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MetaData for Contribution to the Biology of the Albacore (Germa alalunga) of the Oregon Coast and Other Parts of the North Pacific
Contribution to the Biology of the Albacore (Germa alalunga) of the Oregon Coast and Other Parts of the North Pacific
Identification Information
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Citation
- Originator: Brock, Vernon E.
- Publish Date: 1943
- Online Link:
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- BPA Project #:
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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
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Description
- Abstract: In 1937 the albacore, Germo alalunga (Gmelin), perhaps the most valuable of
all the tunas, was found in large numbers off the Oregon coast and since then has
been the object of an intensive fishery, Canneries have been established, boats
have been built, various other provisions have been made for the exploitation of
these fish and the market has come to depend upon this fishery as an important
source of supply. The new industry is of very considerable economic importance to
the state but the soundness of the development must, obviously, depend on the stability of the supply of fish that provides the raw material. If the resource is
such that it may reasonably be expected to yield a constant supply the development
is sound. If, on the other hand, the supply is likely to fail through over-fishing,
or the fish to be irregular in their appearance on the fishing grounds for some unknown
causes, the industry may suddenly fail and serious economic disturbance result.
Some 25 or 30 years ago albacore were abundant off the coast of California
and formed the basis of a productive fishery. Suddenly, however, the abundance was
greatly reduced .and the fish have not again appeared in.anything like their former
numbers. This has given rise to the opinion, perhaps justified, that the albacore
fishery of the eastern Pacific is likely to prove an unstable one.
The cause, or causes, of the sudden reduction in the abundance of the albacore
off the coast of California has never been determined. It has been variously
explained as the consequence of over-exploitation, of the incidence of a series of
years in which, for one reason or another, reproduction or survival of the young
was poor, or as a result of a shift in the geographic distribution of the species.
Whether the albacore appeared in abundance suddenly off the Oregon coast or whether
the species had been there in years prior to 1937 is not known, If it did appear
suddenly the cause of this is not known. Because the species is wide in its distribution
over the north Pacific it has been impossible to satisfactorily answer
these questions with the available data which are, for the most part, local in nature.
Yet, obviously, these questions must be answered if the industry is to plan
its future investments prudently and if conservation agencies, such as the Oregon
Fish Commission, are to determine their policies on a rational basis.
Shortly after the albacore fishery was started in Oregon, the Department of
Research of the Fish Commission of Oregon initiated a program of research into the
biology of the albacore and the albacore fishery. This paper presents the results
of the first four years of this study. It describes certain biological features of
the albacore populations of the Pacific Coast with emphasis on those of Oregon and
presents a review of all available material on the species from other parts of the
north Pacific insofar as this material bears on the fishery problems.
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- Purpose: Contribution No. 10, Department of Research, Fish Commission of Oregon.
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- Time Period of Content:
- Geographic Extent: Pacific Ocean
- Status: Final
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- Format: PDF File
Data Quality Information
- Lineage-Source: Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin, Vol 2, No 7, pages 199-248, 1943. Inquiries in regard to exchange should be addressed to the Editor of the Bulletin, Natural History Museum, Stanford University, California, U.S.A. Copies of this issue may be purchased from the Director of the Museum, price $1.00.
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- No data information was supplied.
Entity and Attribute Information
- Attributes Description: Field attribute information is available in the attached file(s).
Bibliography Information
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Field Name
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Value
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Biblio ID |
2988 |
Year |
1944 |
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Request Type |
Report |
Location |
Salem HQ |
Date Created |
1944 |
Date Cataloged |
6/4/2007 |
Date Published |
1944 |
Type |
bppl |
Pages |
199-248 |
Volume |
10 |
Status |
2 |
Descriptor |
Albacore; Coast, OR (Combined with # 9 in same book) |
Date Entered |
2007-06-04 00:00:00 |
Location In Clackamas Library |
Albacore, S wall, E end |
Author |
Vernon E Brock |
Duplicates |
1 |
Number Remaining After Requests |
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Presumed All Distributed |
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Back Room Duplicates |
19 |
Author |
Brock, V.E. |
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Species |
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Disposition Of Requests |
Jean McCrae - 2: Request filled |
Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters?
No
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