Oregon Dungeness Crab Limited Entry License Holder Survey on Implementing a Crab Pot Limitation System for Oregon: A Mail Questionnaire to Assess Preferences and Options, a Preliminary Report

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Originator: Kaiser, Rod and John Schaefer

Publish Date: 2001

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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: In January 2001, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's (ODFW) Marine Resources Program (MRP) developed a mail out questionnaire intended to survey Oregon commercial Dungeness crab limited entry license holders on the issue of a crab fishery pot limitation system for Oregon. The questionnaire asked several general questions directly related to pot limits. This issue has been discussed for several years as more gear has entered the fishery from the current crab fleet and outside vessels that are entering the fishery from other West Coast and Alaska fisheries. In 1999, Washington implemented their crab pot limit system, changing the Oregon/Washington border area fishery dynamics between the two states, and adding more gear to Oregon's north coast crab fishing areas. This mail survey is intended to be the first step in the discussion on the potential for crab pot limits in Oregon. A second step will be to distribute a crab fleet profile report being developed by MRP that profiles past and current crab fleet characteristics. Results and information from both documents will provide significant information for a discussion of this issue. A third step, the formation of an Oregon Crab Fisherman's Advisory Committee, has now been completed with representatives from Oregon's crab fishing ports and selected by the port fishermen themselves. Under direction from the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (OFWC), the Department's MRP staff was asked to begin a discussion with industry on this issue, work with the crab advisors, and through a series of coastal port area meetings, seek comment from local crab fishermen. These meetings will begin in the near future.

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Time Period of Content: 2001

Geographic Extent: Oregon

Status: Final

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