Results of Preliminary Shrimp Explorations off the Oregon Coast.

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Originator: Pruter, A. T. and G. Y. Harry

Publish Date: 1952

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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: Fishing for shrimp along the Pacific Coast started as early as 1869 in San Francisco Bay (Bonnot, 1932) and commercial fishing for shrimp has long been conducted in Alaska, British Columbia, and Puget Sound, Washington. However, no commercial shrimp fishery of any size has yet developed off the Pacific Coast of North America between the Gulf of California and the Straits of Juan de Fuca. It has long been known, however, that shrimp of commercial size do occur in these waters. There are numerous records of such shrimp being taken by government vessels engaged in scientific work, and commercial otter-trawlers often catch small numbers of shrimp along with the various species of fish which form the basis of their livelihood. Until recently, no serious attempts had been made to answer the question of whether shrimp were present in commercial quantities in the waters between Point Conception and the Columbia River. During the fall of 1950 and the spring and summer of 1951, the Bureau of Marine Fisheries of the California Department of Fish and Game conducted explorations off the coast of California for the purpose of determining if shrimp were present in commercial quantities. The results of these explorations were very encouraging, and as a result a commercial fishery for shrimp has been started in California waters. Shrimp were located in California waters as far north as the Oregon border. This suggested that shrimp should also be found in Oregon waters. Through the efforts of William Ellis Ripley, who directed the shrimp exploratory work off California, one of the shrimp trawls belonging to the California Bureau of Marine Fisheries was secured on loan by the Fish Commission of Oregon, and explorations for shrimp were started during the fall of 1951. During the winter of 1951-52, the Fish Commission of Oregon purchased gear almost identical to that used by California. There were two major objectives in the explorations off Oregon. First was the opportunity to render a direct service to the fishing industry; and second was the desire to obtain information concerning the virgin shrimp populations as they exist before being subjected to a possible commercial fishery.

Purpose: Reprinted from Fish Commission of Oregon Research Briefs, Vol. 4, No. 1, Dec., 1952

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Geographic Extent: Oregon Coast

Status: Final

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	3040 (or 8510, deleted
Year	1952
Publisher
Request Type	Report
Location	Salem HQ
Date Created	5/17/2001 19:56:40
Date Cataloged	5/17/2001 19:56:40
Date Published	1952
Type
Pages	12-24, 13pp
Volume	4, #1
Status	0
Descriptor	Shrimp; Coast, OR
Date Entered	1/1/1999
Location In Clackamas Library
Author	Alonzo T Pruter; George Y Harry, Jr
Duplicates
Number Remaining After Requests	55
Presumed All Distributed	#8510 duplicate
Back Room Duplicates
Author	Harry, G.Y., Jr.; Pruter, A.T.
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Disposition Of Requests	Jean McCrae - 2: Request filled
Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Request filled

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