@article {83058, title = {Exploring biophysical linkages between coastal forestry management practices and aquatic bivalve contaminant exposure}, journal = {Toxics }, volume = {9}, number = {3}, year = {2021}, note = {Current forestry management practices are not doing very well at keeping herbicides and pesticides within the boundaries of the forest. In this important article, the authors describe a study of bivalves to look for contamination from pesticides and other chemicals used in forestry. They found pesticides in 38\% of bivalves sampled, with some watersheds more contaminated than others, and with seasonal variations. The authors mildly note, {\textquotedblleft}Details about types and levels of exposure provide insight into effectiveness of current forest management practices in controlling transport of forest-use pesticides{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract). Good data visualization. This is an Open-Access article.}, month = {2021, Mar.}, pages = {article 46, 25 p. }, keywords = {agriculture, Alsea River, aquatic invertebrates, bivalves, clams, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, forestry, fungicides, herbicides, human impacts, metabolism, molluscs, mussels, Nehalem River, Nestucca River, oysters, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, pesticides, precipitation, recreational fisheries {\textendash} shellfish, Siletz River, Siuslaw River, Smith River (Umpqua), Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, stress, toxicity, Western pearl mussel = Margaritifera falcata, Yaquina River}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics9030046}, url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2305-6304/9/3/46 }, author = {Scully-Engelmeyer, Kaegan and Granek, Elise F. and Nielsen-Pincus, Max and Lanier, Andy and Rumrill, Steven S. and Moran, Patrick and Nilsen, Elena and Hladik, Michelle L. and Pillsbury, Lori} } @mastersthesis {83239, title = {An Ecological Assessment of a Potential Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Reintroduction to the Oregon Coast}, year = {2019}, note = {This Master{\textquoteright}s thesis was written to address the concerns of groups working to bring sea otters back to Oregon. {\textquotedblleft}Managers seek improved understanding of the potential for coastal habitats to support sea otter populations, factors likely to affect reintroduction success, and how sea otters may change nearshore ecosystems if brought back. These uncertainties were addressed by adapting and applying a recently developed model of habitat-specific carrying capacity for southern sea otters to estimate spatial variation in potential sea otter abundance (at equilibrium) in Oregon. These predictions were spatially related to human activities to investigate potential human interactions{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract) The major professor was Leigh G. Torres. }, pages = {82 p.}, school = {Oregon State University}, edition = {M.S.}, chapter = {College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences. Marine Resource Management Program}, address = {Corvallis, Or.}, keywords = {Blanco Reef, commercial fisheries - shellfish, demographics, economics, ecosystem health, environmental law and policy, Gold Beach (Or.), habitats, historical, human impacts, marine mammals, Newport (Or.), Orford Reef, Otter Rock Marine Reserve, population biology, Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve, Reintroductions, Sea otter = Enhydra lutris, Simpson Reef, Translocations}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/bv73c622c }, author = {Kone, Dominique V.} } @article {37601, title = {Status of Bay Clams in Oregon 1975-1988}, year = {1990}, note = {Study of recreational and commercial clam fisheries in Oregon. Good historical summary (1947-1974), statistics.}, month = {April_1990}, institution = {Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife}, keywords = {aquatic invertebrates, biological, bivalves, Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus, catch statistics, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, environmental policy and law, Gaper clam = Tresus capax, Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea, natural resource management, population biology, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/7d278t54w}, author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife,}, editor = {Gaumer, Thomas F. and McCrae, Jean E.} } @article {38351, title = {Species profiles : life histories and environmental requirements of coastal fishes and invertebrates (Pacific Northwest) : ghost shrimp and blue mud shrimp}, volume = {no. 82-11.93}, year = {1989}, note = {This is a classic overview of the biology and life history of ghost shrimp and mud shrimp in the Pacific Northwest, although the heavily parasitized mud shrimp may soon become extinct in Oregon estuaries. Good bibliography, if a bit dated. Map, charts, line drawings.}, pages = {14 p.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, Chetco River estuary, Columbia River estuary, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, Coquille Bay, crustaceans, fecundity, general, Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis), growth, life history information, Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, recreational fisheries - shellfish, reproductive behavior, Rogue River estuary, Salmon River Estuary, Sand Lake, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw Bay, taxonomy, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a206132.pdf}, author = {Hornig, Susanna and Sterling, Anita and United States. National Wetlands Research Center and Stanley D. (Stanley DeWitt) Smith and United States. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station. Coastal Ecology Group, and United States. National Wetlands Research Center} } @article {37471, title = {Subtidal clam populations: Distribution, abundance, and ecology}, volume = {no.79-002}, year = {1979}, note = {Good maps}, institution = {Oregon State University Sea Grant}, address = {Corvallis, OR}, keywords = {abundance, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, biological, bivalves, brown algae, Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, community ecology, crustaceans, decapods, developmental stages, economics, eelgrass = Zostera marina, Enteromorpha species, Fucus species, Gaper clam = Tresus capax, general ecosystem description, geographical distribution, ghost shrimp = Callianassa californiensis, green algae, history, life history information, Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea, molluscs, Mud shrimp = Upogebia pugettensis, population biology, recreational isheries - shellfish, reproductive behavior, sediments, Siletz Bay, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, temporal distribution, Ulva species}, url = {https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/39128}, author = {Hancock, D. R. and Gaumer, Thomas F. and Willeke, G. B. and Robart, G. P. and Flynn, J.} } @article {24236, title = {The Dungeness Crab Fishery in Oregon Estuaries}, year = {1977}, note = {"Oregon{\textquoteright}s estuaries are focal points in an important recreational and commercial fishery for Dungeness crab. This report describes crabbing in Oregon{\textquoteright}s estuaries and includes brief notes on crab biology, catch statistics, major fishing areas, fishing regulations, problems, and proposed solutions." (Introduction) Internal discussion paper.}, pages = {13 p.}, keywords = {abundance, Alsea Bay, catch statistics, Chetco River estuary, Columbia River estuary, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, Coquille Bay, crustaceans, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), life history information, natural resource management, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Rogue River estuary, Salmon River Estuary, Sand Lake, shellfish, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw Bay, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/4f16c371f}, author = {Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Region,} } @article {37451, title = {Methods of Supplementing Clam and Abalone Production: Annual Report July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976}, year = {1976}, note = {This report presents information on clam distribution in Oregon estuaries. It includes clam population estimates for parts of Yaquina, Tillamook and Coos bays. Gives data from a clam aging study. Permits were issued for commercial clam harvesting in Yaquina and Coos bays. Reports on plantings of clams in Netarts and Yaquina Bays and the abalone planting in Whale Cove. Includes maps showing clams, substrate and vegetation for Nehalem, Tillamook, Netarts, Nestucca, Salmon River and Siletz bays.}, month = {1975-1976}, pages = {65 p.}, institution = {Oregon Fish Commission of Oregon, Division of Management and Research}, address = {Portland, Or.}, keywords = {abundance, age composition, aquaculture, aquatic invertebrates, biological, bivalves, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, fat gaper=Tresus capax, geographical distribution, methodology, molluscs, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Netarts Bay, Siletz River estuary, size composition, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/79407x89g}, author = {Gaumer, Thomas F. and Lukas, Gerald T. and Halstead, Bruce G. and Fish Commission of Oregon. Division of Management and Research, and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife,} } @article {37456, title = {Methods of Supplementing Clam and Abalone Production: Completion Report: July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1976}, volume = {1973/1976}, year = {1976}, note = {"Clam surveys have been conducted in Oregon{\textquoteright}s estuaries since 1973. During this project period primary objectives were (1) to locate suitable intertidal and subtidal clam planting sites and to determine the feasibility of planting laboratory spawned clams; (2) to determine the potential for a subtidal clam fishery in Oregon; (3) to develop techniques for spawning and rearing clams, (4) to refine techniques for aging clams, (5) to develop appropriate subtidal clam management schemes applicable on a coastwide basis, and (6) to determine the feasibility of purchasing and planting juvenile red abalone along the Oregon coast." (Introduction). Includes maps of subtidal clam beds in Tillamook, Yaquina and Coos bays.}, pages = {13 p.}, institution = {Oregon Fish Commission of Oregon, Division of Management and Research}, address = {Oregon}, keywords = {Baltic clam=Macoma balthica, bent-nose clam=Macoma nasuta, butter clam=Saxidomus giganteus, cockle clam=Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, gaper clam=Tresus capax, Irus clam = Irus ishibashianus, Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea, molluscs, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Red abalone = Haliotis rufescens, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, softshell clam=Mya arenaria, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/6395w758c}, author = {Gaumer, Thomas F. and Lukas, Gerald T. and Halstead, Bruce G. and Oregon. Fish Commission. Division of Management and Research, and Oregon. Department of Fish and Wildlife,} } @article {37791, title = {Crab Fishermen Interviews}, year = {1963}, note = {"As requested, crab fishermen, processing plants, boat moorages, and chambers of commerce along the Oregon coast ware interviewed to obtain their thinking on crab seasons and regulations." Interviews were conducted from Astoria to Brookings.}, pages = {10 p.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, Chetco River estuary, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, Coquille Bay, Depoe Bay, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), environmental policy and law, natural resource management, Necanicum Bay, Nehalem Bay, Netarts Bay, Siletz Bay, Tillamook Bay, Winchester Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/08612p411}, author = {Snow, C. Dale and Oregon. Fish Commission} } @article {37551, title = {The bay clams of Oregon: their identification, relative abundance, and distribution}, volume = {no.2}, year = {1958}, note = {Editor{\textquoteright}s note: Condensed from Fish Commsision Contribution $\#$20}, institution = {Oregon Fish Commission}, address = {Portland, OR}, keywords = {abundance, Alsea River estuary, aquatic invertebrates, bent-nose clam=Macoma nasuta, biological, bivalves, Bodega tellin=Tellina bodegensis, butter clam=Saxidomus giganteus, catch statistics, cockle clam=Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, economics, gaper clam=Tresus capax, general, geographical distribution, littleneck clam=Leukoma staminea, molluscs, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Netarts estuary, new species description, razor clam=Siliqua patula, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Salmon River estuary, Siletz River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, softshell clam=Mya arenaria, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, white-sand macoma=Macoma secta, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/db78tc76p}, author = {Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon. Fish Commission} } @article {37891, title = {The fishery and biology of the Dungeness crab (Cancer magister Dana) in Oregon waters}, volume = {no.24}, year = {1958}, note = {May, 1958.}, institution = {Fish Commission of Oregon}, address = {Portland, Or.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, biological, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, dungeness crab=Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), life history information, Netarts Bay, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River estuary, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/hx11xm506}, author = {Waldron, Kenneth D. and Oregon. Fish Commission} } @article {27826, title = {The bay clams of Oregon: their economic importance, relative abundance, and general distribution}, volume = {no. 20}, year = {1954}, note = {Distribution maps. Photographs of clams. "May, 1954."}, pages = {47 p.}, institution = {Oregon Fish Commission}, address = {Portland, Or.}, keywords = {abundance, Alsea River estuary, aquatic invertebrates, bent-nose clam=Macoma nasuta, biological, bivalves, Bodega tellin=Tellina bodegensis, butter clam=Saxidomus giganteus, catch statistics, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos River estuary, Coquille River estuary, economics, fat gaper=Tresus capax, general, geographical distribution, molluscs, Nehalem River estuary, Nestucca River estuary, Netarts estuary, new species description, Nuttall cockle=Clinocardium nuttallii, Pacific littleneck=Leukoma staminea, Pacific razor=Siliqua patula, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Salmon River estuary, Siletz River estuary, Siuslaw River estuary, softshell clam=Mya arenaria, Tillamook estuary, Umpqua River estuary, white-sand macoma=Macoma secta, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/s1784r74q}, author = {Marriage, Lowell D. and Oregon. Fish Commission} } @inbook {36946, title = {Ghost shrimp}, booktitle = {Shellfish Program Special Report}, volume = {no.14 }, year = {1951}, note = {Brief note giving overview of fishery and fishing methods in Oregon at the end of the 1940s.}, pages = {p.5}, keywords = {commercial fisheries - shellfish, crustaceans, general, Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis), recreational fisheries - shellfish}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/7h149q56p}, author = {Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program} } @article {37676, title = {The Ocean Crab Fishery, its Regulation and Management: with Special Reference to the Siletz, Yaquina, and Alsea Bays}, year = {1950}, note = {Should fishing by crab pots instead of crab rings be allowed in certain bays in Oregon? An error caused the ban on crab pots to be deleted from the statutes. This 1950 paper considers whether the ban on crabpots should be reinstated in Siletz, Yaquina and Alsea Bays. This is an Oregon Fish Commission internal discussion paper.}, pages = {4 p.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), natural resource management, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Siletz Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/sq87bv28m} } @inbook {36941, title = {The present status of the bay clams in Oregon}, booktitle = {Oregon Fish Commission. Shellfish Program Special Report}, volume = {no.3}, year = {1948}, note = {Includes hand-drawn sketches of bay clams. Includes statistics for Yaquina Bay for a week of low tides in July of 1947. The complete report also includes two short reports, "Drag Boat Damage on Crabs" and "Herring Spawning," which reports on herring spawning in Tillamook and Yaquina bays.}, pages = {p.1-12}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii, commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, Gaper clam = Tresus capax, Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea, natural resource management, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, spatial distribution, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/c534fp80w}, author = {Oregon. Fish Commission. Shellfish Program,} } @article {37411, title = {Shellfish resources of the Northwest coast of the United States}, volume = {1921/1922}, year = {1922}, note = {Appendix III to the Report of the U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1922. Bureau of Fisheries Document no.920. In Google Books. Bw photographs. Summarizes known distribution of edible mollusks on the Oregon and SW Washington coasts with an eye to potential for commercial development of the fisheries. Cites bad roads as a major hindrance. Nice descriptions of localities. "Mya arenaria and Schizothaerus nuttalli are to be found in some abundance on the mud flats of this bay, but, being in a very inaccessible region, little use is made of these shellfish except occasionally by the inhabitants of Taft, a small settlement on the bay."}, pages = {21 p.}, address = {Washington, D.C.}, keywords = {Alsea Bay, bibvalves, blue mussel = Mytilus edulis, Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus, California mussel = Mytilus californianus, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii (Cardium corbis), commercial fisheries - shellfish, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, Gaper clam = Tresus capax (Schizothaerus nuttalli), introduced species, Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea (Paphya staminea), molluscs, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, Olympia oyster = Ostrea lurida, Pacific razor clam = Siliqua patula, Piddock siphon = Pholadidea penita, recreational fisheries - shellfish, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River estuary, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, Tillamook Bay, Umpqua River estuary, Winchester Bay, Yaquina Bay}, url = {https://tinyurl.com/4ex9ykfj}, author = {Edmondson, Charles H.} }