The Pacific Sanddab, Informational Report 76-5

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Originator: Barss, William H.

Publish Date: 1976

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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

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Abstract: The Pacific sanddab has been a minor contributor to trawl fisheries off the United States and Canada. Its market potential has never been fully utilized off Oregon, even though such potential was first recognized in 1914. In 1914 the Federal research vessel Albatross caught sanddabs with a beam trawl off Yaquina Light. It was predicted that sanddabs would be one of the most profitable species taken from these banks. Unfortunately the prediction was based on the high demand for this species in the San Francisco area. Until lately the sanddab in Oregon has been in low demand for human consumption and was used mainly as food for mink. Today, sanddabs maintain a small intermittent demand i n Oregon and a small steady demand in British Columbia. In California this fish has long been regarded as a delicacy. Sanddabs enjoy local importance in the San Francisco region where they are popular and command a high price on the fresh market. A steady demand was cultivated by restaurant owners who feature it on their menus. This is due to the species year around availability as a reasonably assured supply of fresh fish. The accepted common name is Pacific sanddab. It has been called the "soft flounder" in California and the mottled sanddab and megrim in Canada.

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Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	2748
Year	1976
Publisher
Request Type	Report (FCO Coastal Rivers Pgm)
Location	Coast, OR
Date Created
Date Cataloged
Date Published	1976
Type
Pages	1-5
Volume
Status	0
Descriptor	Sanddab; Coast, OR
Date Entered	1/1/1999
Location In Clackamas Library
Author
Duplicates
Number Remaining After Requests
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates
Author	Barss, W.H.
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Species
Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Requested, but no copies available

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