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Tag Archives: George Yost Harry III
WESTERN FLYER – Converted to a Trawler
By Charles (Bob) Hitz, Nov. 11, 2015 Blog Post 36 After World War II the bottom fish market began to grow. Petrale sole made up a large percentage of the landings and the catch of rockfish, specifically Pacific Ocean perch … Continue reading
Posted in boat building, Carmel Finley, Cold War, Environmental History, fisheries science, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology
Tagged Bering Sea, Bob Hitz, Dan Luketa, Dayton Lee Alverson, Donald Gunderson, Ed Ricketts, F/V Paul L, F/V Sunbeam, fisheries history, Fisheries Science, Fishing, George Yost Harry III, Kevin Bailey, Western Flyer
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Astoria, 1947
There are many ways of looking at history. We can look at events, or at the people who were involved in the events, and we can look at how things came together in significant ways. There is often another dimension … Continue reading
Posted in Albacore tuna, boat building, Columbia River Packers Association, Dayton Lee Alverson, Environmental History, Exploratory Fishing Base, fisheries science, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Nick Bez, Ocean fishing, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishing History Project, Sebastes rockfish, World History
Tagged Astoria, Columbia River Packers Association, Dayton Lee Alverson, Fisheries Science, George Moskovita, George Yost Harry, George Yost Harry III, Jergen Westrheim, Nick Bez, Oregon State University, Pacific Explorer, Pacific Fishery History Project, Pacific Ocean Perch, trawling
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Dr. George Yost Harry, 1919-2015
It is with regret that we write of the passing of Dr. George Yost Harry, who was a central figure in the early days of West Coast groundfish research. Dr. Harry was one of the first employees the Oregon Fish … Continue reading
Captain George Moskovita Memoir to be republished by OSU Press
We are extremely pleased (thrilled, actually!) to announce that Oregon State University Press is going to republish Living off the Pacific Ocean Floor, the memoir by pioneer Astoria trawler, Captain George Moskovita. We are big fans of George, and grateful … Continue reading
Posted in Carmel Finley, Columbia River Packers Association, Environmental History, fisheries science, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, History of Technology, Marine Policy, Maritime History, Ocean fishing, Oregon pilchards, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rosefish, World History
Tagged Astoria, Carmel Finley, Fisheries Science, George Yost Harry III, groundfish, Jergen Westrheim, Pacific Fishery History Project, pilchards, rosefish, Sebastes rockfish
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WordPress reviews our 2012 year
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,600 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading
A trip to Nanaimo and a last visit with Jergen Westrheim
Charles R. (Bob) Hitz Dec. 10, 2012 Carmel Finley sent me an E-mail telling me that Sigrid Jergen Westrheim had passed away on November 1, 2012 in Nanaimo, B. C. after a lifetime of research on Pacific ocean perch … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental History, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Ocean fishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rosefish, Sebastes rockfish, Soviet fishing
Tagged environment, Fisheries Science, George Yost Harry III, groundfish, History of Science, Jergen Westrheim, Pacific Fishery History Project, Pacific Ocean Perch, rosefish, science, Sebastes, trawling, W. F. Thompson
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Memories of Dr. Harry, from Dr. David Sampson
When I first arrived at OSU Pete Leipzig recommended that I read Harry’s thesis to get a historical perspective on Oregon’s groundfish and fisheries for them. It is a great source of information. That is wonderful that the OSU library … Continue reading
Remembering Margo
It’s been awhile since the Pacific Fishery History Project has been very active. I had some technical problems. As always, I have been busy teaching. My book All the Fish in the Sea: Maximum Sustained Yield and the Failure of … Continue reading
Posted in Carmel Finley, Environmental History, Fishing, George Moskovita, History of Science, Maritime History, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rosefish, Sebastes rockfish, World History
Tagged Donald Gunderson, George Yost Harry III, Jergen Westrheim, mink farms, Richard Van Cleve, Rosies, Sebastes rockfish, University of Chicago Press, Wilbert Chapman
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Oregon’s Fishery for Mink Food
You never know what you’re going to find when you start poking around in history. I didn’t expect to find that one of the important events in the development of the Oregon trawl fishery was to be a cheap source … Continue reading
Posted in Carmel Finley, Charles Gilbert, Environmental History, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Maritime History, Pacific Fishing History Project, Rosefish, Sebastes rockfish
Tagged George Yost Harry III, Jergen Westrheim, mink farming, mink food, Oregon State University Archives, Pacific Fisherman, R/V Albatross, soupfin shark fishing, trawling
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The Collapse of California Sardines and the Brief Rise of the Oregon Pilchard
I have been thinking about the ramifications of the collapse of the California sardine fishery in the 1940’s, thanks to re-reading a very good dissertation completed in 2003 by Gregory Cushman, who is now at the University of Kansas in … Continue reading
Posted in California sardines, Environmental History, Fishing, History of Science, History of Technology, Marine Policy, Maritime History, Maximum Sustained Yield (MSY), Ocean fishing, Overfishing, Pacific Fishing History Project, Resources About Fishing
Tagged Arthur McEvoy, California sardines, Coos Bay, Francis Naomi Clark, George Yost Harry III, Gregory Kushman, pilchards, The Oregon Fish Boat
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