Title | Ghost shrimp, weights of crabs –- Oregon landings, souvenir crabs |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 1949 |
Authors | Tollefson, Roger, Lowell D. Marriage, and Oregon. Fish Commission |
Secondary Title | Shellfish Investigation Progress Report |
Volume | no.16 |
Pagination | 15 p. |
Report Number | no.16 |
Call Number | Digital Open Access |
Keywords | Alsea Bay, aquatic invertebrates, commercial fisheries – shellfish, Coos Bay, crustaceans, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), Ghost shrimp = Neotrypaea californiensis (Callianassa californiensis), natural resource management, Netarts Bay, Oregon shore crab = Hemigrapsus oregonensis, Purple shore crab = Hemigrapsus nudus, Siletz Bay, Tillamook Bay, Yaquina Bay |
Notes | 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. |
URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/1544bq05s |
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