Developmental Fisheries Progress Report: Brine Shrimp

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Citation

Originator: McCrae, Jean

Publish Date: 1999

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: Since the early 1980's, adult brine shrimp (Artemia salina) have been harvested from Lake Abert, Oregon and sold for aquarium fish food. In 1996, ODFW received numerous inquiries about harvesting brine shrimp cysts from Lake Abert; much of the interest coming from the expanding cyst fishery on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Because of the potential increase in harvest activities, the fishery was placed under the Developmental Fishery Project which allowed a limit to the number of permits issued and an opportunity to collect information needed for a management plan. Basic life history information for brine shrimp is fairly well known; however, ecology in natural systems is less well known.

Purpose: The goals of this project were to develop a management plan and monitoring program for commercial harvest of brine shrimp cysts and adults from Lake Abert, Oregon. The specific objectives of this report were to: 1. Review the basic life history of brine shrimp; 2. Review the available information on brine shrimp and ecology of Lake Abert; 3. Review commercial fisheries in other areas and management of commercial harvest in Oregon; 4. Conduct a pilot sampling project to determine what level of monitoring and sampling would be needed to develop a management plan for commercial harvest of cysts and adult brine shrimp at Lake Abert, Oregon; 5. Make recommendations for future harvest and monitoring.

Time Period of Content: 1926-1998

Geographic Extent: Lake Abert, Oregon

Status: Final

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Format: PDF

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