The 1994 Oregon Ocean Salmon Fisheries, Annual Report 1994

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Citation

Originator: Schindler, E., R. Kaiser, and T. Loynes

Publish Date: February 1996

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: The Ocean Salmon Management Program (OSMP) monitors ocean commercial and recreational salmon fisheries, coordinates Oregon coastal salmon spawning surveys, and conducts ocean and coastal rivers investigations for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). The program uses data from these and other sources to develop management recommendations for the best use of Oregon's salmon resources, and to evaluate proposed ocean salmon fishery regulations. Major forums in which OSMP staff participate include the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) and its salmon technical teams (STT and SSC), the Pacific Salmon Commission (PSC) and their technical committees, and the Klamath Fishery Management Council (KFMC). The OSMP fulfills Oregon's technical and management responsibilities to these management entities as directed under the U.S./Canada Salmon Interception Treaty (1986), the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MFCMA) PL 94-265 (1976), and the Anadromous Fisheries Act 89-304. This report summarizes the activities of OSMP's Ocean Salmon Sampling Project for the 1994 ocean season. In 1994, we collected and analyzed data on Oregon's catch and fishing effort, recovered coded wire tags (CWTs), and gathered average weight data from commercial salmon landings. We also collected chinook salmon scales for aging. During 1994, we conducted an extensive creel of the Tillamook estuary and nearshore ocean fall chinook fisheries, and collected tissue samples from chinook for genetic stock analysis of a troll fishery near Gold Beach. The OSMP sampling project is permanently staffed by a project leader and an assistant project leader at Newport, and one sampling coordinator at Tillamook. The sampling coordinator serves as liaison between field samplers, fishery participants, and program staff at Newport; delivers data and coded wire tags to Newport; and also samples when necessary. The Oregon Coast has 12 substantial ocean ports and access points to the ocean fishery, and an additional 10 locations that anglers or commercial fishermen use to access the ocean occasionally. In 1994, we sampled at 1 O of the primary Oregon coastal ports, utilizing 18 seasonal samplers: four were commercial troll samplers, nine were recreational samplers, and five were "combination" commercial-recreational samplers. Several of these samplers were picked up on loan from other projects or were hired for very short· periods (Appendix Table 1 ). One additional employee helped edit and computer process the sampled data under the direction of OSMP's Data Management Project.

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Time Period of Content: 1925-1994

Geographic Extent: Pacific Ocean, bays and ports of Oregon

Status: Final

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Format: PDF file

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Bibliography Information

Field Name	Value
Biblio ID	4908 (or 8287, deleted)
Year	1996
Publisher
Request Type	Report
Location	Coast, OR
Date Created
Date Cataloged
Date Published	1996
Type
Pages	1-100
Volume
Status	0
Descriptor	Ocean Salmon; Harvest; Coast, OR
Date Entered	1/1/1999
Location In Clackamas Library
Author	Eric Schindler; Rodney J Kaiser; Tom Lynes
Duplicates
Number Remaining After Requests
Presumed All Distributed
Back Room Duplicates
Author	Kaiser, R.J.; Schindler, E.; Loynes, T.
Risk	Harvest
Species
Disposition Of Requests	State Archive: Request filled
Disposition Of Requests	StreamNet Library: Requested, but no copies available
Disposition Of Requests	Tim Dalton: Requested, but no copies available

Is a physical copy maintained for reference at Headquarters? Yes