The 1960 Yaquina Bay Clam Study

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Citation

Originator: Snow, C. Dale and Darrell Demory

Publish Date: 1961

Online Link: None

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Contact Information

Agency: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

Name: Cedric Cooney

Job Position: Natural Resources Data and Systems Manager

Telephone: 503-947-6094

E-Mail Address: Cedric.X.Cooney@odfw.oregon.gov

Description

Abstract: Yaquina Bay has been selected by the Corps of Engineers for a multimillion dollar River and Harbors Project. This involves extension of the existing jetties out to the north and south reefs and deepening the channel to 30 feet and bar to 40 feet at mean lower low water. Some local people are advocating the spill material from this project be deposited in Sally’s Bend (Figure 1) to provide an area for industrial expansion. Therefore, with this spoil disposal problem in sight, it was proposed in June 1960 that a study of Sally’s Bend, the major clam producing area in Yaquina Bay, be made during the summer of 1960.1/ The objectives of this study were: (1) to obtain digger counts and interviews on all reasonably low tides; (2) to estimate the total numbers of clams harvested by both commercial and personal-use diggers; (3) to determine origin of personal-use diggers—Lincoln County, Oregon, or out-of-state; and (4) to make index counts of bay clam species of major importance in Sally’s Bend and South Beach by standard survey methods. The results of this study are summarized in the following report.

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Time Period of Content: 1960

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Status: Final

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Bibliography Information

Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	961
Year	1961
Publisher
Request Type	Report (FCO Shellfish Pgm)
Location	Yaquina Bay
Date Created
Date Cataloged
Date Published	1961
Type
Pages	1-11
Volume
Status	0
Descriptor	Clams; Yaquina Bay
Date Entered	1/1/1999
Location In Clackamas Library
Author
Duplicates
Number Remaining After Requests
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates
Author	Snow, C.D.
Risk
Species
Disposition Of Requests	Tony D'Andrea: Requested, but no copies available
Disposition Of Requests	Guin Library, HMSC: Request filled

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