that iSs (l) those based in Washington and Oregonj (2) those in 

 northern and central Califomiaj and (3) those in southern California. 



The albacore fleet of Washington and Oregon consists, except 

 for those built in "the past decade ^ of craft originally built for 

 engaging in fisheries other than tuna. Many of them still rely heavily 

 on their efforts to derive an adequate annual income from fishing 

 operations other than for t\ina. The total Washington-Oregon albacore 

 fleet in 1950 consisted of approximately 7?0 vessels and 80 boats. 

 The remainder of the fleet are from California^ 



All of the boats and a large majority of the vessels based in 

 Washington and Oregon fished for albacore in waters off Washington 

 and Oregonj, and about half the vessels also fished albacore in Cali- 

 fornia waters o 



The p:'incipal fishing operations of this group in 19^0 other than 

 that for tuna consisted of fishing for halibut with trawl lines, for 

 salmon with troll linesj for various bottcm fishes mth otter trawls, 

 for sharks with gill nets, and for crabs with traps or potSo Approxi- 

 mately 160 of the vessels fished for halibut, the season for which 

 usually starts about May 1, and extends possibly into July, but in 

 recent years has ended in June o Following the halibut season some of 

 them may come directly down to California waters to fish for albacore 

 or may change over to salmon trolling, otter trawling, or some other 

 fishery until late summer when albacore become available off the 

 Washington-Oregon coasto 



Fishing for bottom fishes, principally those of the flounder 

 family, may be engaged in throughout the year whenever weather permits. 

 Most of the otter trawlers do engage in such operations on a year 

 roiind basis o In some instances, trolling for albacore may be simul- 

 taneously conducted with otter trawling by these craft as they proceed 

 to and from their fishing banks, or they may suspend their trawling 

 operations whenever exceptional runs of albacore are available in the 

 Northern California and/or Washington-Oregon waters o 



The season for salmon trolling off Washington=Oregon, normally 

 starts early in May and is usually over by mid-September, However, 

 salmon may not prove sufficiently abundant even in August to justify 

 commercial operations. Since the lines used for salmon trolling may 

 be readily inter-changed with those for albacore trolling, albacore 

 fishing will start whenever the albacore appear in such nothern waters 

 in sufficient quantities to be more remunerative than salmon trolling o 



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