| Title | Shell fish department. Yaquina Bay |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1904 |
| Authors | Anonymous |
| Secondary Title | Pacific Fisherman |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pagination | p.27 |
| Date Published | 1904. Jul. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | (Olympia oyster=Ostrea lurida (Ostrea conchaphila), aquaculture, aquatic invertebrates, bivalves, Coos Bay, eastern oyster = Crassostrea virginica, mollusks, oysters, Yaquina River |
| Notes | This article gives an update on the status of Eastern oysters planted in Yaquina Bay in the spring. The oysters were thriving, and the State Fish Warden was excited about the possibilities, not only for Yaquina Bay, but also for Coos Bay. “That Coos Bay was once a great oyster bed is proved by the dredging work that was done at Marshfield some years ago. At that time a channel six feet in depth was scooped out, and all the refuse removed was old oyster shells. One of the principal made streets of Marshfield is of old oyster shells. From reports, this bay was probably the greatest oyster bed in the world at one time—and that not in the distant past. Indians have told that there were an abundance of oysters at Coos bay prior to the big fire. The information coming down through the Indians is a belief that the big fire killed the oysters.” |
| URL | https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/pacfish/id/4396 |
| Series Title | Pacific Fisherman |
