Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission, Bulletin 3

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Originator: Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission

Publish Date: 1954

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: Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission, Bulletin 3. The Sablefish Fishery of California; The Washington and Oregon Sablefish Fishery; The Sablefish Fishery of British Columbia; Preliminary Report on the Alaska Sablefish Fishery; A Racial Study of Pacific Coast Sablefish ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA, Based on Meristic Counts; Results of Sablefish Tagging Experiments in Washington, Oregon and California; Age and Growth of the Oregon Sablefish, ANOPLOPOMA FIMBRIA.

Purpose: The Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission was created in 1947 when the States of California, Oregon, and Washington entered into a compact with the consent of the 80th Congress of the United States for the purpose of coordinating the research and management of the marine fisheries of mutual concern to the three states. The Commission has no regulatory powers but is essentially an investigating and research body with authority to submit specific recommendations for fisheries management to its member states. Its research staff consists of the respective fisheries research divisions of the three states acting in collaboration. In addition, the cooperation of other interested agencies extends the coastwise scope of the investigations. The sablefish or blackcod fishery of the Pacific Coast operates from California to Alaska and is one of the oldest fisheries of the region. It was started on a limited basis during the last decade of the 19th century off Washington and British Columbia. From there, it expanded to California, Oregon, and Alaska, but prior to 1913, the fishery was of very moderate significance on the Pacific Coast. The development of the fishery was greatly stimulated by the demand for fisheries products created by World War I, when about 13 million pounds were landed on the Pacific Coast in 1917. In 1946, the annual coastal landings reached about 15 million pounds under the stimulus of World War I1 and a strong demand for the natural vitamin A yield of the sablefish livers and viscera. Since then, the readjustment of the market and competition from other sources of vitamin A have resulted in average annual landings of about 9 million pounds.

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Geographic Extent: California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia, and Alaska

Status: Final

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	24241
Year	1954
Publisher
Request Type	Bulletin
Location	Salem HQ
Date Created	1954
Date Cataloged	7/9/2007
Date Published	1954
Type	stp fold
Pages	130 pp
Volume	3
Status	2
Descriptor	Pacific Marine Fisheries Commision Bulletin 3 | The Sablefish Fishery of California; The Washington and Oregon Sablefish Fishery; The Sablefish Fishery of British Columbia; Preliminary Report on the Alaska Sablefish Fishery; A Racial Study of Pacific Coas
Date Entered	2007-07-09 13:03:32
Location In Clackamas Library	Row 2 facing N, PFMC
Author	PFMC
Duplicates	1
Number Remaining After Requests	3
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates	6
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Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Request filled

Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Yes