\ B-
957
INTRCDUCT ON
In ord
to roake t
C · -··~r'"-
a tw- ar periodo . This
f ormo
Mat 1 ls di cues d in hi
stig ion
t
will ot ns eesity app6lar
repot~
report can
iles or in J.nf'o
note ortbJr chan s
The
o
and thi
shellfish
h
T·
starr
ing the p r-
1 A
ger 1 ott
appear in T ble- lo
1962
~ a naw pos ' t~ o
at Ne
s nov filled by VI .ld
to 4 bi
h llfJ.s
1963 ie show
D0eetmbEtr
in
and Nelson Eo Ste~ mrt ret acsd him at
posi ion
die ribution fo
oun in comple ed fo
curred 1 J
1963 legis ture app
n n..:of'ood animal
ho
1
Em ry Wagn r t:rsnsfsrred to Redm
N g-po ·
a
tional . . . .~N~. a
.....&lt-W·-1sh pe sonn 1 and chang s d
s
um e .35
Shellfish Progress reports current, repo
r DeB n
logists~
perscmnel from April 1962 t
Table 2o
in
Sine
b7 species and will not
h . beginn.,
appaa~
oug
of 1%4,
in fut re rep
1
no
so
BAY C
E
l&d work primaril1 involvea
j o clamQproducing estuar1
ol
c
kl
o
pulation 1ndices in 11 l Ore on°s
Wor , other than the sta11d
regulation hearings, eondit:to
lam, an
studies, age
utilizat~on
pa· sonal-us
in 1i1.ro astu
d gro
h wo ·
~ieso
B
S
· ard
o ecti e
of the
SUM'
e
onduc
d on
y
was to obtain informa+ion on a
......... ..- and overall ooae"at ons
and
pp
r
aluation
in Table 3o
tb
n c
11 major elam•producing b
o
it on of t ..e clam popul t ieno
· as a olam pr .ucer at the · ime
The
bu· io
T1
•0
Ap
4
1962
Date
Emplp!§d
N
Charle " Do Snow
7-l&a55
H 1 on Eo Stewart
6~.-62
Darrell D ory
6~1.4-61
Wld
10.2&-63
----
6-ll--57
7-6-62 l/
p
6~e62
9- 1--62
Mil on Ko Dail7
6-s.-.62
9.-.2,4-62
6~-62
lQ-1~2
Harry Forquer
3-14--62
9ca2l~2
G rge Ro Spangler
6"!'!7~3
9-2.4~3
G
6~1~3
9-19~3
J . ft'3 Eq Burtliek
7:..
9-2S~3
J . Slick
4~1
G
&'8 Ro Spang.. er
j7 Tr
--63
3
3~3
nsferred to Redmondo
Tab
2o
P r Cent of Me Days Span en V ion Project by
Shellfish taff Maribe;l e, April 1962 e mber 1963o
Specie
_ AspJ;gmgem" __
jJ
9
PerC nt of
fg.t..Al:J1tm
Razor Clams
33
BqClama
32
Crabs
22'
E ology
5
O,ystera
3
She ltish
• ne:ral
Miacellane
s (aba ane.D crayfis~ s allopp
stream sur ysp t oll salmon}
3
1)
J/
wm~r:y
o Bq C
Su
a Cl Prcduee o
a
Nehalem
Soft
Tillamook
hov.dng Eve.lnati n o_
9
E
HS
GapereCookle
a
IS
Sottahell
BS
E
NS
G
Gape
11
-c
k1e
Y uina
Gapar~ockl
G
G
Siusl w
Soft shell
F
p
Upq
So
shell
E
NS
Coos Bq
Gapar.Cockl
G
G
Coquille
Sott hell
NS
p
rr
S9
c
s
r squ
ellne in a
The softshell clam
abwt 300 acre
gro .
o
da.n
or
he
p
s
foot
hi only one ha
o less i s pr
by S·t.ate High
this ch\m b
in the bay was noticed
84ge of the
highwq o
d1 g j
·tis·
r sq
.. elam
Tl1 largest bed is readiq aeeeesib
out f'r·om
w sot sh U populati
d in Slue
of tid lando
fi st declhle 1n abundane
iatad
:qo Th S:l.a
epe t t
foot,
clam oultural
thodso
,his
I
~
a
11
and harvest. f om t hia bay and
rom this
\Se
hope to arri
eticea that vill aid clam prcduotio in thi bay o
at man
0
eng
riod
or
tJ.m9
outso
C
aDd gaper clam populati ns in T llamook, N tarts, Yaqu
Co
a le 1
8
at maimw l
ls
der cu
s.
, and
ls, and are p
t digg
c
During t
summer of 1962, 53
dis
oc
tags and marine res·
and 255
}/
a planA- d subtidall)"o
r any of t
13 on s, 69 tagged c
Als , 24
o
Of' his group
was
f£
No
mar d clamso
216
At
t
de
e. d o.·
om the int rt dal plan · ?lgo
lams bad
ove
~
exbibi ed
ing
e
s
rere
great
reo
i da
1
q!tt1
Bayo
Of this number, 110
pai
o
marked :1 h Pet
Th
ob
c--~ive
o
se
di
his
paints are au table for ma king -lamso
these clam du 1ng 1 4o
at empt
.
0
t\fe9D Jul7
d
962
fa£- condi !on st di
d~
fa'~!
~
appear in
pe?
o
each ampl@o
to owing spawing
cent dey w ght of slmoked me
tomd
Gapar ftlams
r
informational report 1n the near tut
lng mec
u
f.Dgs a
in 1962o
thi
m
!II
o clam be··:ts and
aaed
cau
bl c bearing
d
1962 and 1963o
ge of this equ!pm
alarm
etmmtA"A~'1a
C
~Sl626
mn<:lm
'PCA:
·
icated a potential ha
to the nsoureeo
s · helc end regulat ens tor the
tly. in 1963
Consequ
l'lJ'l'P'WA~~
ct meehani al equipmen to
Th u
11
o
7$)406 pmmde in 1960 tc
fJ.
mere
this stud7
o
oos Bay by personal se and
cal qtiipnent contm ed
spaci
a
o be in poorest onditi
~sults
twsen. January and Apr: lo The
Su 1dal am t of gaper clsms
d
"'ill3' ssmple of ga.p9r olam
d August 19639 m
o
clam
e unlawful in inte
da
p
ffort was made
aqama
B-
diggera'
l
3o During
'UU.IGili#.JMO:Iir'-'
thl:s
period9 lg28
on 9
ide day 'betveen J
d~au.r?.iW"R
e · ok ·
t d 12s 563 lams for an a
ge
Rla.7JI'tn.
. i' A
· ,
1'l'tt1'!lbar hold ·· tru
~· o·~
or
26o6 olams
ta
o
1o1
di .
e 472
0
If
all digg rs then a aird.mutil. bar-net of 3 s
o
a m1nim.a1 ie tba fact that d gger ount · are lowo
g a
n
e 22 an
t road bloc
re mad
f
Yaquma
and /..; 2 w
ob
in ·c onjunction with O:fegon Stat
t
k bay · o
into aceoun'' those people who llmi
lo~r
tid
out o
fhe .. ason
Only t
was u . . and th1 d
leave he clam ba ~a
oes it take in·t;o eonsid
ion bo e
opl
lam
on th
ivi
ds al
r t he
ak co
t
s
a chedo
Sport diggars using Garibaldi clam flat in Tillamook Ba r were chec
8 diffe
1~109
th
nt lo
tides between May and Sept, mbe1.. 1963o
clam diggers were observed on the flat and 758
flat~
on
During the 8 ehack
re checked,
·r i
s they lett
tor number and species of elams dugo
The estimated sport harvest of bay clams f'r·om Garibaldi flat during the 8
check periods as 28,176 elamso
during
WSi
A minimal estimate of the total a
rt h
est
963 wa. 171,000 clameo Ths ma ority of these clams came r om the
ern saetio
of the flat which comprises approximately 16 acreso
RAZOR CLAMS
Ra·zor clam activities dnri11g· the period Ap?il to September 1962 and 1963
included sampling the sport f1.sh ry for number of d gg rs, number of clams
dug!' a d the age c·o mposition of dug clamso
Commel"eially-dug clams ware
sampled for age eomposl.tion a11d number of clams per poundo
other actlvities
included eontinusd opsra·!on of quarium experiments, 1Dn1te screening fo
razor clam set, wastage estim tes, a
bot le studyo
d~gger o~igin
1nquir.y9 and a drift
Alsop beaches south of Tillamook Haad were surveys
or
zor
clam densi tie So
~P~rt
Fishery
The 1962-63 sampling programs were sl.milar to those described in Progress
R
rt Noo ·32, except that sampling in 1962 was conducted from 1/2 hour
t o l/2 hour after low water to allow more time during the m us tides
.IJOore
f~r
o'her aetivitieso
Dieging Intensity
Digging intensity i n 1962 and 1963 continued to 5ncreaseo
It was
that 52 9 ~0 and 529 939 diggers took part in the spol"t fishery f'or
year ~ raspeeti vely (Table 4) o
est~nate '
hese tw
a
4o S
Tab
Ha
st of Ra ar C
s by Ar a from Clat op
Beache 9 Aprileo.S ptember 1962 and 1963o
Milea
Average Hoo Clams
D
28,023
2
24,017
17.S
17ol
J/
Noo Clems
Noo Clams
W t
471,313
l2g725
420,53.3 .
72,669
891 846
85,394
Total
1
52,040
I IV'
16
21,184
2t:f7795
No Estimat
v
2
319 7S5
505~333
N Estimate
18
52,939
?l)S\ 128
No Est
Total
jl
Nee&Dicum River to Columbia River (North BeachJo
~-
Tillamook Head to Neeanicum River (Seasid )o
JJ
Me
o
Althou b there are 18 miles of razor clam
5~
to
thi
ot the digging takas plac on th 2-mile Se aid
heavy pres
pr ucer of
9
Th
1!'"A•s~cti
1962
sh
s
st
avera~e
e t
sport harvest fo 1962 and 1963
elyo
t th increase
highe
ot
ra~or el~so
calculat
Th
acho In spi
the Sea ide beach remains the most stabl and lar
Sport H
clamP
ach e in Cla isop Coun y, 47
The cateh-pe -unit of tfort was 17 1 a ·d llo3 clamso
vas a
~batan~ial
fmpr
ment
~
r the
llo'
stain d and xell off in 1963o . Sea
s not
~rau
i~e
had
196lp
h
trort at 17o5 and 16o0 clams (Tabl 4)o F~ 1
ca ch- r-unit o
h sport hanest for the period 1955-631)
Digger Orig n
in 1962-63 to d termine what per cent ot the sport
A stud:y vas conduct
ra local peopl
o
The diggers that ware inte1-viewed were asked if'
Pi
t.)
10 0
-
~
r-t
r-t
00 8
.....
X
00 6
195S
1956
1 0
1957
1961
1962
Year
Fi
lQ
Sport Ha
st ot R .a r Clams from Clatsop
aches 9
955csol963o
t
t
ty and
elamao
interrie
ooc
opl
1'lC
ot th
lo
o
in Tabl B
stttnmU'iZ
a to the
tides occ··~~llllo!ltlll
The results of the study are
s-7
0
R
lts ot Dig r Origin St dy~ ~~62-63o
74o'l%
25o~
5o
1,614
665
33o5
2o6
2,
72o9
27(11
3o4
8.47
63o4
36o6
16 0 8
2,288
66u3
33p7
23o
3,135
65oS
3,1);
2lo3
Seasi
462
Ncrtb Be Oh
Tot-
Seasid
North
'l'o
1963 the
beach just to dig clams and that 61 to
Portland areaq
1e 5o
'1'
ekancts, whereas in
It vas also learned that 3o~ (1962) and 2lo~
(196.3) ot the visitors had c
re from t
digger
The 1ncre se of v sitol"s in 1963 refl cts th
on
ld
1n the m1 dle of t ... weeko
70/o or hem
to th beach .ust to di
d that '71$ (1962) ·and 6~ (1963) of the 5, 2
s lea
It
y had c
l
l7
onl1 to dig
Sport Wa
ant
th
pr
of
lams by sport di
ure outlin
8 £1 394 lams
ra
in Sh lltlah Pro
re wasted
o the wastage {85%) occu
s determiD
32o
~owing
An e
!mated
ich repres nts So 7f, of th sport catCho
bu
8
Report
in 1962P
Oo
at Sea 1d and the vast majority of the clams
re 1D their first year of life (Table 4) o
p
c
p
1-
Per,
lS
M tn
Colum
w 8blngt0'4
Clac
8
46o0
12o8
42
1 o7
So8
3S
19
17
13
5o2
oO
3ol
1
o8
o2
lo2
4
o2
9
o9
o9
o9
Oo6
6
o6
3
:J
3
2
2
T
32
c
Dig· r
~
2 o9
2 a9
o)
2
2
2
2
o6
6
"'. 6
26
o6
2o6
•o6
2o6
2
~o6
2
o6
·3
oO
o3
:a.l
'1otal
76
10 oO
1962
to t
11tt
o+
is
!ng
1963o
ti
id
It i
he
o
ch
gr p
t tba
clams 3 1
o intere
It 1o
COD
ributed to
s and old
ng o note t
a
and 1+ clams which means tha
during fts first .two
ar
zor Clam
ot existeD ·
by Age G
olas
iJ
p from Clatsop
CJ62-63o
+
53~1 88
89lp~6
519
6o0
00
0
of
catcho
as umed
r
th
past,
there 1
no d
A
to
~~.
thi
mimts tid
tween Octo
1962
16 tid
8
clamS
di
tid
of9n1Zllo"''""
importan
T
o
c tcb is
dug 9
9o~
0 c
Th first seri
a mean
the sport cat
ri a, one each in Jan at7,
o
s
F bru.arjrll
:tch
, but does n ·t
and
in March, al ough o
M
~
elude
b we e of
5 dq
long
•
3~
)66
Dur
gg
ott
on on
1d
pt
·gj.Dgo
lt th
t
curre
0
moat at the m!Du tid
win
f'1ahft7o
nd
t
0
cont1
d
t
lloweverp
avo~
1 '
On
0
c
Di
L1
l
c
ra 1D
s old c
2o
f
2
d no landb.g
o
t
t
lal d
1
2
1
t
8
t
similarl
0
c
1tl
r
3
Th
+
0
Bottl
tor
Qooll."'Cilt~
a
ror~JODCmg
ot 140
tle
ini i ted M
h ?9
0
r..l.llli!'U.It"m 3P
Per Cent. Age C P,s!tion ot Commercially
C t p Baa , 19S5-l 3o
Rasor C
5o
0
tion f
will continu through tb
7
The purpose of
study 1
~
tem o
Tillamook Head and th Columbia Rf
to th raer clam,
U'i!lli J'll"lAJ.a
of
porari~
na,- vas
'th
br
964o
~
:leular o the setting
d in p
dowo
Cont
interrup
of the pilot run
D
Aqtaar.i
mo. studi
aq
G
pres
as de
ium facilities
is
eosita
··
d
lam
ppl:r,
s
Noo
34
re
on
or the
the remova
Only
pairso
1961 stocking
The tank
placed in "to
and wa
m.mna.1a
c
Upon
ened and
vado
t
'b'ater
reporto
ed expan
24 clams
e
vith he
rt
1]3'
removal m September llp (4
1; of the plan
en
pls:nned for the amn:mer
ieh 1me p1
in operat on on Mq
A...,."cad.
ship
larval olamso
963
in P
ri
57 lama survi d
e
or
lat.i
ted in an info
In April 1962, the tan
f4
and it
111
no~
he inshore oaean
S·'mm19S
1tm . until September 11, 1962
Se 1d Aq
Ju~
at
of t
an
· 1n
a cc:mtpre nsJ:
963o
smmn r o
to d
ra di cove
. t is
do
pro
The
ible tha the
clams
in
~ra
spa
in he tanko
the adult clams
All
mat
o
tho
r
re spa
out e
on l1hich w
All of the clams bad reddi h brow gi
lama in t
in
of he aquarium
k wiD
ir natural nvi nmento
di
ont!D
o
T
A mo
de ailed ace
pre ented in an intortua i nal re
razor clam se during the lata fall and vinter
hod e
ered o maD7
fully
ch darker
Screening
en!ng o
1:
uncontl.~
labl
o
in
Scr
o to
to
lt than or the same period 1D 19619
1mt no signitiGant corre tion is avid to
~
t
There a a possible appll e.Ucm
1D eom ton rith a forth oming
~
bo tle study,
t th
general
cparation ha been terrdnatedo
Bsaoh 81.\'r
During the
~
for raaor o
re eb
ttempt o .le
n t
cb
1963
mad
~·
~
g):
st
purpose of the
in 'fa
() Cann
s 9o Several intereml.ilft
Bea~
mo
f
tnd cats that Netarts
C · Beach is an a
popuJ.at.
.r&A~•~
·p-tion with a bet
ey
~
tr.an 4 l/2 !nob average
t would indi. ate a
o
Beaeb had not eretof
Newport prov'ided
o
dug on
...s areas are small with
the complete la k o. small clams or
A'llf.!ld!'nli.~.e
and Bay
o
he s1 · of the clams from t
Genaral.q9
Cree
to reaoh these 8.l"-8a
Aga , and Sou h Beache tend to be sporadic and
orabl tide
So
Report
a as to dig9 but a boat is requi
ap1ta a.:re eUab
Indi~
Be h
m le populations of
elam \1M h are regularq dugo
51
and Manztmi
Be eh near Coos Bq and M87
b&t;WEm Gold
Co
1
Sc
b and Ba tendo
S&Dd
-he , Gthar than Clats· p
be
Clatsop Be heso
d · ng tb
prodQ
Sh
The
o
digging .
eults of
Th
or 1963ii S$99!'al
season
2-dq dlg for
clams9 but 14r'o Joe Dq
n fito
The South Besch area at Newport
elamso
Thara are
ha
ncr~
ports
been cb ked
.mn=mmr will ba condu
ot r are
of the coast o
razor clam toe
vbioh
7o
9o
D
a.r•.
~
O·
c
ac .. S
'Yo
Size Ran
A a
-
4-24...63
Cannon Bea h
1
5-23.s63
Bayoeean
0
33
101
HanZanita
0
0
~
lJol
.30
~
-
4
~
5
~-63
6-s-.6:3
Short Sands
6..a· Oai63
Indian Beach
6.a21-63
Sho t Sands
6 "23a63
Indian Beae
10
6--25-63
Indian Beae
s
7-6G.63
Cove Beach
7-8-63
Netarts Spit
7 lo.-63
Oceanside
6
7-22--63
Heyer Creak
7-24-63
Bastendorf Beach
22
0
s & 19ca63
124!1t2--63
1
81-122
-
102
43 1.35
17
107
9So-117
22
102
71-118
13
118
114 128
23
113
85 .l29
5o.5
38
100
83-114
9
3o 8
34
113
82-145
7
l6o3
5.4
82
43-119
1
38
109
99-128
107
63...130
89
62 .109
33
15
, .18 & 9 3 Agate Beach
7-.
0
Sou h Beach
(Newport)
....
Short Sand
1
~
llo4
I
0
22
CRABS
Crab studi s consisted of a tagging program on
rd r
a ~temptin
in cooperation
~rl.th
~
e Oreg n.Califo
a
the California Depart ent of Fish e.nd Gameo
to determine the eff t o seimnic blasting o crabs; condition
s · diea as measured by shell condi· i n; nrepa ing for and attending hearing ;
maldn pot coun s and monitoring 1 dingso
Th number of rab pots fished off the Oregon coast and pounds of crabs
Ta ~-
.0
Lan ings and Estimat Ntml
of C b Pots Fi
on the Oregon Coast o the 1 1.-62 and 1962 6.) Seasonso
Ta le lOo
Cra
Year
1961--62
68077,975
28,.399
1962-63
.3, 58.3, 275
24~
per dozano
Basad on 25 pound
I
can ba s n that
seaaOl'l
\?.."are poor as
1962-63 eason revresen·ts the poor st
T
n ful17 sxploitedo
ha
on reco.&:
o
This d clln
a~
d
not unique
ha
.1.
sea on on
~
co
o
hich
ar than normal l...'tltl>nsion of
st
whe
the
n 1961-62 represen·;
J
Alsop •t shou d be noted that t .
w~m
The exae
suspec~edo
or
unkn mp
causa i
particular conce
wa er currents from the
outh
displacing the frea swimming larvae into the oceanic deeps \me
~
they a
ishery
O:regono Both Washington and C
environment 1 conditions in the ocean are
is the ear
0
vaa the poo
The 28p000 pots fished
suffered similar deel nes during his period o
~
cord s nee t e
curred during t\ro sa son
in abundanc
t h most gear fished in
in abundan
eason on
ar as produc-cion
Prio_ ·i;o · hisg 5 million pound
fi bing intens1· y was the greateato
lin
18
lost from the f'isheryo
1962, the Oregon Fish Commission ( OFC) in coo ratio
ment
or
h the Californ .
Wl.
F1sh and Game eonducte a t agging prog am on t e no_ he
Ca
o i -
southern Oregon b
'ormation on
~
he population
t 1C&s0 mig a ~ions, and mo
alitiea of
bs
in this areao
During the psriod of Novem
r 23 to D ember
Op 1962g 901
C"'
t gged betl-Jeen Cape Ferelo in Oregon and the Kla.math River 1 - Ca
abs wre
·omi
o
rro
.
te·
lea
com e , on of t .ae program9 1 t will
p and Np
U
o
rtoo
in a R-fFC bulle ·
the
a
of 1963, OFC pe sonn 1 age.!u join
During the fa
)
0
ornia bi
on boa:fd tha research vessel ! o !lo S f eld on the Oragon...Callfor.nia border to
b populationso
estimat
determine sax
9
The object:i:
ratio~
s eruisa was t
of t
and obser e the pare
make a popula
of male crabs bearing
ntaA~
meting m.a:r"ks on the ch lao
ug December lp 1963g 19 859 male e ab
During .he pericd of Nov mber
caught in 248 tn
gh
en per cent of the ·"·
S
o
or
this u
leg l rna e
e1 ,
bad d
inite mat ng mar
s udy it vas conelu a<.f that crab fishing in t
ould be poo this yea?"t but based o
eg 1-sized males
241 w
From this
So
ent City are
Brookingsii!Cre
t a high number of sub-
ga
era·
s~
t
0
c
Sh ll ccmd t1
udi
of orbs a
eason openin s · n 1962 and 1963
the
re conducted at all m.a or ports oi landing fo ... the e
asono
Both saaso s u crab
s lls fe
~~thin
m go
acceptable limit a
eonditio.~.& and
~he
~ "
ly p
on o tha
he p Nen age of sort-
opening da eso
So
a pearance of se eral oil eo 1jan au 1
h
• dustry o
It
s
fish and crabso
of
his
llOZ"'k
f,
ismic
oats o
eonearn among soma
gm.ent
o-~
lt by the fisherman hat t e use
Exper·
appear in ..-e
with liv
ge
c
bs \ ...
r
the 0
sb
o th
explo i es was killin
conduc ed an
·tb
s released b,- the Wate. R source Ana yst
The governor of Haryland mvi ted th
governor
gon
re u" ts
of'fi
f Oregon · o enter a
1~ the annual governorns trophy race at Crisfield., Maryland
1
1962 and 1963o
o
~ each
D n ness crab
ars to
pp
l ost both rae
ore ad pt
he 1962 heazing no chMg
aring th
era
t
H ad north to the Col
H ad aouth
hllsh
0
t
bl
litie
q
in
ado
t
o
udi s indicated t
b
than to
she
hi Ri r, o ned J
1
t
H
o
er~
at t
Ca a de
I
0
1, and
lo
The~
da
in
948o
udies star
ition
of shell e
:t
In the past, o gon had t
California bo er, opened D embe
on a b
to
co..
regulations Jere hald in 1~2 and 1963o
sea on opening dates wre al ere
opening da
para
f
to th
So
Public bearings involving
At
o
e~
I yi
so
eda
m
t
8
Ore
opening da
eh
fully m
w1ll be
sult
eoa
· thi
0
OYS
to 1nvas igat
cid s 1n an atte pt t
in · heir ~~~~
7 of Washingt
udies 1n Yaq
a Bay
SCALLOP
h ill ish per
1sher
T
on bo
obj t of thi
1 ac
pan.i
the research
b o
gis s of t
d
Bu
au of C
ing
th~
ruisa vas to obtain nfomation on the
cial quantities of the Weather Vane
and the Columbia Rivero
~IWIQ;;;,Q - ·-~--..a-~--)
all
196
0
a.tion f
em~-­
betwe n
oos B
Seve al are s look quite promising a;ad wi
teK
fu~
during
r
he summ r
1. 4
ABALONE
On August 4 9 l9589
e OFC entered into a two-year agreement with tvo
California fishermen to do exploratory work of£ tha Oregon coast for r
abalon~
{HaURti.§ IJ6t_ascantlo In August 1960 the contract tdth one of these fisherm n
ws renew for two years()
In 1962~ a public hearing trJas
rocomm ndation the following action was taken:
al
and upon stBJ. f
(1 the present personal-use
reg"Ulations were retained; {2) commercial fishing for red abalone 'lrlas prohi i-..:.ec :
and (J) the contract agreement was term atado
o~
Information btained and resu t £
the contract per1od study ar contained in an informational report entitl
Abalone Research Studies, 1958-62o
OOD A!YIMAIS
Dfl'ERT IDAL NON
A General Ord r protecting intertidal no -foo
1
2o
Ho~cavar,
invest!
the spring of 1964o
init
~~io
p~:t.marily
o~
a·~ion
A lack o
animals t.:as adopted in
into the int rt, Adal area was fairly limi·ted unti l
manpo~
or any detailed studieso
r nrior tot is tfma pravented 'he
work on his project
~o
date has cons! ted
of sp&aking to several high school and eol age gro ps on the impo t anc -
conserving these
animals~
n
e~~-gating
from freezing during the dn·t r of 1 39
a major ki 1
or
saa urchins result
and summa izing information from
c llecting permitso
. During the permit
~ar,
permits t-Iers issueo. tor the
April l
ha.rvas·~
1962 to Ma,..eh .,1,
of
inter-t~dal
196'3~
153 collecting
non-food f rmao
It. was
estimated that these people eollacted approxima ely 2 OpOOO animals of wh1eh
67% ware echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, eteo )o
information extracted from collecting
A report containing
rmits is on f le at Claekamaso
WID ·CG1." Hi ~
Hydro
aphic w rk duri g t
pe i
s report was e nf'ine ~ t
of t
obtain nf
r aee ts para ur and sal ini y r eco d at the Newport Labor tory ite o It
must
that t hese are surface temperat ures and salinities and refl
mphasiz
on.
ithin ·be est.uaryo
gross ehangea
Tabla llo
~4onthly
Minim ;rn, r1
These observations appear in Table
0
ilnum.j and Hean Water Temperatures
and Salinities from Surface Samples Taken at the Trade
win s Doek in Yaqui a Bayll 1962-6.3o
1962
J uar:.r
Fabru
March
April
9o0
100 0
lOoO
12o5
12o0
SaO
22o5
30o4
26ol
Sol
19o7
o2
.32ol
25o5
19ol
13o0
12o0
lSoO
12o5
Oo8
9o9
12o6
1 o2
27o3
.33o3
12o0
lOoO
13o5
12o7
1.3o0
9o5
11 0 0
12o l
l0o2
28<>4
20o3
20o4
6o5
6.,0
a~o
9o0
May
lOoO
June
J\!ly
9o0
8o5
August
9o5
Sept ell
9o0
Oetob r
November
December
8o7
oO
o2
22o9
23o3
.32o4
32ol
ual Ave aga
)Oo2
3lo4
33ol
33o6
26o8
2 oO
Jlo9
33o6
34o0
3)o7
.34o0
32o9
33ol
3lo2
32o4
29o8
3.3ol
29o9
26Q9
29o3
2lo9
24o3
1963
Jan ary
Februa
March
April
May
June
7.,5
OoO
8o 5
2'lo7
32o5
Oo
9o0
0 0
10o4
l4o2
20o 9
J2o7
30o4
33o7
9o0
lloO
10o5
11<)0
4o5
l)oO
9o:.>
16o0
12o9
9 5
13e5
l lo4
lloO
July
August
Septem r
Oct o er
November
D camber
Annual Avermge
--
9oS
20o9
l Oo )
12 2
l0o2
12o9
3lo0
2 oO
33o3
l0o9
28o0
22ol
26o8
3 o4 .
32o5
34o4
34o6
34o2
JJo8
-
=
19t,-O
.3
0
9 J
1-fJ.SCELLANE OUS
Sever 1 ite s
~aining
to c..tams , crab
i
meetings, etco are
td'O
h
m ,,
......""
than :r u·'·ine o
r at onal
of such ac ivit es and i
r k by ·the inve stigat,J.ono
m.oa
at
T e f oll wing i s a.
ca s s reports are on tile for
~hese
(
items·
(1) parti oioating i n Toledo High School career day program; (· ) eollset g
4
idiot fish (~ebastolobu§ a1ascanU§) gonads for Oregon State ~1iversity; (3)
stream surveys for Coastal Ri~ars Inve~~igations; (4) eonserv tion talks a·
Lo111ell H gh School and Carlin Ne ada H1.gh School; (5) ·talks a
or
C omme1~e and Yachats Chamber of Commerce;
mortal"t as on Da
f·Tewport Cham
r
(6) investiga in crayfish
Creek near Hi_lsboro; (7) invest gati g
nd removal
ue , at Glenedin Beac ; ( S) 1nvestif.?at~on of dredging opar tions in Umpqua
Bay; (9) invest .gating and monitoring oil pollution of Yaquin
barge; ( 0) collecting Liruno ia for D
o
Bay by an o
Quayle of t " e Fisheri s Resaare
ot Canada; (ll) judging student Science F•air at
~ewpor-t;
weter and crabs for the University of Oregon; (13) h1
Bo
(12) colla ting sea
stigat g poasibl
pollut on })'l'Oblems in Umpqua Bay from Int .... rnati onal Pulp and
apar Mill;
(1.4) investigating stream obstruction in St er C selc; (15) in astigation o
mineral lease applications on tha beach at Gold
ach o and (16 .. aiding Oregon
State Police in eollec ing and disposi ng of a fur seal pup bo
at Sea Roe
So
Co Dale Snow
~Jel on Eo Stewar'G
Darrell Demo:ey-
Waldernar DeBe
Aquatic Biolo.gi sts
on the beach