TitleGhost shrimp, weights of crabs –- Oregon landings, souvenir crabs
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication1949
AuthorsTollefson, Roger, Lowell D. Marriage, and Oregon. Fish Commission
Secondary TitleShellfish Investigation Progress Report
Volumeno.16
Pagination15 p.
Report Numberno.16
Call NumberDigital Open Access
KeywordsAlsea 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
NotesThis 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.
URLhttps://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/1544bq05s