| Title | Summary report on releases of laboratory produced clams |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1978 |
| Authors | Gaumer, Thomas F., and Oregon. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife |
| Secondary Title | Information Report |
| Volume | no.78-4 |
| Pagination | 24 p. |
| Date Published | 1978, Aug. |
| Institution | Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife |
| City | Newport, Or. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea Bay, Butter clam = Saxidomus giganteus, Coos Bay, Coquille Bay, Gaper clam = Tresus capax, littleneck clam = Leukoma staminea, Netarts Bay, Tillamook Bay, Venus clam = Venerupis philippinarum, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | "In 1968 the Oregon Fish Commission (now Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife) initiated P.L. 88-309 funded studies to develop techniques to spawn and rear several species of bay clams. After our successful spawning and rearing studies, we planted the laboratory-produced juvenile clams on various tideflats of several estuaries to evaluate their growth and survival. . . This report summarizes the results of cur field work on Yaquina, Netarts, Tillamook, Alsea, Coos and Coquille estuaries." (from the Introduction) Although the spawning and rearing of clam larvae was successful, efforts to plant out clam larvae in various estuaries mostly failed. One glim of hope involved successful planting of Manila littleneck clams (Venus clams) in Netarts Bay. Includes maps of planting areas. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/technical_reports/6h440t226 |
