-'( * COI'II'IERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CLAI.I AfiNUAL REPORT 0stober1, 1979to September 30, 1980 by Thomas F. Gaurcr GrcgoryP. Robart 0regonDepartnnnt of Fish andllildlife Natlonall4arineFisheriesServie Administration l{ational0ceanicandA0mspherlc UnltedStates Oepartmntof Cormrce Act andOevelopmenl CorrnerclalFisheriesResearch Pnojectf{unterl-150-RSegrnntI ContractNurnber 80-ABD-ORAB Decenber, 1980 CONTENTS PageNo. ABSTRACT... o.... r... INTRODUCTI0N.......... . r... 3... .. r........ I ... o...,,....... I A S S E S S M E N T O F H A R V E S T P Ot .T. E . .N . TIAL O I ' ' ' ' '...... 1,,!ethods . . . . . . . . . I Iaquina B.ay. . . . r . . . . o . . . . C g g s B a V , . o ' . . r . r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ^ R e s ul tsa n d D i scu ssi o n Yaqui Biomass Esti ation and.Biomasg fslimates . . . . .. . . .. COPA'IERCIALHARVEST0FC e Li A . .M . . .S. . . . . . . aaaa.ta 2 3 aalaoa 4 r l.,, I'|ethods _ I ? aataaa Plot E Yaqqina Bay CgosBay 1 . . . . . . . . r . . . . . . .. . . . . r . o . . ...... .....t.......r.1..r ResultsandDiscussion Y a q U i n aB a y . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . / . COOSF€y ........ r. ...... r... 5 r. 5 5 i e . . . , . I r... r., 6 6 ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTS OF COIVI4ERCIAL CLA.FI HARVEST ONRECRUITMENT . , t 7 7 7 L A B O R A T 0 R Y C L A F I S T U,D . ,I.E S lfgthods .......... r.. r. |,., 9 9 9 . . . . . . 10 lvlethOdS . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . r r . . | | . . , r t ! r Rgsults andDiscussion.... o... r... o... e, r... ResultsandDiscussion . . . r.., r... o......... ..... r.. ACKNOI'ILEDGMENTS . . . . r l . . . . . e . . . . . . . ., L I T E M T U RCEI T E D . . . . . . . . APPENDIX 1. . . . o . . ., ... . . . . r . . . . . . . . r . . . . . . . . . . . . . .', r r o . 10 ll TABLES Table I 2 3 4 5 6 7 PageNo. PopulationandBiomass Estimatesof subtidal clamsin Areaz, Y a q u i nB a a y , 1 9 7 5 - 8.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . 2 Computer &neratedAbundance of VariousCohortsof GaperCIams, A r e a 2 , Y a q u i n a B a y. . . . . . . . . . . . . o, .. . . . 3 Estimates of SubtidalClamsin Area2, ?gpulationandBiomass P l o t E , Y a q u i nB a a y ;O r e g o n1, 9 8 0 . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . i 4 PopulationandBiomass Estimatesof Subtidal Clamsin Pigeon P o i n t A r e a ,C o o s B a y r t g TaSn d 1 9 8 0 . . . . . . . . . r.. .... 4 Pounds of ClamslhchanicallyHarvested in Experimental Fishery, Yaquina BEy, 0regon, 1975-80 . . . . . . o o . r . . . . . . . r . . 6 Surmaryof Poundsof Clarm$ilechanically Harvestedin Experinental Fishery, CoosBay, 0regon,1.975-80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Poundsof Subtidal ClamsHarvestedin CoosBqy Conurercial Fisheryr1980 8 .or.,r.......r .r,......, . Surrnary of Number of l4arine0rganisms 0ccumingin Connprcially Harvested Plot C of Arca2r Yaquina Bayr0regon . . . . . . . r ., 7 8 FIGURES Fi gure I 2 Mapof YaquinaBay, ShowingArea Approvedfor CornirercialClam Harv9st....r..o........ Mapof Lower CoosBay, ShowingArea Approvedfor Connercial Clam Harvgst 3 4 5 6 7 tz . r.. e. r...................... c Year-Class Composition of Subtidal GaperClarmCollectedfrom 13 Area 2n YaquinaBqy, Oyegon,1980 t4 Length-Class Composition of SubtidalGaperClamsCollected frontArga2, YaquinaBay, Oregon,1980. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t4 CalculatedEstimatesof l,laturalf'4ortalityfor GaperClamsby Year-Class, Area2o Yaquina Bay,0regon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Year-Class of Subtidal GaperClamsCollectedfrom Conposition Plot E of Area2, Yaquina Bay,Oregon,L980 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Length-Class Composition of Subtidal GaperClamsfrom Plot E of Area2, YaquinaBay, 0tcgon, 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 (Continued) FIGURES Fi gune I 9 10 11 12 PageNo. Year-CIass Composition of Subtidal GaperClamsCollectedfrom PigeonPoint Areaof CoosBay, Oregon,Lgg0. . . . . . . . . 17 Length-classcomposition of subtidal Gaperclamscollected from PigeonPoint Areaof CoosBayr 0regon,1980 . . . . . . 17 Year-Class Composition of Subtidal GaperClamsConnrercially Harvestedfrom PigeonPoint Area of coosBay, 0nagon,r.9g0-. 18 Length-Clas_s Composition.of Subtidal GaperClamsCornrnercially Harvestedfrom PigeonPoint Areaof CoosBqy, Oregon,1990 : 1B Survivalof GaperClamSet, lglg year Class,Area2, plot C, YaquinaBay. . . o . . . c . . . . . . . 13 14 . . . . . . 19 Number of raxonomic Groupsof Macrofaunal Benthosin Areazn Plot C, Yaquina BEy. r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Total Number of BenthicInvertebrates,Area2, plot C, YaquinaBqy . r...... 15 16 L7 . r.. r.. 2t r.. TemporalDistribution of Macoma inqwinata in Area 2, Plot C, YaquinaBay.... ., r . . . .. . .... . . . .. . .. Gnrwthcurve of Manila Littleneck clamsspawnedand planted from Normal and Fast GrowingBrood stock in Netarts Bay, 1990 Growthcurve of Manila Littleneck clams Planted in Fenced, Unfencedand Eelgrass CovercdAreas of Netarts Bay, !.980 . . 22 a 23 24 COMMERCIAL CLA}4 PRODUCTION ABSTRACT P o pu l a ti o na n d b i o ma sse stimatesand age and size of clamswer e calc ul ated for an area in YaquinaBqy having cormercial harvest potential. The data revealed that the 1.975year class remainedstrong for gaper clams. Approximately4.3 m i l l i o n p o u n d s(1 ,9 3 4 " 5mt) o f gaper su,er eestimatedfor the ar ea and a h ar v es t q u o t a o f 2 0 0 ,0 0 0p o u n d s(9 0 ,7 mt) wasestablished. Estimatesof natural mortality was calculated for six year classes of gaper c l a m si n Y a q u i n aB a y a n d ra n g edfr om 0.12 to 0.89, D u eto d i ffi cu l ti e s cl a mhar vester shad in getting U.S. Ar m yCor pof Engi neer s and Division of State Landspermits for YaquinaBay, no clamswere harvestedin 1980. This comparesto a harvest of 74,565pounds(33.8 mt) in 1979. In CoosBay 60,741 pounds(27.5 mt) of clamsb,ereharvested. Production figures showedthat 273 pounds(0.1 mt) were taken/hour. Post harvest surveys showedno significant difference, at the 95%confidence level, in numbersof clam set settling out in the treatment areas and contrrl sites. The samewas true for 1.7other taxa of benthic invertebrates sampled. An a l y s i s o f va ri a n cea l so sh o lved no significant differ ence in taxonomicdi v er s i ty in the treatrnnt and control plots. Il'lTR0DUCTI0l,l l d e co n ti n u e do u r stu d i e s on the clam r esour cesin 0r egon' sestuar ies . Our objectives were: (1) to monitor the cormercial harvest of subtidal clams in Yaquinaand Coosbays and evaluate the effects of mechanicalharvest on subtidal c l a mp o p u l a ti o n sa n d h a b i ta t; ( 2) to calculate natur al npr tality of gape r c l am s in YaquinaBay and; (3) to npnitor grrowthof laboratory reared tt{anilalittleneck clam released in Netarts Bay. ASSESS}4INT OF HARVEST POTENTIAL Twoareas were resurveyedin 1980 to determine the commercialharvest potential for gaper clams. Area 2 in YaquinaBay (Figure 1) has been surveyed every year since 1975and the PigeonPoint area of CoosBay was previously surveyedin 1975{Figure 2). Methods Y a q u i n aB a y Departnentof Fisheries Using techniquesdevelopedby the l,'lashington (Goodwin,1973) and the OregonDepartnentof Fish and t{ildlife (Gaumer and H a l s t e a d, L 9 7 6 )w e co ]l e cte d data on the' subtidal clampopulationsin Yaqui na Bay. Twenty-foursampleswere taken from the 18.4 acre (7.4 ha) site. Data -2collectedprovidedestimateson numbers andbiomass,s i z e , w e i g h t , a g e a n d s p e c i e s composition, recruitnrent andnatural mortality" Followingour assessment of clamstocksin Area2, we selected a 0.9 ac r e (0.4 ha) portion of the area for the 1980corrnercialc l a mf i s h e r y ( P l o t E , Figure1). Datasimilar to that collectedfor Area2 was obtainedfr om P l ot E. 9ogsBay Thesanp4B acre (19.4 ha) site, that h,asapproved in L975for the connprcial harvestof clamsin CoosBaywasresurveyed in 19'80using the sanetechniques developed for YaquinaBqy. sixty two samples wer€coileited. ResultsandDiscussion Bay -Y a q u i n a Fromour sanplesweestimatedthat lgUqn anc Bioma@ 21.6 e 1) which is nearly tjre sanp number estimatedin L979. Gaperc1am,the target species in the comnprcialfishery, represented over 11 million of this total with a biomassestim atedat 4.3 m i l l i on pounds( 1.,934.5 mt), T a b le 1 ,. P o p u l a ti o na n d Biom assEstim atesof Subtidal Clamsin Ar ea 2, Y a q u i n aB a y, 1 9 75- 80. t" Sp e c i e s Gaper 36,300,00025,566,40029,316,00010"560,00011,116,700 11,050,000 Cockle 183,200 16,800 0 32,000 16,700 0 Li ttleneck 366,400 216,800 116,000 48,000 133,300 66,700 Butter 416,000 333,600 200,000 240,000 200,000 366,700 I rus 13,532 ,800 20,566,400 12,049,600 11,200,000 10r I00,000 10,100,000 Pi ddock 1,700,000 0 0 0 0 0 Tota] Gaper 52,499,40046,700 ,0a0 41,681,60022,080,A}a21,566,7002I,583,400 5 ,C84,200 5 ,217,2AA 4 , 9 6 8 , 9 9 1 4 , 1 3 6 , 8 0 0 3,461,100 4 ,265,600 F i g u r e 3 sh o w sth e ye a r cl a s s compositionof gaper clam sin Ar ea 2. Th e 1975 y e a r c l a s s co n ti n u e sto re p re se nta m ajor ity of the cJam s( 85.2A) fn the popul ati on. $ h a n _ a go e f th e cl a msw a s 5 .3 ye ar s, an incr easeof 0.9 year s since 1979, ill us tr ati ng t h e l a c k o f re cru i tme n t. Ou r g a perset sam plinghas shownno significant su r v i v al -3of set since 1976. Samples in 1980weretaken too early to expectthat year class to showin the sampies.Agecomposition data for butter, cockieandlittleneck clamsis not presenteddue to the fer^rclamscollected. in Figurre4. f'lean . Thelgngth distribution of gaperclamsfromArea2 is shcnvn size wasBB.7mman increaseof 5.5 mmsince Lg7g. 4ppticationof an iterative nunnricalfitting routine involvingleast squares techniques(SteeleandToryey,1960)to gaperclampopulationestimatesprovided regressionlines with variablerates of natural mortatity (Figure5). t'aUteZ generatedcohort abundance showscomputer over time with corrdsponding valuesof m. Estimatesof natural mortality for individuai cohortsrangefrpm 0.tZ to 0.89. This rangein estimatesreflects possibledifferencesin envircnnrental influences andsurvival of individualyear classesof gaperclams. Anothersourceof variation c o u l db e d i f f i c u l t i e s i n _ a s s i g n i nagc c u r a t ea g e se s p e c i a l l yt o o t d e ry e a r c l a s s e s . ItlealBourne(Pgry. Qoq'm.) has suggested that clamsin exceisof five years of age frequentlyexhibit false checksmakfngaccurateage determinationformost species of bay clamsextremelydifficult. Table 2. ComputerGeneratedAbundance of Various Cohortsof GaperClams, A re a 2 , Y a q u i n aBay. t977 1967 196 8 1969 1970 1972 1975 t97B r 3,95B,000 1 , 5 1 2 , 0 0 0 893,790 4 5B , 1 5 0 t75,020 0"gg Ll ,932,000 2,957,500 1,380,400 530,800 129,880 0.t2 16,277 185,280 742,490 0. Bg ,AA0 6 , 1 7 1,5 0 0 3,666,100 10,894,000 4 , 6 6 6 , 9 0 0 2 , 9 3 6 , 9 0 0 1 , 6 3 0 1, 0 0 698,300 3 1 8 , 5 2 00 . 7 9 21,371,000 1 2 , 0 3 6 , 0 0 0 8 , 7 9 5 , 3 0 0 5 , 9 0 3 , 2 0 0 3,324,500 1 1 9 5 3 1 6 0 00 . 5 3 34,757 ,AAo 27,806,000 24,611. ,000 2 l . , 0 7 4 , 0 0 0L6,850,5001 3 , 7 0 5 , 0 0 0 . 2 0 P o p u l a ti o na n d B i o ma ssE stimates,Ar ea 2" Plot E. lG estim atedthat 3.8 milli f A r e a2 ( T a b l e3 ) . 0 f t h i s t 0 t a 1 , 5 7 6 ,7 0 0 w e re g a p e r cl a msweighingan estim ated?26r 90Apounds( 102.9 m t) . F i g u r e 6 sh o vrsth e ye a r cl a ss ccm positionof gaper clam sin Plot E. Sanp l i ngi n P l o t E r e ve a l e dth e fi rst e vi d enceof 1980year class gaperset. Plot E was inventoried in April two monthsafter Area 2. The strrongshowingof the 1970"7L a n d 7 2 y e ar cl a sse s i n P l o t E also suggestsan ir uegular sur vival of gape r c l am set. This test plot was one of the few sampledwherethe 1975year class was not" dominant, Meanage of the gaperswas 3.1.years. Length frrequencyof gaper clams in Plot E is shownin Figure 7, l.'lean size o f t h e c l amsi n th e p re h a rve stsam plewas 51.6 nr nwhich is 37.1 nr asmaller than f o r c l a m sfo u n d i n th e o ve ra l l Ar ea 2.sam p1e.This again r eflects the ir npac tof t h e s t r o n g sh o w i n go f th e i n co m ing1980year class. -4Table3. Populationandtsiomass Estimatesof Subtidal C l a m isn A r e a2 , P l o t E , Y a q u i n aB a y , 0 r e g o n , 1980. Number IP€CI€S Gaper Cockle L i ttl e n e ck Butter I rus ilentnose Total 576,740 30,000 30,000 103,300 3,096,700 3,300 '3,940 ,000 D r c m a s (sl b s ?26,9AA tlot cal culated Not calculated tlot cal culated 49,900 Not cal cul ated 276,800 CoosBay Po p u l a ti o na n d B i o ma ssE stim ates. lr leestimatedthat 3.7 million clam si nhabit ntal c' !amhanvestingar ea in CoosBay ( T a b l e 4 ) . 0 f th i s to ta l , 6 0 6 ,400wer e gaper clam sweighing464,4A0pounds ( 2 1 0 . 6 m t). T h e 3 .7 mi l l i o n toial clamsin this ar ea r epr eients a r educt i onof 2 2 . 7 n i l l i on cl a mssi n ce o u r 1 975sur veyof the samear ea. Eachspeciesex per i e n c e da s i ro i l a r re d u cti o n i n n umber with sever el speciesnot even appear i ngi n s tfie 1980sanple (Table 4). Although there has been a commercialfishery in the s a r p a r e a si n ce L 9 7 5 ,l e ss th a n 200,000clam shave been r epor tedtaken. It s houl d a l s o b e e r n p h a si zeth d a t th e fi sher y has occur r edin a sm al1por tion of the enti r e u n i t a n d ou r sa mp l i n gsh cw e da unifor m ' lack of clam sover the entir e ar ea . One p o s s i b l e e xp l a n a ti o nfo r th e reduction in nunber sof clam sis the r ecent d eepeni ng a n d w i d e n i n go f th e ma i n sh i p c hannelwhich is adjacentto the connpr cialpl ot. Visual observationsat each samplestation revealedwhat appearedto be mcre f l u i d s a n do ve r mu cho f th e a rea. Althcughthese obser vationswer € subjec ti v e, previous observationsin the area showedless sand and more gravel and rock. Table4. Species P o p u l a ti onand BiomassEstimatesof Subtidal Clam sin P i g e o nP cint Ar ea, CoosBay, 1975and 1980. 1975 Number Biomass 1980 Biomass t'{umber Gaper Cockle Li ttl eneck Butter I rus Piddock Petricola Bentnose Cryptomya Bodega 5,648,700 1,530,800 606,400 464,400 202,200 23,000 16,900 Not Calculated 843,000 71,600 151,B0o 248,200 236,100 809,200 1 6 , 0 1 8 , 6 0 0 Not CalculateC2,fi?B,LAA ntt 0 25?,940 0 101,000 ||rt 0 2,647,304 It tl 67,300 0 0 101,ooo Total 25,438,300 ll|l iltl lt tl iltt illl lltl illi illl ltll iltl 1,873,5oo 3,692,204 464 "1gg - 5T h eye a r cl a ss co mp o si ti onof gaper clam ssam piecl in CoosBay is showni n l j g u r e _ 9 . _ A s i n P l o t E o f Y a quinaBay, the 1980incom ingyear cliss l,lasdom i nant. T h e 1 9 6 9 - 7 4ye a r cl a sse sw e re also wel1 r epr esented. 0f- par t' icular inter es t w as t h e t o t a l l a ck o f th e 1 9 7 5ye a r class, which, since 1975,"hasbeen the dom i nant y e a r c l a s s i n a l l g a p e rp o p u l ationssanpledin Yaquina,Tillannok and Netar ts bay s . The near absenceof L976-79year classes of gapers in CoosBay was similar to that f o u n d i n Y a q u i n aB a y. Ga p e rcl am age aver aged5.7 year s. F i g u r e 9 sh o rssth e l e n g th -class com positicncf gaper clamsin CoosBq y . i l'leansize of the gaperswas 102"8mm. CO|-{f4ERCIAL HARVEST OF CLAMS In 1980we issued six permits to comnercialclam fishermento mechanically h a r v e s t s u b ti d a l ci a ms/i n e xp e r im entaitest p1ots. Per mitswenr r equir cd si nc e t h e u s e o f me ch a n i came l a n sto har vest clamsis uniawful. Ihe per mits spe c i fi ed t h e p o u n d so f cl a msth a t co u l d be har vested,season,har vest ar ea ancihar ves t e q u i p n e n t. In a d d i ti o n , mtn th ly r epor ts giving poundsand number sof clam s harvestedand hours clf effort t,ilererequired of each operator. The seasonstarted July 1, 1980sdnd endedDecernber 31, 1980. l4ethods Ya q u i n aB a y Twocomnercialclam harvesting pennits were issued for the 1.980season, P l o t E o f A re a 2 i n Y a q u i n aB a ywas designatedthe har vest ar ea ( Figur e 1) . A q u o t a o f 2 00 ,0 0 0p o u n d s{9 0 .7 m t) was set for the ar ea. D u et o d i ffi cu 'l ti e s th e tw o clam har vestor shad in obtaining appr opr iate permits from the U.S. ArmyCorp of Engineersand the OregonDivision of State L a n d s ,n 0 co n fi € rci a lh a rve st o f clam soccur r edin 1980" Althoughthe fill and removallaws have been "on the books" during previous harvest years, the USACE and DSLonly begairenforcing these laws as they apply to subtidal clam harvesting in 1980. CoosBay Four commercialclam harvesting permits were issued for CoosBay, Three of the permits allowed the use cf a hand held water jet and the fourth permit a l l o w e c !t h e u se o f a su b su rfa cesuction pum p. As with YaquinaBay, difficul ti es i n o b t a i n i ng fi l l a n d re mo va lp er m its delayedthe har vest of clamsuntil 0c tober . l d es a mp l e dth e co mme rci a ilyhar vestedclamsfor sfze, age and species i ti on. compos - 6R e s u i t sa n d D i s c u s s i o n Yaqulra Bay A s n e n ti o n e de a rl i e r, n o clam swer e comm er ciallyhar vesiedin the ex per i nr ental f i s h e r y in .Y a q u i n a .B a y. T h i s was the fir st year sinle tgZS thJt clamsr e r e nol h a r v e s t ed(T a b l e .5 ). 0 f th e ciamshanvestecJ in the fisher y since lg7l, SS,B6, p o u n d s( tfg .7 mt) o r 9 9 .5 %w e r e gaper clar ns. Table 5. Poundsof ClamsI'lechaliqqt ly Harvesteclin ExperimentalFishery, Y a q u i n aB a y, Or egon,1975- 80. Gaper 1,478 Cockl e 24 Li ttl eneck 0 Butter 0 I rus 0 0 0 0 0 0 68,074 10 Total 0 69,057 1,502 lrg s90 334 162,351 0 1 22 44 73,959 0 0 606 0 fl 305,862 34 50 1,219 378 162 "419 74,565 0 347,542 0 0 U 0 CoosBay T h e co mn e rci ahl a rve st i n CoosBay pr oducecl 50,741pounds( 27.5 m t) ofw hi c h 6 0 ' 6 1 6p ou n d s(2 7 ,5 mt) o r 9 9 ,8%wer e gaper clans ( iable 6) . The r er nainAer w .r -e butter clams. The fishery extendedfronr'septcrnber (Table 7): through l\,lovember E a c h . t r i p a ve ra g e d4 .3 h o u rs o f dive tir e. Har vestfiguies r cvealecl' tha t273 p o u n d s / h o u(1 r 2 4 kg l h r) o r 1 ,1 68 pounds/tr ip ( 5:1 kg/tr ip) wer e i.aken. T a b l e 6 " S u mma ry o f P cu ndsof Clamsiviechanically Har vestedin ExperinrentalFishery, CoosBay, 0regon, 197b-80. Total Gaper Butter Li ttleneck 14,467 735 0 r02,442 1 1 , 9 3 1 36,744 1 3 , 3 5 1 . 6 0 , 6 1 6 n Total t5,2A2 1 0 3 ,5 8 4 11, 9 3 1 L ,1 4 2 0 0 0 U 36,74rt 39 511 1 3, 9 01 r25 0 60,741 239,551 2,041 511 242,lA3 G a p ercl a msa ve ra g e d8 .9 years of age with the 1972year class being pr ev a ' l e n t i n t he h a rve st (F i g u re 1 0) . The clans aver aged133.7nr m( Figur e 11) . In 1979the clamsharvestedfrom the samear ea aver aged126.4mmin shell len gth. - 7T a b 'l e7 . P o u ndsof Subtidal ClarnsHarvestedin CoosBay C o n mer cial Fisher y, 1980. VE September 0ctober l{ovember 9 ,9 26 28"577 22,113 Totai 6 0,6 16 0 725 9,926 28"577 22,?38 37.0 103.0 82.5 125 6A,74L 222.5 U TiSSESSMENT 0F EFFTCTS 0F C0I4I4ERCIAL CLAI4 HTT,RVEST 0l{ RECRUITMENT itlethods In 1980we continuecl-toevaluate the effects of comrnercial harvest on recruitnpnt of clamsin YaquinaBay. Samplingprccedureswere sorrrcwhat modified from 'i i m ptes p r e v i o u ssa n p l i n g (Ga u meert. a1., i979i.' l.ler educe,J the iir . or inJiviJJu i t c l I ' f t 2 (0 .0 9 'n z)-b u t i n cre a secl' sim plins intunsity to 12.samples each per tr eatm e n t a n d co n tro l p l o ts" Benthic sampleswere retunneCto the laboratory and all invertebrates were sorted into taxonomicgroups. Invertebrates eas.il;r"icfentified"reruseparated to s p e c i e s . A l l o th e t.w q re g ro u pedby far nity, or Oer o.- pr ,viu.- - n two way an al y s s o f v a r i a n cew a s a p p l i e clti l te st fcr possibie var iaiion clueto tem por alsepar atii on q f ^ s - a m n l i n g .p e ri o d s. S i n ce o u r r .latashowe,J no var iaticn,:r e tJ sam plinqin d l t t e r e n t t i m e p e r i o d s , a o n e s , a { a n a l y s i so f v a r i a n c ew a su t i l i z e d ' a s ' i h e ' n p s t p o w e r f u l t e st fo r_ e va l u a ti n g<l iffer encesin num beroi- tu*onJ*i. g..ups bet w eentreatment and control. R e s u i t sa n d D i s c u s s i o n The macrobenthicdata collectec! from treatment and control plots of Area 2, P l o t . ! . o f Y a q u i l aB a yi s s h o w n i n T a b t e8 . n n'level atvits-;i G;i;nie'taiieri to i[ow signlficant differencesat the 95%confidence in any oi i1.,.five-speciei of clamsor in any of 1,7other taxa of benthic inverteoiaiessampleci.A;;.;ing1!, there is no evitlencethat the conrnerciai harvestcf suUtiOitgapb.iiu*r-nlr-ani innBdiatedetrinental effect on benthic fauna. Yet to be unclerstcod is the near total mortalilV i;f new'lyrecruitecigapenclamsin both the treatmentand control areasof Yaquina Bay (Figure12), Analysisof variancealso showe,J that in the treatmentandcontrrl plots, taxonomic cjiversitydid not differ significantly eittrer in nu*Oers of taka represented ncr in numbers of individuals(Figures13 an.J14). Theopporiunistic t&eonalfeutryqta,(f,iacorna. claqr)_increased fdliJwing narveit tn- tgiB-fFibri..i-1s) andby f{ay1979haCreachecl 102.5/0"09 mzin the lontrot. Similar reciuitnenl g! uaotla inqutnata was reportedby Swartz,€t. 0l , ig80: ay i{ovemuer of 1g79 Enenumbers of MaamainqaLnatahad decreased to levejs similar to that of the (D 3 -c] U'' lo -: (D o (.f o O rD (-f rD o- -+l cf - (D o- o c) c+ rD o- tu o a € U) rD c) rD tn 'lf, 5 oJ c) O le -5 c+ OJ e. c4 C/) 3 i ... r_ N)OO a (o tJ c) ('t OO FJ t\) (r) o(o (r| O c) rJ o m o (tl N C) 5 O (^) OO OOO!Oo vv }J FJ 9 U U TJ ooFoo@@o FJ IJ IJ }J IJ co(, r-OTOOOO ('|('l O(a)r- AOCncr)N)(, C)}!OC)C)O . N) QH!etOO (, @ (, cc| (o cr) CO (n (, r\) O t$Ol OOO -F rG) Fto (tr O(frr-OAC) .-J_F(Or-f!S ()('r c) N)Ot$r- !N) too rJLO cdF. r$(, l$OO C)OOFJOO O lJ(rC)(^o(tlr$ a OrJ Itttttttrttrl 0(4)(n(O('tC) rrOt\)Or- OOLNOC)O A O t\) r$@ c)(, f\) Cd I O VVV OO c) r\) o @ @ rJ c) O c^) ('to ('| o oo o o) (o OIJ a (, AOruOl-O N)INO OC)('|(3Or- tllttl llllll ur C)- B* -o=s\.s O c) ol co\t (](l UW 3l.ss€'E Q o c') o-f t, (D OcA S\ =tO, S"tr.C/). 53RCIJ J' Cr +S =Or$$X (-)c)c)q)EFd-{ 0r-tRQ$sr ToisSSQP -.3 cJ Q sr.R o FJ E s $Q o-3 rD rD t FS FS S O OFr o c)() tl 1l (\ CN .4" e. oos NN R s+J'S s. e.o.> Q (D { qJ > S' (\ t--r R3.€ rdoE (s'oq Q s r- .zo s J l -c5 c f m (f t\) f\) (o \l O FJ UI -(J 5c)p cf ? I x Y t:ryg cpo o (O \ lJ t! ro f$t\l A s(o A l\) F ! H .FH \,1 N) (tI FI (^) r$@ Ol (o c) O !J & 6 =o =ox g rD:J -5 C) tn= .o O (o (o 5ct cf AJ -Ji (3C) SCf a O t$rrO (])('I (.rt !J O O()(JJFJ l\)O5O(r! ('|prs:1r -B- SCnS@Oochm@ FJFJFJFJFJHIJIJ uu9 F,.\tO)FJ(!|oooo! (D cn ! to.-r f$r- (r(Oab'OOOTTC) t$C) O (tA O r$ C) _ ' _ - - aO _ FJFJFJO OOOOmU)mm fot\)lJ HO.F-Ec).FOO O G)(3SOO)(3ON) OggFI O !N)\llJlOC)O(^J I OTJFTQ-F Or\)O!(ON)|\OO lJf\)f\)SC^JtO O(f,C)O('OOO O o ('r o c)'c) c)cij c' C)OO lJlJ VVVH OOOOOC)CfO UUUUUUUU ltrttrll ttlrlltl or O-J.rD o) OOor rD ; = & J S : 8 iJ l. 5 g| o-o Q, rD rD o., J.rD (D Oor O G)()-\r-\JOc)roz. J(DS05arcrlm krk.Jcr-'11==r J,J.ct(D H C) p, J< 5 c+-t Jcf c+J5 -o5 C O O -.(D J,J>' F- eOOe(jrt O o(f(fo(f -F (o (n('t OTCTtI)AU) .a OHOO ( J ' Jl r ' r !(}) vvvw @P vc) }J }J OC)OO HHFJH }J ^^- .FF(tmf$N) (o c) ruF .F.\r OOr:O.b@ c} O(t(^)rJ(J) (3C)(rOFolo FJ H r-OOOOOT._F Of c^, ol N)Fr+ ('l -b OlJf$FrF(Jl O O OFJC)OO r-. (f O F-OO(n+(r@ OO()SO(}I ttlrtl (^)r*JCnSOO C]O.*J|\)HOO O<*rurOO(, OTr)FJC)(^) lJ r- (n(f f'o O C) CO fN C^J Fo f-5 OC)OrO(f U) C) O (tl OCr| OO h F ;s sr. cl cJ-SS $ (\ Qs:s SSA Hoo(omot O t. t. e. $. \{o J t rf ctd ( - , d 5'S f) S S'$r. o S,Q o cD S :J- c:rJ a -.5: D(Q cD Lo I tl $.q'F$. 3S'3S.N8; 93 H$F N3 orS l\J 3 :zc) \ c4 < R rC c{rs fl $ S r ('t I c) s l\) ,l Oul rfl J 'lJ co o(f c+ (, Jl ftl O Or o.u rFr FJ I ol c+o J( ' | rl Fr ! I Degrees of Freedom F 0neway A n ova .+ - t oC) c ) CO o5 ft ot -9 (-J(o :J I c+ c ) m 5 OO o c) ct c ) l -5 O\t o 5 r..o I q)_ I f+ c . ) ! -t o(o o C) et c) \, 50l.o o5 Jl (-) Jl Ca) I OIJ (jJ cf I C) \l -\f, 5o(o cF (-)! l o = l--\ ct -t co) c! o ri O r\) Jl -IJ eJ 5g -t (D p, o --?l C) 'l' o rD o- rD a rr AJ -t T oJ = 16 -5 c') 5 - ul U' 3 5 a 5 3 (DrD (o -t -z o= @o O, -i Ot< J. 5- -<a oJc o3 @ {D { -9c o n t r o l . A s i m i ' l a r p a t t e r n i n r ecr uitmentfor this spec' ieswas obser vedfor t h e i n c o m i n g1 9 8 0y e a r - c 1 a s sf o l l o w e db y a n o t h e rd e c l i n e t o c o n t r o l l e v e ' l sb y the fal I of 1980. F i g u re 1 4 sh o w sth e to ta l numberof benthic inver tebr atesin the tr eatm ent a n d c o n t r o l p l o t s . R e c r u i t m e nat n d m o r t a l i t y t h r o u g h o u t h e s a m p l i n gp e r i o d w a s s ' i m i l a r f o r b o th tre a tme n ta n d c o n t r o l . T h e f l u c t u a t i o n s i n t o t a l n u m b e ros f b e n t h i c i nve rte b ra te sre fl e cts the recruitment and mortality of the Macoma clam. LABORATORY CLAM STUDIIS O u r l ab o ra to ry cl a m stu d i es wer e ter minatedin 1975. Since then we h av e a n n u a l l ym o n i t o r e dt h e g r o w t ho f c l a m sp l a n t e d i n N e t a r t s B a y . Methods , T w ostu d i e s w e re co n ti n u e din Netar ts Bay. Onecom par ed the gr owth c h a r a c t e r i s t i c so f M a n i l ai i t t l e n e c k c l a m st h a t w e r e ' s e l b c t e df o r i h e i r f a s t g r o w i n ga b i l i t y v s . n o r m a lg r o w i n gc l a m s( G a u m earn d L u k a s , 1 9 7 5 ) ;t h e o t h e r c o m p a r egro d w tho f cl a msi n a scr eenedenclosur evs. unscr eened ar eas. R e s u l t sa n d D i s c u s s i o n M a n i l a l ' i t t l e n e c k c l a m ss p a w n eidn A u g u s t1 9 7 4f r o m f a s t g r o w ' i n g parent s t o c k g r e w2 . 3 r y s i n c e J u n e 1 9 7 9a n d a v e r i g e d3 9 , 2 m mi n . l e n g l h , w h 6 r e a sp r o g e n y f r o m t h e " n o r m a l , " . c l a mg sr e w3 . 2 m ma n d a v e i a g e d3 7 . 3 m m( f i g i r e ' i 6 ) . wehavdb e e nu n a b l et o d e t e r m i n es u r v i v a l o f t h e M a n i i ac l a m sd u e t o t h e i r m o v e m e n t outsideof the study p1ot. E v i d e n ceo f n a tu ra l sp a w ningwas found with the r ecover yof one 1977y ear c l a s s c l a mt h a t a v e r a g e d 23.8mm. M a n i l ac l a m sp l a n t e d i n t h e s c r e e n e dt e s t p l o t a v e r a g e d 3 g . 6 m m ,a n i n c r e a s eo f 2 . 6 m ms i n c e 1 9 7 9 ,w h e r e a sc l a m sp l i n t e d i n a i a d j a c e n tu n s c r e e n e d t e s t p l o t a v e r a g e d4 0 . 0 m m ,a n i n c r e a s eo f ? . 5 m ms i n c e 1 9 7 9 . M a n i l a sp l a n t e d a d j a c e n tt o a n e e l g r a s sb e d a n d a t a s l i g h t l y l o w e r e l e v a t i o nw e r e4 4 . 9 m m ,a n i n c r e a s eo f 2 . 0 m ms i n c e 1 9 7 9( F f g u r e1 7 ) . C l a m si n a i l t h r e e t e s t p l o t s a v e r a g e di 3 . 1 n r n rw h e nr e l e a s e d . - 10ACKi{OI,ILEDG}{ENTS l ' J ew i sh to th a n k L a i rn o ns 0sis, Jean llcCr ae,and Br ucelr ji' !liam sof th e 0 r e g o nDe p a rtrn e notf F i sh a n d t' lilcliife, DaveBer nar dof 0r egcnState Univer s i ty and i'larian Aschefor their assistance in the study. LITERATURE CITED 'CIam Gauner,Thor,ras F. anCBruceC. Halstead. L976. t4ethodsof Supplenenting a n d A b a l o n eP ro d u cti o n , Conxn. Fish. Res. and Devel. Act. July 1, 1975to J u n e 3 0 , 1 9 7 6 . On e . D e pt. of Ffsh and itfi' ldlife Pr c,c.Rept. 65 pp, Gaurner, ThomasF. and Gerald Lukas. L975. l4ethrrcls of Supp'lementing Clamand Ab al o n eP ro d u cti o n . C o m mFish. . Res. anciDevel. Act. Juty 1, 1974tc r June 30, L975. Fish Conna, of 0re. Proc. Reiit. 34 pp Gaurer, ThomasF., GregoryP. Robart and AnneGeiger. 1979. 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FilETffi nnn'A6'oF;Tf" Appendix1 ( F i g u r e s1 - 1 7 ) ul E co o ; t v, :l \:l 't't' 0 $ -l?- \ b \ b tq U q L rd U tll (, (& TU tap 3z 2 0a trJ <C, ) v, o $-1 fl{ znl .l 3J i i { I I t J BId f '(a .LJ -r P j a U'' .J P UI QJ L .u E rl' (J F (J L E o (J L o q- E (u o r- (U L = u1 .d rd co - Io q: 6 = F{ GJ !- Lr- - 13- ?*(xrT Ren ?t6'Ec.N FcrNT. 'I I -- EARUTEW I Caas&,y o Figure 2. /5AO j'000 15a.0 600oFecr I ' l a po f L o w e r C o o sB a y , S h o v r i n gA r e a A p p r o v e df o r C o m m e r c i aCl l a mH a r v e s t - * 14- N=661 I si ze = 88,7 mm IU q. zn t* I trj V trl 0_ {,t .rJ zfr 48 F0 80 Le.A Lg8 t4u LEi\GTH**LAS5 (MM) F i g u r e4 . L e n g t h - C 1 a sCso m p o s i t i oonf S u b t i d a l G a p e rC l a m s C o l l e c t e df r o m A r e a2 , Y a q u i n aB a y , 0 r e g o n ,1 9 8 0 . 50 sg ?0 lr I $ h- z. Ld u LJ gg Hn 4g 'qn n .Ffi 5"fl ij 7f. ?t €o7s78'ln"ful[J-f*fr= 7* 63 r Clam s F ig u r e 3 . Y e a r - Cal s s C o m p ot sj oj n of Subtidal Gape C o l l e c t e df r o m A r e a2 , Y a q u i n aB a y , 0 r e g o n ,1 9 8 0 . fu + lJ.l ln I r{) t* + u, a I (tt tSIEC0L&Itr I t ,, I r\, + lu a sl / a - 15- t' ,' t' 1 l. l'l l.'j /jl /,, /.'.1 .tt + t .' .' j tJJ€ErJ, I trl t h- t//t t't .".?/! ''rl/' C)l& , .t ./ .t . j .' : ,' .'f ;l :, .l I i t ', .l Il .l , 'lll I ', ,ll ;tti t. / t' ,; - ; S' , , ' : ' ' tt 6 CD {D s o lr CD cn !a Al & {t E o\ Or ft ,:f :l l:l ril tDntn F- l- F. chfifi tn n G' I (J rq , (u (6 E 6 c) L (l) d (g (5 {-, c .I'o := (t) (I) f-a +- 5- -P r: a u1 qJ >1 {-r rd .oc! OO F fc| ! L ro +) .tJ o 5(F u.l t ci (l E s t\ Or rl & tl| lt t\ Iv Ol ?rl ](l E ro r,tl .r u-! f 'tf -'fd.-- cJ>+) (o lL __ or-._'_ rl LI- L qJ |r) rtt L <J< -(u (Jd FN F {D f- o}t}r u)(Du O'o\{n u lt? P\fi ra o- l- UJ U' iri lrl tl; iri --'-- - 16- ry=s ' iI72 z e= 5 1 . 6 X tu ty F '7 fr3s (} a trj n eu ts &0 6S 48 108 140 7?,8 LENGTI-I-OLft55(MMi F "-i g u r e7 . L e n g t h - C l a sC s o m p o s i t i oonf S u b t j d a l G a p e rC l a m sf r o m P lo f E o f Ar - ea2 , Yaquina Bay, 0r egon' 1980. -Fn $q lrl {F { t-- z LU g lrf l^a s0 4A 30 f;{ 411 gfJ ?$ F i -g u r e 6 . ?{3 'V7 '}'6 ?5 V4 73 ?A 7L fu t1q Yrfin*sLfi*s Y e a r - C l a s sC o m p o s i t j o no f S u b t i d a l G a p e rC l a m s - C o l l e c t e d f r o m P l o t E o f A r e a 2 , Y a q u i n aB a y , O r e g o n , 1 9 8 0 . -77- N=36 -* size = 102.8 mm LtJ qeo f- z hJ n{ ;- x0 6{t 4S €s LZA L4s LENOTH*CL*SS (N4rqi F ig u r e 9 . L e n g t h - Cals s C o m p ot si oi n o f S u b t jd a l G a p e rC l a m sC o l l e c t e d f r o m P i g e o nP o i n t A r e ao f C o o sB a y , O r e g o n ,1 9 8 0 . '7 11 as N =39 i a g e= 5 . 7 years I rl /s {l: L. a AN Z lrl ?u tg Ld n* ryft IU {i sfi 7I] 7G ?7 V6 ?5'f4 73 7r 7L Tri 68 Y[ftR.-#LftS5 Figure B. Y e a r - Ca' l s s C o m p o tsjio n o f S u b t id a l G a p e rC l a m s C o l e c t e f r o m P i g e o n P o ' i n t A r e a o f C o o sB a y , O r e g o n , 1 9 8 0 . - 18- N = 297 X s i z e = 1 3 37. m m 3q Ld CI { F-. Z trl E0 tr lrl n 10 d10 z8 sg 60 1.09 tu0 x4CI 160 (MM} I.-ENOTH-.CLAss F i g u l e 1 1 . L e n g t h - C l a sC s o m p o s i t ' i oonf S u b t j d a l G a p e rC l a m sC o n n r e r c ' i a l l y H a r v e s t e df r o m P i g e o nP o i n t A r e a o f C o o sB a y , 0 r e g o n ,1 9 8 0 . 7E EO LI Lp 3U F 40 = 297 age = <t z lrl H a t.l LLI a* TN s0 r.c 0 EO 79 7& '77 7& ?5 74 T3 79. 1',t 78 S3 &s 6? €6 YEAF_"GLAgS F i g u r e 1 0 . 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HAdIF{3{:}:f,(EJm a {D# o orE F-f olrl O<.> csH 0: O\ *1 (Efr EH Or r!2 fi15 G.g =fi (fT L(U o\t; lL GI-c o\F.; u5 :fm (EqO\ fLq fiE ?|:f, ](fq EE ft- l.ur '-I 9! S! E- .t. 't u.t Fr ; = 6 6C\J - = ,l +J sz. * FF fr-r Eo P ; o) '_I FG €Ft!= utf, F Ll a t': t; I t lr l' t. r$ tn r.{ 3'SEOlrjtl {ftL -tt-- dJJtXt''t] @ g) fi o- F rJ) lJ.l do Or s )CE E 9t lL fi Fr -- 6rz. fi fu tli )(f, AL orF hfi +r of (E t E- ul r- :r tuJ E{f, FlX l- tL) cF ul:c &'c) t.. I t; I l. I lr t. t. co ,o = ro > +) c! (u B +) 'r) x s d q- g +) .o L P a L ./(o oE F- F{ = L LL 5(\/l tl i; t"" c l i l r-D t)a l--" LI- il? g L) :, cr) ro t^r, (:) o fta\ ( i"l 't' \/ {Y' I (.:} d* :i ;r er er {) I I I i t I I I t \ : \ \ I \ \ \ t.i ) *L--**-.".*.^-..."*J-.".**.__----*_**J* o(,JiltL "f {\,! -23- \' \ {r.uur} ll ti;liit .l"l lt \, \l\ \ t ..__..1._--_ **__.-*,"i -'! \/= f- {}'F\g (9 t-!"i r^ {'t ir -,tf \,1. ti.J t v'o +J ln tL ru : L E ; v z. E (F 9{ -(' e f, Er o X, X = c) L1 rc' a_ L.$-.. p = == {J -:z ro (J co (', JZ p16 +J +) 'F a) -L r d 3 -i <1* f6a \_rt LLJ !- Lr e,'R .* = L =, co L l,q (C LL c5 c5 gv +r .e =B _ >o =o +) '*'J-' ^cl oJ c) 16(J x. ;'- r- --E_ J" f/l ("-) !..1- .CJ Ii-r !*{."[ , {-A* lG.U rl {}--! t(} r,-r e!" v. r_, -Y ,SI rn :{ t (.\.1 t I , I ".1{-} c t f CJ 5:J LL \ \ \ \ i I \ \ \ \ \ (} .t 1r 1l tl :I I I .. \ :r i I ,I ir ir ir i' rt :. tl '11 '.t I lI ' .\, \r rl ) \'1 'c tY-) - 24- \\1'\ \.. t\.r_ () ftJ (u"rtu)pttgNSl \.. ,-;f; #3f; (jluJL) J[L7. LrJ Z. L.J ld :3 tr- O LA.J <i (.f"t lr I O (& -\ A fJr u) -J h,J tr {u g u"i \r! tLc) ff) t,i-, :f F*. a, O "qd/ {}tr eJ i.*r,l {,"-Il ,{j. a vl (6 ! (t) r (U l-rJ ,o (J -(, (u (U q- = (u ]C L) (u c lJ- +J (u E tn E rg (J (u -r (JOI -v co P .S4 atJ (c u ^ +) JJM rd Jvl Fal' tl- .rP cq) ro2. q- o. o an oi fo >cJ !-L (J o> +)l3aJ l-o f.\ L = I,L