| Title | Shellfish investigation progress report no.24 |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1951 |
| Authors | Oregon. Fish Commission, |
| Tertiary Authors | Fish Commission of Oregon. |
| Secondary Title | Shellfish Investigation Progress Report |
| Volume | no.24 |
| Pagination | 16 p. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin SH365.O7 S51, Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | algae, aquatic invertebrates, aquatic vegetation, bivalves, crabs, crustaceans, Dungeness crab = Metacarcinus magister (Cancer magister), mollusks, Nehalem Bay, oysters, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, Tillamook Bay, waste disposal, water pollution, water quality, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | This report updates shellfish research by the Oregon Fish Commission from January to August, 1951. It includes criticism of human pollution such as lumber mill dust and human sewage, particularly in the Yaquina Bay area, discussion of a proposed experimental closure outside the mouth of Nehalem Bay to crab fishing, a study of size composition of bay crab populations, and a possible relationship between macro-algae and oyster mortality in Yaquina Bay. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/6q182k90w |
