REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLVII 



3. — Record of stations of the steamer Albatross where long-beam trawl was used. 



3662 

 3663 

 3664 

 3665 



3666 

 3667 

 3668 

 3669 

 3670 

 3671 

 3672 



3673 



Time of 

 day. 



Position. 



Lat. N. 



11.09 a. m. 

 11.39 a. m. 



1.39 p.m. 



1.07 p.m. 



11.02 a.m. 

 12.04 p.m. 



2.44 p.m. 



4.48 p.m. 

 11.44 a.m. 

 10.52 a.m. 

 10.47 a.m. 



9.50 a.m. 



Long. "W. 



Santa Oatalina Is- 

 land, California. 



IJ" off Avalon, Da- 

 kins Cove. 



Near prec e d i n g 

 station. 



2' off Avalon, Da- 

 kins Cove. 



33 17 00 1118 24 00 



Monterey Bay and 

 vicinity. 



121 53 00 

 121 52 00 



121 53 00 



122 11 00 

 122 12 00 



122 20 00 



123 02 00 



Flattery Bank. 

 48 21 45 124 50 30 



Temperatures. 



51.7 

 52.5 

 49.7 



47.7 

 48.7 

 42.7 

 37.8 



49.0 



Character of 

 bottom. 



Fne. gy. 



do.. 



do.. 



do.. 



M. s. bldr . 

 do .... 



S. mica . . . 



Gn. m. fne. 



Gn. m. 8... 

 do.... 



S. CO, r . . . . 



Gn. m. s.. 



"Wind. 



Variable . 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 

 ...do.... 



West . . . 

 .-do.... 

 W.byS. 

 SSW ... 

 Calm . . . 

 NW.byW 



West. 



» a 



Hi 



0—1 

 0—1 

 0—1 

 0—1 



1—2 

 2 



1—2 



0—1 

 



5—6 

 2 



1—2 



Results of Beam-trawl Hauls. 



No. S6C5.— Many flounders of 2 species, 1 quite 

 large, many small; many small sculpins; several 

 large bolotburians; many sea-urchins, 2 species; 

 2 soft crabs with mossy backs; 1 naked iiiolliisk; 



1 shell with small ascidiaus attached; few small 

 shells of two species ; few large hermit-crabs ; lew 

 brachiopods with cup-corals attached; few hard 

 redstartish; 3 very small starfish; 2 fragments of 

 sponge; 4 small shrimps. 



So. S66S. — Several large flounders, 2 species, 

 many young and .small; several young sculpius; 1 

 small octopus; 1 small fish; 3 .small shriLips; 1 

 large red holothurian ; 2 hard red starfish ; 1 large 

 gray starfish ; 1 very small starfish ; 1 very small 

 ophiurjiu; many sea-urchins of 2 species; 2 pen- 

 natula, 1 very small ; 1 large worm in tube ; 1 large 

 and 3 small shells. 



No. S664.—2 large flounders of different species, 

 few small ; 1 red sculpin; several small sculpins; 



2 alligator-fish; few young rockfish; 1 small 

 blenny; many sea-urchins, 2 species; few small 

 8hrimi)S; 1 small hermit crab; 1 tiny .spider-crab ; 

 1 cushion starfish ; several hard starfish with 

 short arms; 1 large soft starfish; 1 large shell; 

 few small shells; 1 holothurian; 1 naked moUusk ; 

 1 worm ; skate egg-cases, bryozoa, hydroids, etc. 



No. 3065. — 36 small flounders. 2 or 3 species ; sev. 

 eral flounder fry ; 1 sculpin ; small sculpins of 

 several species ; I adult and 2 small alligator-fish ; 

 few young rockfi.-ih ; 1 small skate ; 1 small octo- 

 pus; sea-urchins, 2 species; several red holothu- 

 riaus; 1 hard-skinned holothurian covered with 

 warts ; 1 small ophiuran; several small starfish, 2 

 or 3 species; few small shrimps; 1 large worm 

 intube; 2 naked mollusks; 1 small sea spider. 



No. 3666.— I cultus-cod, female, 39i inches, 21J 

 pounds, stomach empty ; 1 cultus-cod, female, 30J 

 inches, 12 pounds, residue of fish well digested in 

 stomach; 4 chimaira; 3 red rockfish; 1 skate; 3 

 small flounders; several young rockfish ; 2 small 

 octopus; 1 bushel large white anemones: Iprawn; 

 few small shrimps of 2 species ; 1 each of 2 species 

 of holothurians; Ismail crab; 1 hermit-crab; sev- 

 eral small shells of several species; 1 small crus- 

 tacean; 3 starfish of different species; many small 

 and a few large wonns and tubes ; several cup- 

 corals. A bowlder the size of a hogshead, covered 

 wjthanemones and cup-corals, was also brought up. 



No. 3667. — 8 small rockfish, of 3 .species; 1 eel- 

 pout ; 1 small flounder ; 1 small octopus ; 1 holo- 

 thurian; 2 sea-urchins. 



No. 3668. — 1 large and few small long-finned sole ; 

 1 small fish ; few shrimps ; 3 small shells of 2 spe- 

 cies ; 1 parasitic crustacean ; 1 ophiuran. 



No. 3669. — 1 rockfish (S. ruber) ; 1 large skate 

 with rockfish in stomach ; 1 small skate ; 15 large 

 flounders, of 3 species; several slime eels; 1 

 small pelagic fish, with very long teeth; 2 small 

 fishes; several large and few small spider-crabs; 



1 small anemone ; few small medusa; ; several her- 

 mit-crabs; 1 barrel sea-urchins, apparently of 

 same species; several small hard .starfish; several 

 small brittle starfish with many arms ; several 

 shrimps; 1 fragment sponge; several shells. 



No. 3670. — 8 macrviri, 4 male and 4 female, 1 

 with apparently i ipe ova ; 3 large flounders ; many 

 red small rockfish (probably Sebastes) ; several 

 young rockfish; 1 small dusky fish, and 1 very 

 small brilliant-scaled fish, both evidently pelagic ; 

 6 large spider-crabs, with long thin red legs; 

 many small ditto; 1 large crimson prawn; few 

 small shrimps ; 2 sea lice ; few very small sea- 

 urchins; 3 small starfish with many arms; 2 small 

 starfish of different species ; 2 ophiurans, 1 very 

 small; many small shells of several specie.s"; 

 many shells (Gasteropoda) mostly with small, red 

 aneniones attached, and a few with hermit-crabs; 

 many small, red anemones; few small Pennatula; 



2 naked mollusks; worms of several species; 4 

 sea mice; I small squid; 1 small medusa ; 1 skate 

 egg-case with anemone attached. 



No. 3071 — Several large and few small flounders 

 of 2 or 3 species; ova of larger flounders marly 

 ripe, showing pink through skin ; few small rock- 

 fish ; 3 alligator-fish; 2 young squid; 1 shrimp; 

 few sea-urchins; several starfish; several ophi- 

 urans; several shells, 3 or 4 species; few worms 

 and sea mice; 3 naked mollusks. 



No. 3672. — 4 large flounders, 2 each of 2 species; 

 1 small rockfish; 1 large skate; 1 alligator-fish, 

 ova well developed ; 1 small shrimp ; 1 small star- 

 fish; few ophiurans; many crinoids; 2 small 

 shells, 1 with hermit-crab ; i sea-urchin ; 1 large 

 green worm ; 2 small crabs ; 1 large anemone ; 1 

 small fragment coral. 



No. 3673. —1 large barndoor skate, 8 pounds; 1 

 large flounder with young shrimps in stomach ; 4 

 chinia'r.i; 2 small alligator-fish; 2 flounder fry; 1 

 young squid ; several shells, few with hermit- 

 crabs; several shrimps and prawns ; several ophi- 

 urans ; few fragments sponge ; 1 large starfish. 



