﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CLI 
  

  

  Station 
  No. 
  5 
  was 
  in 
  581 
  fathoms, 
  mud 
  and 
  sand, 
  in 
  latitude 
  36° 
  43' 
  

   N., 
  longitude 
  122° 
  12' 
  W. 
  The 
  beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  this 
  ])osition 
  brought 
  up 
  

   about 
  a 
  dozen 
  large 
  macrura, 
  the 
  same 
  number 
  of 
  rockfish 
  and 
  small 
  

   flounders, 
  spider 
  crabs, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  forms. 
  Easter 
  Sunday 
  inter- 
  

   vened, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  long 
  search 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  recover 
  the 
  station 
  the 
  

   nets 
  were 
  in 
  position 
  48 
  hours, 
  and 
  when 
  hauled 
  contained 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   macrura 
  and 
  black-cod; 
  nets 
  badly 
  torn, 
  presumably 
  by 
  sharks. 
  This 
  

   station 
  is 
  probably 
  tlie 
  deepest 
  gill-net 
  station 
  that 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  made, 
  

   and 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  macrura 
  have 
  ever 
  before 
  been 
  gilled. 
  

  

  Station 
  1:^0. 
  G 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  50 
  fathoms, 
  sand 
  and 
  mud, 
  in 
  latitude 
  

   37° 
  00' 
  30" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  122° 
  20' 
  30" 
  W. 
  The 
  beam 
  trawl 
  indicated 
  live 
  

   bottom, 
  but 
  the 
  nets, 
  after 
  fishing 
  40 
  hours, 
  were 
  empty 
  when 
  hauled. 
  

   The 
  conditions 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  were 
  very 
  unsatisfactoiy 
  ; 
  heavy 
  wind 
  and 
  

   sea 
  prevailed, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  gear 
  could 
  hardly 
  be 
  handled, 
  but 
  the 
  nets 
  

   were 
  well 
  set, 
  for 
  they 
  were 
  clear 
  when 
  hauled. 
  

  

  Station 
  ^o. 
  7 
  was 
  in 
  68 
  fathoms, 
  in 
  latitude 
  37<^ 
  37' 
  30" 
  N., 
  longitude 
  

   123° 
  02' 
  W. 
  The 
  beam 
  trawl 
  indicated 
  rocky 
  bottom, 
  the 
  trawl 
  net 
  

   being 
  badly 
  cut. 
  The 
  gill 
  nets 
  fished 
  18 
  hours, 
  and 
  brought 
  in 
  large 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  rockfish, 
  several 
  black-cod, 
  ratfish, 
  dogfish, 
  skates, 
  etc. 
  

  

  These 
  stations 
  were 
  all 
  made 
  between 
  April 
  13 
  and 
  24. 
  En 
  route 
  to 
  

   Alaska 
  gill 
  nets 
  were 
  set 
  4 
  miles 
  SW. 
  from 
  the 
  Tatoosh 
  Island 
  light 
  

   (entrance 
  to 
  Straits 
  of 
  Fuca) 
  in 
  77 
  fathoms, 
  live 
  bottom, 
  as 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  beam 
  trawl, 
  and 
  were 
  fished 
  for 
  about 
  20 
  hours; 
  they 
  brought 
  

   in 
  1 
  black-cod, 
  1 
  flounder, 
  numerous 
  dogfish, 
  and 
  (rolled 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  

   fragments 
  of 
  what 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  net) 
  a 
  ground 
  shark 
  lOf 
  feet 
  long. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  continue 
  this 
  work 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  off 
  Cape 
  Flattery, 
  

   but 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  so 
  unfavorable 
  that 
  all 
  further 
  trials 
  were 
  aban- 
  

   doned, 
  and 
  the 
  \ 
  essel 
  entered 
  the 
  sound 
  to 
  complete 
  her 
  preparations 
  

   for 
  work 
  in 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  Deep-sea 
  gill 
  nets, 
  I 
  think, 
  can 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  1,000 
  fathoms 
  if 
  the 
  proper 
  

   gear 
  and 
  'proper 
  weather 
  conditions 
  are 
  obtained. 
  The 
  nets 
  furnished 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  were 
  not 
  specially 
  rigged 
  and 
  consisted 
  of 
  three 
  salmon 
  gill 
  

   nets 
  and 
  three 
  cod 
  gill 
  nets, 
  all 
  30 
  yards 
  long 
  of 
  16-6 
  flax, 
  and 
  hung 
  to 
  

   G-thread 
  tarred 
  manila. 
  The 
  salmon 
  nets 
  were: 
  One 
  53 
  meshes, 
  0-inch; 
  

   45 
  n)eshes, 
  7-iuch; 
  and 
  40 
  meshes 
  8-inch; 
  floats, 
  1 
  fathom 
  apart. 
  The 
  

   cod 
  nets 
  were 
  1 
  each: 
  24 
  meshes, 
  6-inch; 
  21 
  meshes, 
  7-inch; 
  18 
  meshes, 
  

   8-inch; 
  floats, 
  2 
  fathoms 
  apart. 
  The 
  floats 
  used 
  were 
  glass, 
  and 
  alter- 
  

   nate 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  salmon 
  nets 
  removed. 
  The 
  lower 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  nets 
  

   were 
  anchored 
  with 
  10-pound 
  Chester 
  folding 
  anchors. 
  The 
  buoy 
  line 
  

   was 
  6 
  and 
  thread 
  stuff" 
  and 
  usually 
  from 
  a 
  third 
  to 
  a 
  half 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   water 
  was 
  added 
  to 
  stray 
  line. 
  The 
  hauling 
  was 
  done 
  from 
  boats 
  by 
  a 
  

   small 
  hand 
  winch. 
  This 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  done 
  from 
  the 
  vessel 
  by 
  steam 
  

   winch, 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  danger 
  of 
  carrying 
  away 
  the 
  light 
  gear, 
  not 
  only 
  

   by 
  the 
  heavy 
  strain 
  of 
  the 
  winch, 
  but 
  by 
  the 
  jump 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  in 
  a 
  

   seaway. 
  For 
  hauling 
  by 
  steam 
  specially 
  heavy 
  gear 
  will 
  be 
  necessary. 
  

  

  The 
  buoys 
  were 
  ordinary 
  trawl-line 
  buoys, 
  the 
  number 
  increasing 
  

   with 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  set. 
  At 
  581 
  fathoms 
  four 
  buoys 
  were 
  used 
  on 
  

  

  