316 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Our next stopping-place was at Pender Lslaud, British Columbia, 77 

 miles north of Comox, where we anchored for the night. There being 

 a tine working beach not iar from our anchorage, a party landed upon 

 it and made several hauls with a 135-foot drag seine. Nothing was 

 taken. The current sweeps by the island with considerable velocity, 

 which may account for there being no fish here. A day's trial might 

 have resulted diiferently. 



iSt. Paul, Kadiak. — Arrived here on the morning of June 7. Shortly 

 after coming to anchor a fishing party lauded upon a beach about 1^ 

 miles east of the town. A considerable number of flounders, sculpins, 

 and salmon trout were caught in the drag seine. The following morn- 

 ing a second visit was made to the same place, thinking to lay in a 

 supply of trout, but only one specimen was taken. A few cod were 

 captured in the seine; they were very small and sickly looking. 

 vSeveral taken on hand lines by the crew, from the ship, were much 

 more thrifty in appearance. Several native women and boys were 

 noticed fishing with hand lines from the beach; the cod which they 

 caught were small and emaciated. The white ])opulatiou of St. Paul 

 always fish for cod and other bottom fish a mile or two from the islands, 

 where plump and healthy fish are to be found. 



Humboldt Harbor, Popof Island. — One hundred and fifty flounders 

 and a few salmon (small fry) were caught in a drag seine at the mouth 

 of a small creek. Two small halibut, weighing 5 jiounds each, were 

 taken on a hand line from the ship, the result of a day's fishing. 

 Eepeated hauls were made with the drag seine at Humboldt Harbor, 

 but all species of fish except flounders were as scarce as they had been 

 a week jjrevious. A few cod and halibut were caught over the side of 

 the ship; they were of fine quality, but too small for market. 



Other islands of the Shumaf/in group. — Fishing was next carried on at 

 Northeast Harbor, Sandy Cove, and Yukon Harbor. The first two 

 I)laces are situated on Little Koniushi Island, the last on Big Koniushi. 

 At Sandy Cove cod were plentiful, 50 being caught in a short time; 

 average weight, 7.^ pounds; the lai-gest 10^ and the smallest 4 pounds. 

 At Northeast Harbor and Yukon Harbor only a few flounders were 

 caught. The beaches being composed of large stones, it was difficult 

 to find a place where the seine could be hauled. 



Mist Harbor, Na</ai Island. — This is one of the finest harbors for a 

 cod-fishing station in the Shumagin group. It is perfectly landlocked, 

 and large enough to hold a large fleet of fishing vessels. The water is 

 quite deep in all [)arts, with twenty odd fathoms within an eighth of a 

 mile from the shore at the entrance. While cod are scarce in its near 

 vicinity, it would nevertheless be a suitable place to establish fish- 

 houses, wharfs, etc., for the curing offish. 



The drag seine was hauled in all parts of the harbor, but collecting 

 was found to be i)oor. One salmon was seen to jum})nearthe mouth of 

 a small mountain stream, but repeated hauls failed to catch a specimen. 

 It is very probable, however, that later in the season salmon strike here 



