| Title | Draft Oregon coastal juvenile rockfish study |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Appy, Marcus, and P. J. Collson |
| Pagination | 18 p. |
| Institution | Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. Marine Resources Division. Estuarine Habitat |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Guin estuary file (Salmon River) |
| Keywords | Black rockfish = Sebastes melanops, Boiler Bay, Chinook salmon = Oncorhynchus tshawytscha, life history information, natural resource management, Rockfish = Sebastes spp., Salmon River Estuary, Seal Rock, species list, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina River |
| Notes | This paper describes a pilot project to develop a recruitment index for rockfish. Rockfish bear live young in the winter. "The larvae live in the plankton for three to five months before settling to the benthos, usually near some sort of structure." Juvenile rockfish live in estuaries before migrating to the ocean. For this study, beach seines were conducted in the summer of 2000. The Chinook salmon was the most abundant fish in the Salmon River estuary. No rockfish were found in the Salmon River. "There is limited rockfish habitat in the estuary, most of which empties at low tide leaving only riverine freshwater flow." Fifteen different fish species were collected in the Salmon River estuary. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/p2676w099 |
