TY - RPRT T1 - Ghost shrimp, weights of crabs –- Oregon landings, souvenir crabs Y1 - 1949 A1 - Tollefson, Roger A1 - Marriage, Lowell D. A1 - Oregon. Fish Commission KW - Alsea Bay KW - aquatic invertebrates KW - commercial fisheries – shellfish KW - Coos Bay KW - crustaceans KW - Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister) KW - Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis) KW - natural resource management KW - Netarts Bay KW - Oregon shore crab = Hemigrapsus oregonensis KW - Purple shore crab = Hemigrapsus nudus KW - Siletz Bay KW - Tillamook Bay KW - Yaquina Bay JF - Shellfish Investigation Progress Report VL - no.16 UR - https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/1544bq05s N1 - This document is in three parts: a report on the ghost shrimp fishery, elucidation of a method to tax commercial crab landings, and a description of a commercial enterprise that was catching small shore crabs and embedding them in plastic for sale as tourist souvenirs (the “badge” of the Newport Crab Festival). Gives contemporary methods of harvesting ghost shrimp, and lists the number of commercial fishers in Alsea and Siletz bays. Gives Dungeness crab landings for various areas of the state. ER -