Limicolae of the State of Oregon - Jewett, Stanley G. (The Auk, 1929)
This article summarizes twenty-five years of observations of a suborder of migratory shore birds.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; birds; Curry County (Or.); Lincoln County (Or.); Netarts Bay; Seal Rock; Tillamook County (Or.); Yachats River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Newport fillets prove popular - Anonymoous (Pacific Fisherman, 1929)
Brief news article about the popularity of fresh and frozen fish processed by the Newport Fish Company. “In addition to its fresh fish business, the Newport company mild cures some salmon and handles halibut, although this fishery was curtailed somewhat during the past season by shortage of bait. Yaquina Bay has been closed to shad fishing for some years, but is now open and it is expected will yield substantial quantities of this fish during the spring months.” The article includes a b+w photograph of company officers Andrew J. Naterlin and Crad Meredith displaying frozen fillets.
Keywords: commercial fisheries -- groundfish; industrial development; Lingcod = Ophiodon elongates; Newport Fish Company; Pacific halibut = Hippoglossus stenolepis; Rockfish = Sebastes spp.; Shad = Alosa sapidissima; Yaquina Bay

1927 Pacific mild-cured salmon pack - Anonymoous (Pacific Fisherman Yearbook, 1928)
The Burke Packing Company had plants up and down the Oregon Coast packing mild cured salmon, including plants on the Yaquina and Umpqua Rivers. Statistics are in units of tierces (about 800 pounds) and are lumped in with statistics for Astoria and Cushman.
Keywords: canneries; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries – salmon; Gardiner (Or.); industrial development; Newport (Or.); statistics; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Fair run of Oregon silvers - Anonymoous (Pacific Fisherman, 1928)
Brief news item. It looks like 1928 was not a good year on the Columbia River. “The dismal character of mid-fall fishing on the Columbia river and Oregon coast was lightened only by a very fair production of Silversides at Nehalem bay, Yaquina bay and the Umpqua river and other Oregon coast points. October fishing in these coastal waters returned larger catches of Silversides than in some years.”
Keywords: canneries; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries – salmon; Nehalem Bay; Newport (Or.); Umpqua River; Yaquina Bay

Filleting at Newport, Ore. - Anonymoous (Pacific Fisherman, 1928)
“What is believed to be the first fish-filleting enterprise of commercial importance in Oregon is being initiated by the Newport Fish company of Newport, on Yaquina Bay… The introduction of filleting on the Oregon coast is expected to be of great benefit to the fishermen of that district…” The article introduces the leaders of the company, including Andrew J. Naterlin, and roughs out their ideas for the company.
Keywords: Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries; industrial development; Lingcod = Ophiodon elongates; Newport (Or.); Pacific halibut = Hippoglossus stenolepis; Yaquina Bay

Stratigraphic relations of western Oregon Oligocene formations - Schenck, Hubert G. (University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 1928)
University of California, Berkeley
Keywords: geological; sediment data; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River; Yaquina River Basin

1926 Pacific mild-cured salmon pack - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman Yearbook, 1927)
The Burke Packing Company had plants up and down the Oregon Coast packing mild cured salmon, including plants on the Siletz, Yaquina and Umpqua Rivers. Statistics are in units of tierces (about 800 pounds) and are lumped in with statistics for Bay City, Cushman and Pacific City.
Keywords: canneries; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; commercial fisheries – salmon; Gardiner (Or.); industrial development; Newport (Or.); Siletz Bay; statistics; Taft (Or.); Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Marine Oligocene of Oregon - Schenck, Hubert G. (University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences, 1927)
Publications in Geological Sciences
Keywords: geological; sediment data; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River; Yaquina River Basin

Fish house at Yaquina - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1926)
Brief news item about a "new fish house" at the village of Yaquina, run by Mosher & Hazen. "The new concern is handling all kinds of fresh fish, as well as mild cured salmon."
Keywords: commercial fisheries; industrial development; Yaguina (Or.); Yaquina Bay

Newport plant improved - Anonymoous (Pacific Fisherman, 1925)
Brief news item about expansion by the Newport Ice & Fish Company. ”A new wharf with a frontage of over 100 ft. has been built, the building enlarged and more machinery installed.”
Keywords: commercial fisheries – salmon; industrial development; Yaquina Bay

The sabine gull in Oregon and on the lower Yukon - Shaw, William T. (Condor, 1924)
Keywords: biological; birds; Sabine's gull=Xema sabini; Yaquina Bay

Oyster beds change hands - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1923)
Brief news item about much of the oyster grounds on Yaquina Bay being bought up “by Portland parties who are said to intend to restock the beds with Eastern oysters.”
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; eastern oyster = Crassostrea virginica; mollusks; oysters; Yaquina Bay

Shellfish resources of the northwest coast of the United States - Edmonson, Charles H.; U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Fisheries, (Report of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1922 with appendixes, 1923)
Good photographs
Keywords: abundance; Alsea River estuary; aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bent-nose clam=Macoma nasuta; biological; bivalves; blue mussel=Mytilus edulis; butter clam=Saxidomus giganteus; California mussel=Mytilus californianus; commercial fisheries - shellfish; Coos River estuary; Coquille River estuary; crustaceans; fat gaper=Tresus capax; flat-tip piddock=Penitella penita; geographical distribution; Netarts estuary; Nuttall cockle=Clinocardium nuttallii; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Pacific littleneck=Leukoma staminea; Pacific razor=Siliqua patula; recreational fisheries - shellfish; reproductive behavior; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; softshell clam=Mya arenaria; Tillamook estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Shellfish resources of the Northwest coast of the United States - Edmondson, Charles H. (Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ..., 1922)
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. "The Yaquina River is the center of the oyster industry in Oregon. The most productive areas are about 1 mile above the town of Yaquina near Oysterville."
Keywords: bibvalves; blue mussel = Mytilus edulis; Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus; California mussel = Mytilus californianus; Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii (Cardium corbis); commercial fisheries - shellfish; Coos Bay; Gaper clam = Tresus capax (Schizothaerus nuttalli); introduced species; Littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea (Paphya staminea); molluscs; Netarts Bay; Olympia oyster = Ostrea lurida; Pacific razor clam = Siliqua patula; Piddock siphon = Pholadidea penita; recreational fisheries - shellfish; Siuslaw River estuary; Softshell clam = Mya arenaria; Tillamook Bay; Yaquina Bay

Pacific salmon fisheries (3rd ed.) - Cobb, John N. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1921)
The annual report in which this article is published covers July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921. Some good canned salmon pack statistics from the 1880s to 1919. Includes b+w photographs of hatcheries, canneries, etc.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; hatcheries; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Edible Mollusca of the Oregon coast - Edmonson, Charles H. (Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauhahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, 1920)
Distribution map in the back
Keywords: abundance; aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bent-nose clam=Macoma nasuta; biological; bivalves; blue mussel=Mytilus edulis; butter clam=Saxidomus giganteus; California mussel=Mytilus californianus; commercial fisheries - shellfish; economics; fat gaper=Tresus capax; flat-tip piddock=Penitella penita; geographical distribution; Lower Yaquina River; molluscs; Nuttall cockle=Clinocardium nuttallii; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oysterville; Pacific littleneck=Leukoma staminea; Pacific razor=Siliqua patula; recreational fisheries - shellfish; reproductive behavior; softshell clam=Mya arenaria; Yaquina Bay

Shipbuilding in the Pacific Northwest - Goodwin, Helen Durrie (Washington historical quarterly, 1920)
Includes a list, "Chronological Table of the Chief Coast-Built Vessels1788-1895." Here, we learn, for example, that the "Augusta" was built in Yaquina Bay in 1888. Contains a valuable bibliography of early sources on this topic.
Keywords: Astoria; Bandon; bibliography; Coos Bay; historical; North Bend; Umpqua; Yaquina Bay

Biennial Report of the Fish and Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the Thirtieth Legislative Assembly, 1919 - Oregon. Fish and Game Commission, (Fish and Game Commission of the State of Oregon, 1919)
Statewide hatchery information. Not all issues mention Yaquina Bay, years 1921, 1923, 1925, and 1935 are not included
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; depleted populations; general; molluscs; natural resource management; Yaquina Bay

Yaquina Bay and Harbor, Oreg. - United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, (Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, 1919)
Describes preparations for extending the South Jetty. Gives commercial statistics and freight traffic.
Keywords: jetties; navigation; Yaquina Bay

Yaquina Bar, Bay, and Harbor, Oreg.: Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter fomr the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Yaquina Bar, Bay and Harbor, Oreg. including consideration of any... - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1917)
The United States' declaration of war on Germany on April 6, 1917 imparted some urgency to harbor improvements. This document describes proposed projects at Yaquina Bay: to extend the south jetty, repair and extend the north jetty, construct a spur jetty and dredge the channel. The justification for these improvements is to provide access to area timber. Accompanied by: 3 maps. Full title: Yaquina Bar, Bay, and Harbor, Oreg.: Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter fomr the Chief of Engineers, reports on preliminary examination and survey of Yaquina Bar, Bay and Harbor, Oreg. including consideration of any proposition for cooperation of local interests
Keywords: bathymetry; dredging; historical; human impacts; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Pacific salmon fisheries (2nd ed.) - Cobb, John N. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1916)
"Appendix III to the report of U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1916." The annual report in which this article is published covers July 1, 1915 to June 30, 1916. Some good canned salmon pack statistics from the 1880s to 1915. Includes b+w photographs of hatcheries, canneries, etc. In Google Books.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; hatcheries; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Reconnaissance of the geology and oil prospects of northwestern Oregon - Washburne, Chester W.; U.S. Geological Survey, (U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin, 1914)
Early account of Oregon geology relating to oil. There is an unexpected and fascinating account of the "Nehalem Beeswax." "The oil men have placed much faith on sthe Nehalem beeswax as an indication of oil, relying on the erroneous reports of early chemists and more recently of commercial analysts who have called it variously "oil residue," "paraffine," or ' ' ozokerite." (p.65)
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; Columbia River estuary; Coos River estuary; geological; Nehalem River estuary; Nestucca River estuary; sediments; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Tillamook estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River; Yaquina River Basin

Biennial Report of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Twenty-Seventh Legislative Assemby Regular Session - Clanton, R. E.; Oregon. Fish Commission (State of Oregon, 1913)
Several hatchery photos, including the Yaquina Hatchery. In Google Books.
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; biological; chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; hatchery salmonids; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of preliminary examination of Yaquina Bay and Bar entrance, Oregon - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors, (House Document (Uniited States. Congress. House), 1913)
This is a response for a request for improvement of the Yaquina Bay bar and harbor entrance. Includes information on port and terminal facilities, area industries and commerce, and work done upriver from Yaquina to Elk City. Concludes that further work on the harbor entrance is unjustified.
Keywords: harbors; jetties; navigation; North Jetty; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay

Corvallis and Eastern Railroad Company Section Maps - Winningstad, O. (1912)
available at Lincoln County surveyer's office
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; general; map; Siletz River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Yaquina River, Oregon from Toledo to Yaquina - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1912)
An earlier request for dredging a channel in the Yaquina River from Yaquina to Toledo having been rejected by Congress, the citizens of the area formed a port district and raised funds to support dredging. In response to this effort, the Army Corps of Engineers recommended the project be undertaken, with most funding coming from the local community. Includes descriptions of the river, the communities and industries on its banks, an estimate of expenses, and outlines a proposed method for the dredging. Accompanied by 1 map. February 1, 1912.
Keywords: bathymetry; dredging; historical; human impacts; Lower Yaquina River; physical; Toledo; Upper Yaquina River; Yaquina Bay

Biennial report of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Twenty-Sixth Legislative Assemby Regular Session - McAllister, H. C.; Clanton, R. E.; Oregon. Fish Commission (State of Oregon, 1911)
Keywords: American lobster=Homarus americanus; Big Elk Creek; biological; chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; hatchery salmonids; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Oregon and Washington coast pack - 1910 - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1911)
Statistical table. 1910 was a good year for the salmon industry. Canneries ran at Astoria, Nehalem, Bay City, Yaquina Bay, Florence, Gardiner, Prosper, Empire and Wedderburn. Florence had two canneries.
Keywords: canneries; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; Nehalem River; Rogue River; Siuslaw River; statistics; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; Yaquina Bay

Oregon Fish Warden’s annual report - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1911)
One of the recommendations Oregon Fish Warden R. E. Clanton made to the Oregon Legislature in his annual report for 1910 was to “Provide a five-year closed season for the hatching of lobsters in Yaquina Bay and its tributaries.” This recommendation is related to an experiment in planting Maine lobsters in Yaquina Bay in 1910.
Keywords: American lobster = Homarus americanus; aquatic invertebrates; crustaceans; introduced species; shellfish; Yaquina Bay

News from the fisheries districts. Columbia River - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1910)
Brief news note. “Master Fish Warden McAllister recently visited Yaquina Bay, where he assisted in planting a carload of lobsters which arrived there recently from the coast of Maine. There also arrived some 200,000 lobster eggs, and these will be hatched in the car, and as soon as the lobsters reach sufficient size they will be liberated. The transplanting of the lobsters from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean is an experiment upon the part of the federal fishery department, and was brought about through the efforts of Senator Bourne, who is chairman of the senate committee on fisheries.”
Keywords: American lobster = Homarus americanus; aquatic invertebrates; crustaceans; introduced species; shellfish; Yaquina Bay

The salmon fisheries of the Pacific Coast - Cobb, John N. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1910)
The annual report in which this article is published covers July 1, 1909 to June 30, 1910. This is an excellent source of statistics. Gives pounds and value by waterway for 1909. Gives canned salmon pack by waterway from 1878-1910.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; hatcheries; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assemby Twenty-Fifth Regular Session - Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries, (State of Oregon, 1909)
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; biological; chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; hatchery salmonids; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Yaquina River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, with a letter from the Chief of Engineers, report of examination of Yaquina River, Oregon, from Yaquina to Elk City - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1909)
December 15, 1909. Described the Yaquina Bay and River from Yaquina to Elk City, the communities and industries there, and considered proposed channel deepening. "The General Government expended nearly $700,000 in providing a suitable entrance to Yaquina Harbor, but no advantage was taken of this improvement. On the contrary the commerce, which was never large, dwindled away to a few hundred tons, and the improvement was abandoned about 1905. Under these conditions, it is not probable that the stretch of river under consideration would be extensively used if improved." (p.4) Recommended against further improvements.
Keywords: economics; Elk City; Lower Yaquina River; physical; Upper Yaquina River; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina City

F. C. Barnes - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1908)
Photograph of F.C. Barnes, “who has been a prominent canner since 1886. He is now operating three salmon canneries, namely at Yaquina Bay, Ore., South Bend, Wash., and Lake Bay, Alaska."
Keywords: commercial fisheries – salmon; economics; industrial development; photographs; Yaquina Bay

Map of the Survey of the Oyster Grounds on Yaquina Bay - Wygant, Morris (1908)
This map is the official legal record of ownership and titles to all private cultivated oysterbeds on Yaquina Bay by agreement of the State Board of Fisheries. The Yaquina Bay Oysterman's Association held a meeting and appointed a committee to act with and assist... This survey map and record was duly approved by the Yaquina Bay Oysterman's Association as noted above and approved by the Governor and State Board of Fisheries in September 1908. The map can be found in: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/p5547r898
Keywords: aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; general; historical; land ownership; land use; map; molluscs; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Yaquina Bay

To fish cod off Yaquina Bay - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1908)
This news item is not about the estuary, but it does concern the economic development of Newport. “Voeth & Humbree have organized a new fish firm at Newport, Ore. Their intention is to operate gasoline schooners in the fishing banks of Yaquina Bay. Some years ago, the U.S.S. Albatross surveyed these banks lying southwest of the bay and reported that cod and halibut were on the grounds in large quantities. … The new enterprise is but one of several now under way. It is understood that the J. M. Alexander Company, of Aberdeen, is expecting soon to put one or more vessels into the business out of this bay and at least two other firms are busily looking over the ground with a view to erecting large cold storage plants for the handling of cod and halibut.”
Keywords: commercial fisheries – groundfish; economics; Pacific cod = Gadus macrocephalus; Yaquina Bay

Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon to the Legislative Assembly Twenty-Fourth Regular Session - Van Dusen, H.G.; Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries, (State of Oregon, 1907)
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; biological; chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; hatchery salmonids; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Shellfish - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1907)
"There is considerable contention over at Yaquina Bay, Ore., relative to replanting the Oysterville Flats. Master Fish Warden Van Dusen believes that he will get the government to put in a biological station on the Oregon coast, preferably at Yaquina Bay, where there is already a small oyster industry in existence..."
Keywords: oysters; Oysterville; Yaquina Bay

To restock natural oyster beds - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1907)
Brief news note. “The Oystermen of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, recently held a meeting at Oyster City, Ore., for the purpose of taking steps to restock certain natural oyster beds known as Oysterville Flats. They agreed to set aside these flats from the present time to Nov.10, 1909 and to plant on said flats one-half of all the natural oysters tonged from the natural oyster beds up until June 15, 1908. In this way they hope to re-stock valuable natural oyster beds which have become depleted.”
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; mollusks; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); oysters; Oysterville (Or.); Yaquina Bay

Shell Fish Department. Japanese oysters for Yaquina Bay - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1906)
Brief news note. “M. M. Davis, of Corvallis, Ore., has received a shipment of thirty boxes containing 350 pounds each of Japanese oysters which he will transplant in his beds at Yaquina Bay, Oregon. The shipment came from the northern part of Japan and was shipped from Yokohama. … A shipment of eastern oysters from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, for the beds of Davis & Toner at Yaquina Bay will arrive very shortly.”
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; mollusks; oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Yaquina Bay

Annual Reports of the Department of Fisheries of the State of Oregon for the Years 1903 and 1904 to the Twenty-Third Legislative Assemby [Regular Session] - Oregon. Dept. of Fisheries, (State of Oregon, 1905)
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; biological; chinook salmon=Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; coho salmon=Oncorhynchus kisutch; commercial fisheries - salmon; hatchery salmonids; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

The commercial fisheries of the Pacific Coast states in 1904 - Wilcox, William A. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1905)
The annual report in which this article is published covers July 1, 1904 to June 30, 1905. Gives fisheries statistics by counties and brief summaries of the state of the fisheries in 1904. In Google Books.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Shell fish department. Oysters for Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1905)
Brief news note. “Ninety barrels of young oysters from Delaware bay on the Atlantic coast have arrived at Yaquina bay in Oregon, and have been planted in the oyster beds at Oysterville, by J. D. Wilcox, William Toner, and their associates. The same parties a year ago brought out a carload of oysters from the East and planted them at the Oysterville beds and recent examination has shown that these have grown well and are in a thriving condition. … That makes three carloads of eastern oysters planted in Yaquina bay by private enterprise, and the industry there is said to be very promising.”
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; mollusks; oysters; Oysterville (Or.); Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Yaquina Bay

Will raise Jap oysters - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1905)
Brief news note. “M. W. Davis, of Corvallis, Ore., the owner of extensive oyster beds in Yaquina bay, has planted Japanese oysters in his beds and will experiment with them and see what success there is in raising them on the bay. The oyster shipment consisted of only two tubs and came from Kanagawa to the northward of Yokohama. They arrived in Corvallis in very good shape.”
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; mollusks; oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Yaquina Bay

The Settler's Handbook to Oregon - Nash, Wallis (J.K. Gill Co., 1904)
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; commercial fisheries - salmon; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; general; historical; shellfish; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Shell fish department. Oysters for Yaquina Bay - Anonymous (Pacific Fisherman, 1904)
This article gives an update on the status of oyster culture at Yaquina Bay in the early years of the 20th century. Eastern oysters had been planted in the bay in 1896, and they thrived, but failed to propagate in the cooler Pacific waters. So the Yaquina Bay Oyster Company began importing oyster seed in 1904, accepting the added cost of being unable to get the oysters to reproduce. This would be the practice for quite some time to come. Some wondered if Japanese oysters might do better, but at this point, that experiment was not yet tried.
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; eastern oyster = Crassostrea virginica; mollusks; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); oysters; Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas; Yaquina Bay

Yaquina Bay, Oreg. - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (Analytical and topical index to the reports of the chief of engineers and officers of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, 1866-1900 ... Compiled under the direction of Lieut. Colonel C.W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, by John McClure ..., 1903)
Summary of work the Army Corps of Engineers did on the Yaquina from 1866-1900. Lists surveys of 1885/1886, 1892, 1894/1895, and 1899. Lists projects from 1880-1896. Index to where the Yaquina is mentioned in reports of the Chief Engineer.
Keywords: economics; historical; hydrography; navigation; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of a Board of Engineers on Improvement of Yaquina Bay, Oregon. December 18, 1903 - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1903)
Accompanied by: 1 map. December 18, 1903.
Keywords: bathymetry; dredging; economics; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Yaquina River, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report of Examination of Yaquina River, Oregon. December 18, 1903 - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1903)
December 18, 1903.
Keywords: economics; Elk City; Lower Yaquina River; physical; Upper Yaquina River; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina City

Annotated list of the birds of Oregon - A. R. (Arthur Ray) Woodcock; Oregon Agricultural College. Agricultural Experiment Station. (Bulletin / Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, 1902)
A classic early list of Oregon birds, this publication suffers from its over-emphasis on the Willamette Valley. Outside contributors, rather than the author, supply most observations from the rest of the state. Entries for Tillamook bays are lumped together as "Tillamook County." Nevertheless, it is interesting and a bit sad to read a local note that around 1902 there were 10 pairs of bald eagles on the Yaquina River, "but their increase is most effectually stopped by the constant killing of young birds by local sportsmen." (p.34)
Keywords: abundance; Alsea Bay; birds; Elkton; spatial distribution; temporal distribution; Umpqua River; Yaquina Bay

Notes on the fisheries of the Pacific Coast in 1899 - Wilcox, William A. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1901)
The annual report in which this article is published covers July 1, 1900 to June 30, 1901. Gives fisheries statistics and brief summaries of the state of the fisheries in 1899.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Eastern oyster culture in Oregon - Washburn, Floyd L. (Popular Science Monthly, 1899)
Author was state biologist and biology professor at the University of Oregon. Photographs.
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; depleted populations; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; edible oyster=Ostrea edulis; human impacts; introduced species; kitchen middens; molluscs; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oysterville; physiology; salinity; water temperature; water use; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Examination of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1899)
Accompanied by: 1 map. December 8, 1899.
Keywords: bathymetry; climate; dredging; economics; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Transplanted oysters: condition of the eastern bivalves in Yaquina Bay - Washburn, Floyd L. (Morning Oregonian, 1899)
Published Sept. 27, 1899. The article includes line drawings of oyster vessels and equipment, and line drawings of the native and Eastern oysters. Gives temperatures of the waters in Yaquina Bay from July 15-August 22, 1899. Most of the article is an extended quotation from Professor Washburn.
Keywords: abundance; aquatic invertebrates; biological; bivalves; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; growth; molluscs; water temperature; Yaquina Bay

Fifth and Sixth Annual Reports of the State Fish and Game Protector of the State of Oregon: 1897-1898 - Oregon. Fish and Game Protector,; McGuire, Hollister D. (State of Oregon, 1898)
Lists canning / packing factories and amounts canned. Gives names of people fined for violating fish and game laws. The 6th report has an appendix about jurisdiction for the Columbia River fisheries.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; aquatic invertebrates; birds; bivalves; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries - salmon; Coos Bay; dams; depleted populations; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; environmental policy and law; hatcheries; introduced species; molluscs; natural resource management; Nehalem River; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Pacific smelt = Thaleichthys pacificus; Rogue River; Shad = Alosa sapidissima; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; terrestrial mammals; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; White sturgeon = Acipenser transmontanus; Yaquina Bay

Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an estimate of appropriation for improving Yaquina Bay, Oregon - United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, (House Document (Uniited States. Congress. House), 1898)
Forwards to the Congress an estimate from the Secretary of War for the fiscal year 1898/1899, estimating a cost of $150,000 for improvements to the Yaquina Bay harbor.
Keywords: harbors; industrial development; jetties; Yaquina Bay

Improvement of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Fisk, W. L.; United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, (Annual report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the year ..., 1897)
Issued in the Annual reports of the War Department. Report of the Chief of Engineers, Appendices part 4. An 1895 survey proposed extending the North Jetty by 2,100 feet and the South Jetty by 2,200 feet to deepen the water on the inner bar. It also planned for building groins to prevent wave action from undermining the jetties, and removing “two detached rocks in the paths of vessels” (p.3395). At the time of this report, the Corps was waiting for adequate funding to proceed with the project. This report includes an excellent summary of this history of the entrance to the harbor and previous work done. Includes commercial statistics for the bay.
Keywords: harbors; jetties; navigation; North Jetty; physical modifications; ports; South Jetty; transportation; Yaquina Bay

Preliminary Examination of Yaquina and Big Elk Rivers, Oregon - U.S. Congress. House, (House Document, 1897)
Includes a brief report of a survey of the Yaquina River to the head of tide, including part of the Big Elk River up to Sunset Quarry. Concludes that the river is "sufficiently navigable to meet all demands of commerce," (p.2) and does not recommend any improvements. Accompanied by: 1 map. December 8, 1897.
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; general ecosystem description; Lower Yaquina River; physical; Upper Yaquina River; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Yaquina Bay and Willamette and Yamhill Rivers, Oregon - United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, (Senate Document (United States. Congress. Senate), 1897)
Discusses appropriations for engineering projects in Yaquina Bay, the Willamette River and the Yamhill River. Money was appropriated for continuing improvement of the Yaquina Bay jetties, for a "snag boat" and to build dikes on the Willamette River, and for a lock and dam on the Yamhill River.
Keywords: harbors; jetties; navigation; North Jetty; South Jetty; Willamette River; Yamhill River; Yaquina Bay

Appendix: The Eastern Oyster on the Oregon coast - Washburn, Floyd L. (Third and Fourth Annual Reports of the State Fish and Game Protector of the State of Oregon, 1896)
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; depleted populations; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; edible oyster=Ostrea edulis; human impacts; introduced species; kitchen middens; molluscs; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oysterville; physiology; salinity; water temperature; water use; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

For Better Oysters: Eastern Bivalves To Be Planted In Yaquina Bay. A Carload Now on Its Way to San Francisco -- Promising New Industry - Anonymous (Morning Oregonian, 1896)
October 30, 1896. Following the successful transplantation of Eastern oysters to San Francisco Bay, the U.S. Fish Commission sent out a railroad car loaded with Eastern oysters "to be planted in waters of the Pacific coast..." Professor Washburn (formerly of O.A.C., but now at the University of Oregon), was consulted, and the decision was made to transplant some of the oysters in Yaquina Bay. This article describes the shipment and events leading up to it, including the role of the Oregon Fish and Game Protector in the decision.
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; bivalves; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; introduced species; molluscs; physiology; water temperature; water use; Yaquina Bay

A geological reconnaissance in Northwestern Oregon - Diller, Joseph S. (Geological Survey (U.S.). Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior., 1896)
Good photographs
Keywords: Coos River estuary; general ecosystem description; geological; industrial development; sediment data; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River; Yaquina River Basin

Report on the fisheries of the Pacific Coast in 1895 - Wilcox, William A. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries…, 1896)
The annual report where this article is published as an appendix covers July 1, 1895 to June 30, 1896. Most statistics are for 1895 only. 1893-1895 statistics for Chinook and coho salmon (in cases canned) are given for Lincoln and Douglas counties. The Oregon section concludes with a discussion of killing sea lions around Port Orford.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; California sea lion = Zalophus californianus; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Sixes River; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Steller sea lion = Eumetopias jubata; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Third and Fourth Annual Reports of the State Fish and Game Protector of the State of Oregon: 1895-1896 - Oregon. Fish and Game Protector,; McGuire, Hollister D. (State of Oregon, 1896)
Includes an account of the effort to transplant Eastern oysters in Yaquina Bay, and an appendix on "The Biology of the Eastern Oyster on the Oregon Coast" by F.L. Washburn. Describes fisheries by county, and gives statistics.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; American lobster=Homarus americanus; aquatic invertebrates; birds; bivalves; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries - salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; dams; depleted populations; eastern oyster=Crassostrea virginica; environmental policy and law; hatcheries; introduced species; molluscs; natural resource management; Nehalem River; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Oysterville; Pacific smelt = Thaleichthys pacificus; Rogue River; Shad = Alosa sapidissima; Siletz River; Siuslaw River; terrestrial mammals; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River; White sturgeon = Acipenser transmontanus; Yaquina Bay

Deeper water on Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. House, (United States. Congress. House. Report., 1895)
Report to accompany House Resolution 8938. Improvements to the entrance to Yaquina Bay had produced a depth of 14 feet at low water at the bar. Greater depth was desired. This bill authorizes a survey to study the problem and estimate costs of deepening the entrance to the harbor. January 22, 1895
Keywords: bathymetry; physical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Preliminary examination of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. House, (Executive Document, 1895)
Reports on a study to consider increasing the depth of the channel at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. Recommends against further channel deepening. "In my opinion it is beyond the power of man to make it into a harbor of sufficient capacity for deep-draft ships engaged in foreign commerce, or in fact to give this entrance a bar channel depth appreciably greater than that now existing." (p.3)
Keywords: bathymetry; harbors; jetties; navigation; physical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Yaquina River Entrance, Oregon [cartographic material] - U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey., (1895)
This delightful map from 1895 shows the old and new lighthouses, a system of beacons, oyster beds, a shipwreck on the shore, and local communities. It covers the entrance to Yaquina Bay upriver to the Oysterville area. Topography dates from 1868-1887. Hydrography dates from 1868. “The bar is from an examination by the Corps of Engineers U.S.A. in 1894.” “Note: the bar is subject to frequent change and the buoys are shifted accordingly. Strangers should not attempt to cross the bar without a pilot.” Available from NOAA's Historical Charts page: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/ .
Keywords: harbors; map; navigation; ports; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Fifth and Sixth Annual Reports to the Governor, 1891-1892 - Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners, (1893)
"Umpqua river. -One cannery in operation; pack, about 12,000 cases; used fresh, 20,000 pounds. There are 50 men engaged in fishing, the cannery taking all the fish except those used fresh. Siuslaw river .-Two canneries were operated this season, packing about 18,000 cases. About 350 barrels will be salted, and 10,000 pounds used fresh. There are 60 men engaged in fishing, some of them going from the Columbia river after the season closed.Alsea bay.-One cannery in operation this season, packing 3,600 cases; there will be about 100 barrels salted. Yaquina river. -No cannery in operation this year. There are 52 men engaged in fishing, including 12 oystermen. Of the salmon caught there will be about 600 barrels salted, and about 125,000 pounds shipped fresh. The oyster fisheries are not improving to any great extent, the amount for the past year being 1,217 sacks, containing two bushels each. The greater portion of these were shipped to San Francisco. On the Siletz, Salmon, and Nestucca rivers no fishing was done except for home consumption. The catch of the streams combined may reach 50,000 pounds." (6th report, 1892, p.33-34) In addition to the Annual Reports, gives the fish laws and game laws of Oregon.
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; Big Elk Creek; catch statistics; Columbia River estuary; commercial fisheries; Coos River estuary; Coquille River estuary; economics; environmental policy and law; general; hatchery salmonids; methodology; natural resource management; Nehalem River estuary; Nestucca River estuary; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River estuary; Tillamook estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

The fisheries of the Pacific Coast - Wilcox, William A. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1893)
Covers July 1, 1892 to June 30, 1893. This document carries forward the introduction to Pacific Coast fisheries begun in the 1889 report, and has many more statistics. Most statistics, unfortunately, are given by county rather than by river or estuary, but statistics for individual rivers are given for featured streams. We can, for example, get statistics for oyster harvests in Yaquina Bay. Statistics cover 1889-1892. Includes Plates 1-14, mostly illustrating representative fish species. Note: many stream names have old-style spelling.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; map; Nehalem River; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Pacific gaper clam = Tresus nuttallii; Rogue River; Sea otter = Enhydra lutris; Siletz Bay; Siuslaw River estuary; Softshell clam = Mya arenaria; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Bar at entrance to harbor at Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. House, (Executive Document, 1892)
In 1892, the bar at the entrance of Yaquina Bay was 14 feet deep at low tide. Requests to deepen the entrance to 25 feet came from local residents, including supporters of T. Egerton Hogg's Oregon Pacific Railroad, which had its terminus on the bay at Yaquina. The request to deepen the harbor entrance was found to be impractical and too expensive. The report includes a letter supporting the proposed project from William M. Hoag, receiver for the Oregon Pacific Railroad. Accompanied by: 1 map. December 9, 1892.
Keywords: bathymetry; dredging; economics; navigation; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to a resolution of the Senate February 1, transmitting a report on the improvement of the entrance of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. Senate, (Executive Document, 1892)
February 8, 1892. In 1892, the Senate Committee on Commerce requested the original 1880 survey reports on Yaquina Bay be furnished to them. The 1880 documents are included in this report.
Keywords: bathymetry; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Mollusks of the San Francisco markets - Keep, Josiah (The Nautilus, 1891)
Keywords: biological; commercial fisheries - shellfish; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Yaquina Bay

On the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound; and government improvements on the Pacific Coast - DeCourcy, Bolton W. (Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1891)
Notes prospective and current engineering projects at West Coast harbors in the early 1890s. Includes maps of harbor entrances. "Yaquina Bay has another good appropriation... The project approved is, to raise the south jetty to full high-water without extending it, and to construct a mid-tide jetty on the north side of the entrance..." The relationship between the jetties and the reef is discussed.
Keywords: Coos Bay; Coquille River estuary; harbors; jetties; navigation; Nehalem River estuary; physical modification; sediments; Siuslaw River estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Third and Fourth Annual Reports to the Governor, 1889-1890 - Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners, (1891)
Covers Dec.1, 1888 - November 30, 1890. 3rd report (1889) p.1-17. 4th report (1890) p.18-57. Both reports cover legal aspects of state fisheries management, financial reporting, hatcheries and fisheries statistics. The 4th report (1890) has a section covering General Fishing Laws of Oregon: Relating to Oysters; Killing Fish with Explosives; and Protection of Red Fish; as well as a section on the Game Laws of Oregon, and a listing of U.S. and Canadian fish commissioners. "We also had complaints from Benton county in regard to parties setting nets and traps across the streams, but being very busy at the time we did not go in person, but wrote to the parties making complaint that there was no law to prevent persons from setting nets or traps across any stream in this State." (p.8)
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; Big Elk Creek; catch statistics; Columbia River estuary; commercial fisheries; Coos River estuary; Coquille River estuary; economics; environmental policy and law; general; hatchery salmonids; methodology; natural resource management; Nehalem River estuary; Nestucca River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Tillamook estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Yaquina River Entrance, Oregon - Chase, A.W.; Dickins, E.F. (U.S.C.&G.S, 1891)
1 sheet. Available online at: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/ .
Keywords: bathymetry; Lower Yaquina River; map; physical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Head

Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, in response to resolution of the 5th instant, a report on the improvements of the entrance of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. Senate, (Executive Document, 1890)
Reports on work on jetties at the entrance to Yaquina Bay. The south jetty was considered complete about November 1, 1889, but settling and scour caused a need for more reinforcement. The north jetty was about 1/3 complete. Estimates costs. The goal at the time was for the channel to be deep enough to permit ships drawing 25 feet to use the bay. Gives technical reasons why the engineers couldn't be sure this would be possible. Accompanied by: 1 map. February 10, 1890.
Keywords: bathymetry; North Jetty; physical; South Jetty; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Lights in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, recommending an appropriation for the establishment of proper lights in Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S.. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce, (House Executive Document (United States. Congress. House), 1890)
This report concerns an appropriation "For the establishment of proper harbor lights in Yaquina Bay, Oregon..."
Keywords: economics; harbors; navigation; Yaquina Bay

Annual Reports of the State Board of Fish Commissioners to the Governor of Oregon: 1888: [Second annual report] (Second eport of the State Board of Fish Commissioners to the Governor of Oregon, 1889)
Reviews fisheries legislation, fishing law enforcement, hatchery program progress, dangers to salmon. Complains about seals, sea lion and bird predation on salmon. Recommends small bounties for scalps of salmon predators. Reviews major fishing streams of the time. Fiscal and statistical reports included.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; Big Elk Cr.; California sea lion = Zalophus californianus. catch statistics; commercial fisheries; Coos Bay; Coquille Bay; Harbor seal = Phoca vitulina; hatchery salmonids; Nehalem Bay; Nestucca Bay; Siuslaw Bay; Steller sea lion = Eumetopias jubata; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay

Fisheries of Yaquina River Entrance, Oregon. 1889 [cartographic material] - Collins, J.W. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1889)
This map broadly gives fishing, clamming and oystering areas in Yaquina Bay at the end of the 1880s. Some place names have changed.
Keywords: clams; commercial fisheries – salmon; map; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); oysters; Pacific salmonids = Oncorhynchus spp.; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River Estuary

Report on the fisheries of the Pacific Coast of the United States. - Collins, J. W. (Report of the Commissioner for ... / United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries., 1889)
Covers July 1, 1888 to June 30, 1889. This document offers a glimpse of the beginnings of the fishing industry on the Oregon Coast. Describes each major river and estuary, locations with greatest fishing activity, major fisheries, species harvested, fishing seasons, fishing grounds, equipment used and how products were preserved or distributed. Statistics for 1888 are given. Includes maps of major streams. Note: many stream names have old-style spelling.
Keywords: Alsea Bay; canneries; Chetco River; Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; chum salmon = Oncorhynchus keta; Coho salmon = Oncorhynchus kisutch; Columbia River; commercial fisheries – salmon; Coos Bay; Coquille River; cutthroat trout = Oncorhynchus clarki; Elk River; map; Necanicum River; Nehalem River; Nestucca Bay; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Pacific gaper clam = Tresus nuttallii; Rogue River; Siletz River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Softshell clam = Mya arenaria; statistics; steelhead trout = Oncorhynchus mykiss; Tillamook Bay; Umpqua River estuary; Winchuck River; Yaquina Bay

Annual Reports of the State Board of Fish Commissioners to the Governor of Oregon : 1888 : [First Annual Report] - Oregon. State Board of Fish Commissioners, (1888)
Includes early efforts at building a hatchery, a review of fisheries legislation, fisheries statistics, and official correspondence.
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; Big Elk Creek; catch statistics; Columbia River estuary; commercial fisheries; Coos River estuary; Coquille River estuary; economics; environmental policy and law; general; hatchery salmonids; methodology; natural resource management; Nehalem River estuary; Nestucca River estuary; Siuslaw River estuary; Tillamook estuary; Umpqua River estuary; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General United States Army - Sheridan, Phillip Henry (Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888)
In the summer of 1856, Phil Sheridan was stationed at Fort Hoskins in Yamhill County. He led a detachment of troops to Yaquina Bay to deliver cattle to starving Native Americans on the newly formed Siletz Reservation. Passages detail building a road between King's Valley and Siletz, the cattle delivery, and building a block-house for the reservation agent at Yaquina Bay in part of the Native American cemetery. In a memorable passage, Sheridan mentions Native American women and children capturing crab in the bay by torchlight. "... the reflection by the water of the light from the many torches, with the movements of the Indians while at work, formed a weird and diverting picture of which we were never tired." (p.100)
Keywords: Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister); historical; indigenous peoples; subsistance food gathering; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Indians

Yaquina Bay - Bancroft, Hubert Howe (The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Volume XXX : History of Oregon, Vol. II. 1848-1888, 1888)
Describes the wreck of the schooner Juliet on January 28, 1852, iwhen it was driven onshore near Yaquina Bay. While passengers and crew waited for horses to arrive that would allow them to travel to the Willamette Valley, they explored the area, discovering the attractive farmland, native oysters and clams, and noted that the bay was navigable for shallow-draft vessels, "but the entrance was a bad one," (p.203). Available online in Google Books.
Keywords: historical; Yaquina Bay

Topographical Reconnaissance from Yaquina Bay to Alsea River Oregon - Dickins, E.F. (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1887)
This and other historical charts are available at: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/
Keywords: Alsea River estuary; map; physical; Yaquina Bay

A History of Benton County, Oregon Including Its Geology, Topography, Soil and Productions - Fagan, David D. (A.G. Walling, 1885)
Written just 20 years after the area was opened for white settlement, and when the Yaquina watershed was still part of Benton County, Fagan's history gives a good look at the beginnings of American settlements and commerce in the area. Chapter 35 (geography) and 50-51 (Yaquina Precinct history) are of particular interest. "Eight sloughs, varying in length from two to six miles, branch off from the main river, five on one side and three on the other, and are navigable to their heads by batteaux, upon which farmers can take their produce to port on two tides, if not one, with but slight assistance from sail or oar." (p.298) Chapter 51 was reprinted in 1959 by the Lincoln County Historical Society as "The Yaquina Bay Country and Its People."
Keywords: agriculture; Alsea Bay; Alsea River; demographics; historical; navigation; Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila); Siletz Reservation; Siletz River; Yachats River; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Two years in Oregon - Nash, Wallis (D. Appleton and Company, 1882)
Yaquina Bay lithograph as frontespiece
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; general; historical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting, in response to resolution of the United State Senate of the 18th ultimo reports respecting the entrance of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - U.S. Congress. Senate, (Government Printing Office, 1880)
Accompanied by: 1 map. April 13, 1880. This important document includes a report by George W. Wood describing the condition of the entrance to Yaquina Bay before human modification. It describes the original entrance as a braided channel with a shifting main channel, and a depth in the main channel at low tide of only 9 feet.
Keywords: bathymetry; physical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Bay Bar

Minutes of the Oysterman's Association Meeting - Oysterman's Association, (1878)
"5 July 1878"
Keywords: aquaculture; aquatic invertebrates; biological; bivalves; general; historical; molluscs; Yaquina Bay

Oregon: There and Back in 1877 - Nash, Wallis (MacMillan and Co., 1878)
Lithographs
Keywords: Big Elk Creek; general; historical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina River

Stereographs of Yaquina Bay, Oregon - Crawford, J. G. (1870)
2007686732 . Caption information on the front of each stereograph. No known restrictions on publication. Gift; Fred Lockley; 1934; Photographs show seascapes of Yaquina Bay, Oregon, and a "U.S.L.S." military drill near the Bay. https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2007686732/
Keywords: Albumen prints.; Military training Oregon; Seascape photographs; Stereographs; Yaquina Bay

Topography of Cape Foulweather and entrance to Yaquina Bay - U.S. Coast Survey, (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1868)
Register No. 1086. May be viewed online at: https://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/
Keywords: map; physical; Yaquina Bay; Yaquina Head