SHELLFISH RESOURCES OF NORTHWEST COAST. 19 



NESTTJGGA BAY. 



In Nestu^rga Bay, at the mouth of the Nestugga Kiver, are to be 

 found small areas well stocked with Mya arenaria. The species 

 here is inferior in size to that of the Siuslaw River and plays little 

 part in the food economy of the locality. Some slight use is made 

 of the clam by the inhabitants of Pacific City, a small village near 

 the mouth of the river. This local demand is larger during the sum- 

 mer months, when the population is increased by tourists, but this 

 shellfish center is of slight importance, due to its isolation. 



SILETZ BAY. 



Siletz Bay, in Lincoln County, Oreg., is at the mouth of the river 

 bearing that name. Mya arenaria and Schizothaerus nuttalli are to 

 be found in some abundance on the mud flats of this bay, but, being 

 in a very inaccessible region, little use is made of these shellfish 

 except occasionally by the inhabitants of Taft, a small settlement on 

 the bay. 



About 10 miles north of Siletz Bay is a stretch of sand beach 

 several miles in length, paralleled by a fringing chain of large 

 rocks, now disconnected with the shore, but easily reached from it 

 during low tide. Here covering the surface of the rocks are im- 

 mense quantities of the large sea mussel, Mytilus californianus. In 

 the region surveyed the productivity of this locality is rivaled only 

 by that of the Netarts Bay region, mentioned above. Should a 

 market be provided for this shellfish, there would still remain the 

 difficulty of transporting it from a region so isolated and inaccessible 

 as this one north of Siletz Bay. 



ALSEA BAY. 



This body of water, 14 miles south of Yaquina Bay, supports a 

 good supply of SoMzothaerus nuttalli^ the " great blue clam." The 

 demand for this clam here is wholly local, small quantities being 

 used by the inhabitants of the town of Waldport and by the few 

 ranchers in the immediate region. 



WINCHESTER BAY. 



Winchester Bay, at the mouth of the Umpqua River in Douglas 

 County, Oreg., may be mentioned as another center well supplied 

 with the " great blue clam," Schizothaerus nuttalli. A few tourists 

 spend some time at this place during the summer, but the region 

 about the bay is very sparsely settled. The chief means of reaching 

 Winchester Bay is by motor boat from points farther up the river. 

 Due to the isolation of the district and the inconvenient ifleans of 

 communication little value may be attached to this shellfish source. 



THE BANDON BEACH. 



From the mouth of the Coquille River southward the chief shell- 

 fish are the sea mussels which are very abundant opposite the town 



