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existence of a drift of young fish around the Gulf, such as the results 

 suggest, would open up. Elucidation of this general problem offers 

 a fertile field for study, of great economic importance. 



The commonest young fishes in our hauls and the most regularly 

 recurrent in the Gulf are the larvae of the Red Fish {Sebastes marinus)} 



Fig. 87.^ Grampus records for larval Sebastes, .1912-1915. 



Enough have now been taken to show that they may be expected any- 

 where in the Gulf in summer (Fig. 87), especially between the coast 

 and the 200 meter contour, and near the offshore Banks; we have even 



1 The captures of Sebastes larvae in July and August, 1913, are as follows; — 



