| Title | Crab fishery and soft-shell status – Area II: South of Cascade Head, July 31-August 6, 1948 |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1948 |
| Authors | Tollefson, Roger, Lowell D. Marriage, and Oregon. Fish Commission |
| Secondary Title | Shellfish Investigation Progress Report |
| Volume | no.12 |
| Pagination | 5 p. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin SH365.O7 S51, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea Bay, biological, commercial fisheries – shellfish, Coos Bay, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), Elk River, natural resource management, Port Orford, Rogue River estuary, Umpqua River estuary, Winchester Bay, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | This document marks the beginning of a long struggle for Oregon natural resource managers to find the best time to open the crab season. The time of crab molting is highly variable, and it is hard to determine the best time (firm shells, full of meat) to start the commercial fishing season. Reports on crab condition – the number of soft-shelled crabs – for late July/early August, 1948. Lists fishing boats and numbers of pots fished for Newport, Winchester Bay, Coos Bay and Port Orford. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/x346d508p |
