| Title | Harvest management and the growth and condition of submarket-size sea mussels |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1988 |
| Authors | Yamada, Sylvia Behrens, and Erin E. Peters |
| Secondary Title | Aquaculture |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pagination | p.293-299 |
| Date Published | 1988, Nov.15 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Valley SH1 .A65, Guin SH1 .A65 |
| Keywords | bivalves, bob Creek, California mussel = Mytilus californianus, Cape Perpetua, commercial fisheries – shellfish, depleted populations, ecological succession, human impacts, mollusks, natural resource management, Seal Rock, South Yachats State Park |
| Notes | Although most of this article is about developing proper commercial harvesting techniques for California mussels, it begins with a description of an unfortunate incident in the Yachats area. “In 1979 some harvesters used rakes to denude completely a 20-m stretch of shore in South Yachats State Park on the central Oregon coast. This damage is still evident 9 years later.” The mussel cannot colonize on bare rock, but needs a series of events to modify the rock surface and make it available for colonization. “Mytilus edulis beds are now becoming established on the disturbed shore in South Yachats. We estimate that it may take another 15-20 years before that site could again support a M. californianus fishery.” (p.294) |
| Series Title | Aquaculture |
