e?sater aimulus
r.'i.th aa tidewater
mans
neas with
Age and Sox
groups arid
and r:'sbers
numbers prevlouely
previously
age groups
4 show
show the
Tables
the age
and 4
Tables 3 and
previously.
epalrned praviouaiy'
parceat had
had spawned
21percent
fis-n, 21
all the
the fish,
0f all
spawned,
by sax.
sex. Of
spawned, by
percent
onl'y 15
15 percent
previously, only
spaarned provloue11;,
had spawned
fe:oaies had
tl'-efemales
Vhile
percent cf
oftho
T,hllo 26
?6 prcent
of readraaddifficulty of
Tne dlfflcultv
so. The
done eo,
harra done
to have
fsurd to
of the
meles were found
tha males
of
"vera
differoaee'
of the
for scme
the difference.
ee:e of
aeco';::t for
shecks me;r
lug male spawning
may account
epar,nL*g checks
!.ag:aale
than
rrora than
hsd spawned
porcent h
spa:rned more
3? percent
apa*moc, 27
had spawned,
tb.at had
Of
fsnales that
of the
ths females
tT o
had spawned
lpa'iraed two
percont had
s? percent
spa"*msd, 37
hsd spawned,
thst had
maLaa that
of the
the males
once, wtrlLe
while of
onos,
8€a?afdr
ni.gratlng seaward.
bafore migrating
epa'naedbefore
aay have spawned
fsw may
or
more t1ues.
times. AA few
or mor€
'rilsrs notsd'
flowever, no
no clear-eut
clear-cut axa:apLee
examples ware rioted,
Ilormevar,
Ratio
Sx
Sax Ratio
usod'
?0t specimens
epocimas used,
the 70
frcn the
d'aterninod frcn
as determined
The sex
retlo,
as
sax ratIo,
the
mslssn
to 1.0
L'0 males.
is
fsrlalas to
1.52 females
Ls 1.32
R:is
Thl
ttt
practlcaLly t1'
figure
le practically
ftguro is
(t.lOr1'g)'
( f g E e ) for
f l a h (l.36l.0).
f o r 800
8 0 0 fish
a p o r t e d (1942)
p r o w l o u s L y rreported
aeas
s t h a t previously
s a @ , athat
forales, probab
probabto select
csl€ct females,
te nets
tend to
note tend
that t.rre
lndlcato that
The
figures indicate
Ilre flgures
pLumpnass'
grea'tor plumpness.
ly
because of
of ths:
th&rr greater
1y because
r t Sexual
A * a at
aturlty
Se:cuel-1I aturlty
Age
-bile steelhead
sa:iual
on reaching
r€schin3 sexual
staei.hsaC on
of the
ai;a of
tl;o age
Table
shovre t;e
?ab1e 5 shows
-oo
-5..
maturlty.
maturity.
psrt
naa spant
spent tha
the better
better part
(5tr.g percent)
peroont) had
group (55.6
The
largest group
The largeet
watst'
ealt water.
years inin salt
about 22 yaara
anC about
water and
frssh water
la fresh
of
yeaqs in
2 years
of 2
in the
also spent
years in
about ?2 yoare
spant about
gnaLler groups
hed aleo
groups had
The
next smaller
Tha nart
ylars
:rearly 22 years
nature after
aftEr nearly
aaxually rnaturo
becarm sexually
parcent became
In
88percent
Ia all,
all, 82
oo€lnr
ocean.
osea:x.
the ocean.
(II
in the
(II annuli)
snouLl) in
g!'van
parcont given
62 percent
of 62
The
comparableflgure
figure of
fhe conparabS.e
and
percant, and
78 percent,
to 78
corrected to
ehould be corrected
report should
of the
page 5
the 1942 report
E of
on pags
fish made
nadc the
the fish
3ixty-seven
of the
percont of
Slxt1r-s€YgB percent
perceat.
81 percent.
fish, 81
for
sport fish,
for sport
atfeesn
secondrsinter
winter lain tha
the stream,
gaa.rard mlgratLcn
seaward
migrationafter
after thair
their seoond
H;'brids
Hybrids
are considerably
oonslder*b1y
thrse are
studied, three
sarylos studled,
Of the
the 702
scale samlos
?0? scale
0f
g!l{"
Two
are fves
from f1rma3'ete
fomaes,
ltro are
their size.
a?Efqgs for
smaller thaa
than the
the average
for thglr
srallor
rches long3
the thlrd
third
loogc ths
26'5 !.cches
26.5
I*lI'01
and 1-11-0,
i.nchea, and
Ill-Il-C,
24.5
34.5 inches,
III-II,Or
It is believed
long.
lis
g f from
r o m a maamale,
l e n l l l - I111-Il-I,
l - 1 ' ? 5 ' S l n c25.5
} : e a 1inches
on6"It1
sb€1lc?€d
nothing
that
t h a t tthese
h c a g f lfish
s h n amay
y h , a vhave
o b e abeen
n h y b rhybrids,
l c a , a l t h o ualthough
ghnothle5
e t r i k . atrikapart'
ihea apart.
t them
to 161i
apFaafanca &o
sxtersal. appearaneg
1mg
wasnotod
notedlnin their
their external
iag was
Sieelhoad
Steelhoad
Coserclal
Comparaon
S-ort and
asd Connercal
Compariaon efofS'rort
sport
The
T
h e cconclusions
o n c l u g l o n e cdrawn
l r r y s : rfrom
f r c i n aac comparison
o n p a r l e c n o fof
spo
r t a n dand
c c mcornunchanged'
report remain
:'ercsin unchanged.
1943 report
the 1942
in the
xrcial
st€eLbsed in
merci.al steeThead
Tl:g
The
A smaller
smallar
ycungtr fleh.
take smaller
fish, A
a::d younger
e:nal1er and
tends to taka
sport
ftehl*g tends
eport fishing
spad previously.
proportion
p
r o p o r t l o n o fof
t h othe
e p osport
r t f t s h fish
h a v shave
apa*r*edpreviousS.y"Bolh
Both
aunbor
dieproportionate
number
tek: aa disproportionate
flshera,En take
sport
and corerclal
coercial fishermen
sport and
largor
€Ten larger
sneven
tEkse an
anglor takes
sport angler
t}:e sport
of
females. Ii{F',tsver,
Hover, the
of fsmaleg.
the
In
all the
In all
the nets.
nete'
than ihe
(i.s6i.o) than
proportion
of females
fersales (1's6r1'0)
proportion of
tho
from the
ouffors'
sport fisl:ery
fishery suffers,
judged
Judgad from
the sport
above comparisons
ccrnparlsoas the
ebova
standpoint
of conservation,
ccnse:irEtlo:: n
etaadPolnt of
valuatlon'
cante valuation,
of dollars
8nd cente
dollara and
vlowpoi"nt of
tha viewpoint
Ho'ver,
fron the
l{ow8vsr, from
ccrcial
the
is
t h e ssport
p o r t f l afishery
herylsun
d oundoubtedly
u b t e d l y e u p asuperior
r l c r t o t h e cto
o r rthe
r.ngrcla}i
3D-
1ocal
by local
on by
carried on
isls carried
glll-mtting
tha gill-tetting
placa, the
the first place,
Sport anglers,
anglare'
Sport
tcvolvad'
ls
travelllag
Yory litt1e
little travelling
i involved.
residents. Very
rogldente.
tleoir
reaoh their
to reach
:resey to
deal ofofmoney
8pend aa groet
great deal
hand, eponC
other hand,
on tha
the other
oa
Ia the flrst
In
reetaura:rtg'
and reataurante
hotcls and
!n hotels
as in
as wg11
favorite
well as
streans, as
favorLte streams,
Ths
The
cotrelderabla
spando considerable
algo spends
aagler also
tho angler
but the
cheap, but
not cheap,
ata not
nets
nEts are
lnis inar:gler ls
tho angler
by the
takan by
flgh taken
cost trxr
per fish
fi:e oost
sums
for tackls,
tackle. The
slrlts for
',!0"69|ln WaahGrgan River
Rtver in
the Green
on the
th d on
ls considered
consldered that
creased nhsn
vthenttit is
oreassd
ingtoxi,
l n g t o n , dduring
u r t n g t hthe
o l g 1940
4 0 s 3 darid
1 9 4 1941
1 e t g a lateelhead
h e a d g 9 a 8 seasons,
o 1 u t , 6 , 9 35,938
8
TtllIn TIllIn
per angler.
a:igler'
fish per
0'1? flsh
or 0.17
ouly 994
anglers
994ftoh,
fish, or
tsr-,k only
aaglere took
perlod from
froo
the period
Durlng ttra
better. During
Cld bsttsr'
ainookCcunty
Countyti:'a
theangler
angler did
anook
checkad
anglors checked
636 anglers
1942t the 626
91, 1942,
November
23,1941
1q41toto }u'arch
laroh 31,
Novonber 25,
por
(O.ga) fiah
ftsh per
cnethird (0,32)
abogt cna-thlrd
or about
202 staslhead,
had
staelhead, or
taksn 202
had taken
angler,
aagS.er n
Recore:rCstio:rs
Whatever
T ' | h g t g ? s r t h the
g f a t efate
o f t h gof
c othe
w r c l oorcal
. a l f l s h a r fishery
- v f o r s t o efor
l h asteelhead.
ad.
improve
in
it
l t wwi-U
l l l b o dbe
e g ldesirable
r g b l e t o l n g to
rova
t h o a n g t rthe
' t l g rangling
o g u l a t l oregulations
nela
d
c'32 cf
:h more
than the
the 0.32
:sore thaa
oat th
raay cat
angl-armay
avsrag€ angler
order
the average
that the
order that
rocommndaTherefore,
the reconendaThsreforo' ti:e
nenttoned'
previouzly mentioned.
atoclhaad provlously
a steelhead
hers'
repeatad here
ti-one
made lnin 1942
1942 are
are repeated
tloae nada
the bag
bag
fhay are,
They
are, thet
that the
reduced from 3 to 2 fish per day
llimit
l . n l t f ofor
r a d adult
u j ' t E t gateelhead
e ] . i r e a d b ebe
rgducadfrcreSto2fiohparday
ltnltati.ong
that limitatIons
g€ak or
possession)l that
per week
(and
(and fron
fromg9 toto 66 per
or in
in possession);
cpeairg date
date for
for
the opening
and, that
that the
a::g!'lng3 and,
on boat
boat angling;
be placed
plaoed on
be
perslt a
a
to permit
ay 15
15 (( to
advanced to
to ilay
be advanced
angling
for 6-inch
trout be
6-lnch trout
apgllng for
ocaan)'
tlie ocean).
to the
steglhead to
young steelhead
of young
greater
grsat€r escapement
ee capo:c*nt of
*7-
1.
?ebLs 1.
Table
3.943
Febn:ary, 1942
Jesuary" February,
Steolha ad, Jaivary,
Coms'srplal SteeThead,
Age-1ngth,
Ags-l$ngth, Coxnercia1
of aimuli
an:rull
No.
$o. of
TTT
III
ff
IV
V
WT
VI
VII
VII
Pcrostrt
TotaLg Percent
Totala
IX
IX
YtrII
VIII
leagth
F'ork lenigth
Fork
lnohec
Inches
22-28.9
22-23.9
5
I
e
5
cl.l,
.71
?t
1
'!R
a
3
77
77
11o
110
174
arz
62
1
,G tt
272
ia
39*
98
58
a
8
2
2
181
18].
28,
26.
!{o
39
4s
43
1?
1?
1
104
104
LDr
15.
32-88.9
32-33.9
2
2
23
23
!J
14
1
1
3
4.t5.9
34.35.9
5
L5)
12
3€.3?.9
36.31.9
1*
9
4.25.9
24.25.9
!1
11
48
48
9€=E?*oB
26-27-.9
€t
35
28-29.9
28-29.9
17
gO-Sl.ng
30-31,9
A
{!
4
Totals
67
n?n
370
Prroant
Percent
IU
10
G?
53
tn'
Ày.
Fo length
leagth in.
Ac. F.
* 38 inches
tnchog
*
ao
a
1
I
2
1
411
41
6"
2
21t
3o
3,
:
I
91q
213
s0
30
gg.5
e ? ' 6 29.5
e
? n L 27.6
27.].
44
6
6
6
rUi
.85
go*4
30,4
ttq
31.6
a
11
I
.:.4
.14
I
a
.14
.14
34.0
32.5
$ 2 ' 5 34.0
,?'o )
.La[
.14
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I '
Table
Tabla 2.
of .Ago
Average Length
Age GrouPa
Gro1p3
Le:gth o±'
Average
Ia
In
Tsar
Year
Arrn1i
Aanu1l
stream
etreaB
rutu3*
Annuli
oc€&l
ocean
No provlouaprevioue
Nc
ly
ly apawned
oparnod
?otal.
Total
PsraE*
Percent
F ' L.
Lo
Ày.
A v . F.
lnshas
inches
10.
10.
27.L
27.1
E
3
f
I
TT
II
1
Ary
67
4
4
I
III
IIJ
14
14
4-&
44
6u
6.
80"8
30.8
II
II
?
T
II
12
u
326a
3?Ss
47,
47u
27.2
27.2
5
.60
o60
!?
32.1
I15
11Sb
t€
16.
304
60n4
f f
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IV.
5R
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III
AQ
87
lII
III
TT
II
6
vo93°
13.
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27'.&
27.4
af
1
1
x1
.14
$?.6
32.5
II
IX
.lv
IV
22
22
22
22
3
nl
3.1
3
1.4
31.4
Ltr
III
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III
Z
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2.7
29
29.5
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ii
2
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2
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n?8
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27,8
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II
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2
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66o
in
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32.8
ltt
III
IV
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=
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ltrsar[
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II
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tlws
pated
spewaed
Number
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No
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opamsd,
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4
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1
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III
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PErcsnt of, ee3.asspawrod, 15
g6E
4
?ab1a
Tab1 4"
Faraalaa
Age and
Age
id Prarrlaus
Prviou SBaw:r{ngn
Spa1ng, Fea1s8
Annull
Armuli
rtroa:a
strean
Ag.ul.l
Annuli
oesgn
ocean
I
8
t
1
T
T
11
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0
*
4
?
1
r.ll
III
n
0
In
In
Tcar
Year'
li.rnas
Tini
epams*
'l
1
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II
1.
$rcabol
Lcnbex
So. not
aot
No,
epamsd
paed
apamod,
spaned
26
25
tr8
18
IC
n
0
g
2
1
1
-,
Y
a
?-{t
11
I
0
I
2
a
4.
I
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11
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III
C
1
$s
50
2
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1
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III
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II
n
0
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V
3
1I
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II
IV
IV
1a
3
16
;
TT?
III
T?T
Ill
t1
C
1
2lL
8
R
8
f
8
1
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I
V
{r
2
3
1
I
1
III
III
rY
IV
I
2
o
3
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2
1
1
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VI
t
4
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{
3
a
a
.Li.TD
fotaL
Tctal
$e0
40
4a
cf ferna1e
9ene.:.esepwrnedn
Percent
apawr.d, 28
Percaat of
*1 etre, I tdawatr
30
30
49
t
.2
1S8
188
gdB'
tl
qtr
ll! 9
6'
T a b l e 3.
Table
A + o at
a*
Ma'LurltY
Sexual Maturity
P,oaoh!.ng Sexual
Age
Reaching
..bv*v
In
In
Ygar
Year
.tur::atl.i
Arnuli
strsgm
stream
Alr::'l
{
Anuli
€cge]l
oce
2
2
T
I
I
I
I
8
?
1
TT
II
4
I
1
TTI
III
$
3
II
II
?
I
*4.
TT
IT
TT
::
3E
at
II
11r
III
t
4
a.L.t
III
6
5
6
6
I
6
Susaborof
of
Thmber
f3.sh
fish
t
2
8e
82
FErcod
Perc
.88
.28
11
11.88
"66
t!
33
4.70
4.70
6
A
g:s
24
3
r43
3.42
6A
52
?n41
7.41
I
I
1n
10
1,d&3
1.42
T
TT
III
TT
11
99
14.O9
14.09
lr.L
III
TTT
III
8
1o14
1.14
3
II3
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ffi
702
*i33 stream,
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strsaa, I tLdewatar