TitleLeopard shark reported from Yaquina Bay
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1949
Corporate AuthorsOregon. Fish Commission,
Secondary TitleResearch Briefs - Fish Commission of Oregon
Volume2
Number1
Paginationp.6
Date Published1949, Aug.
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Valley SH11 .O75, Guin SH11 .O75, Digital Open Access
KeywordsLeopard shark = Triakis semifasciata, Yaquina Bay
NotesBrief entry. "On September 21, 1948, while gill-net fishing for salmon in Yaquina Bay, Mr. J. C. Shermer, a gill-net fisherman of Yaquina, Oregon, removed a shark from his gear some five miles upbay from the ocean. This shark, which was landed at Yaquina Bay Fish Company, Newport, Oregon, was identified ... as a male leopard shark... It measured 44 inches from the tip of the snout to the tip of the upper lobe of the caudal fin and weighed 11.5 pounds."
URLhttps://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/vq27zp14s