Alsea Bay Sport Crab Survey, 1988-89

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Citation

Originator: Demory, Darrell and Jean McCrae

Publish Date: 1991

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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: As the human population has grown, the recreational and commercial use in our estuaries has increased as well. Many people have more leisure time while others facing economic pressures have turned to natural resources to supplement their food needs and/or income. The increased demand has resulted in conflicts of philosophy and purpose among participants and legal redress to favor one activity over another. large estuaries tend to have more issues, but small estuaries have problems as well. One example is the Dungeness crab fishery in Alsea Bay. In 1988 a study was done in Alsea Bay to obtain data to help resolve the sport/commercial interaction. In 1989 a companion study obtained additional data to estimate the dollar value of the sport fishery. There is little information on the crab fishery in Alsea Bay except for commercial records starting in 1971 (Table 1), and a resource-use survey also in 1971. In the 1971 study, from March through October, 13,900 sport crabbers took 20,500 crabs. July was the peak month for effort with little winter or early spring fishing. Crab studies were also done in four bays in 1977 but did not include Alsea Bay. However, one finding that would have applied to Alsea Bay as well was that in two bays effort peaked in January and February, clearly showing crabbing had become an all year fishery depending mostly on weather conditions. The earlier studies dealt only with catch and effort while the main focus in the present study emphasized economic data.

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Time Period of Content: 1988-1989

Geographic Extent: Alsea Bay

Status: Final

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