Species Regional Summary
Magallana gigas
Tillamook Bay ( P240 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: OR/Tillamook Bay (1940, cultured to the present, Carlton 1979, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 2011 http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/bayclams/about_oysters.asp)

Geographic Extent

OR/Tillamook Bay (1940, cultured to the present, Carlton 1979, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 2011 http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/bayclams/about_oysters.asp)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Oyster Intentional

Regional Impacts

Economic ImpactFisheries
Magallana gigas (Pacific Oyster) are currently cultured in Tillamook Bay (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife 2011; http://www.dfw.state.or.us/mrp/shellfish/bayclams/about_oysters.asp).
 

References

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