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for Baird Bank when the jellyfish become too numerous on Slime 

 Bank. No fishing is now conducted on the Kululak ground. 



The Albatross investigations were not carried north of Cape New- 

 enham; cod have been reported at various places between here and 

 Bering Strait and in the Arctic. They are said to be abundant in 

 the neighborhood of St. Lawrence Island. 



OFFSHORE BANKS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 



The Albatross ran three lines of soundings over the area lying 

 between the longitude of Ugamok Island, at the southern entrance to 

 Unimak Pass, and that of Kiliuluk Bay (longitude 164° 55' to 167° 

 west) and between the coast and the inner edge of the steep sub- 

 marine slope. These soundings were not sufficient to demonstrate the 

 existence of a defined bank in this region, but it was estimated that 

 an area of about 2,000 square geographical miles was suitable for 



Fig. 



-Schooner Maid of Orleans at anchor on Sannak Bank in the North Pacific 

 Ocean 



fishing. This has been borne out by the experiences of a number of 

 fishing vessels that have made good catches at certain places in 

 this area on various occasions. 



Even farther to the westward occasional trials have been made 

 by cod vessels, when becalmed inside the 100-fathom curve or when 

 seeking water, and good catches of cod made. 



Davidson Bank. — This bank was first reported by Prof. George 

 Davidson, of the United States Coast Survey, about 1868, and was 

 named in his honor. He made a number of soundings upon it in 

 depths of about 50 fathoms and found cod abundant in some places. 

 In 1888 the Albatross established the outline and surface contour of 

 this bank with considerable accuracy. 



The bank lies south of Unimak Island and extends westward from 

 the neighborhood of the Sannak Islands to about the longitude of 

 the southern entrance to Unimak Pass (about longitude 164° 40' 



