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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GEOUNDS, 
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  acter 
  of 
  the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  principal 
  banks 
  are 
  also 
  indicated 
  as 
  

   such, 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  each 
  set 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  Roman 
  numerals, 
  and 
  cer- 
  

   tain 
  fishing 
  trials 
  by 
  two 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  schooners 
  prior 
  to 
  this 
  

   investigation 
  are 
  plotted, 
  approximately. 
  

  

  Although 
  his 
  name 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  as 
  an 
  author, 
  no 
  small 
  j^art 
  

   of 
  the 
  credit 
  for 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  survey 
  is 
  due 
  the 
  commanding 
  

   officer 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  B. 
  Porterfield, 
  United 
  States 
  Navy. 
  

   The 
  authors 
  also 
  express 
  their 
  thanks 
  for 
  the 
  information 
  so 
  gener- 
  

   ously 
  and 
  freely 
  furnished 
  byCapt. 
  Quinn, 
  of 
  the 
  Idaho; 
  Capt. 
  Johan- 
  

   sen, 
  of 
  the 
  Chicago; 
  Capt. 
  Johnson, 
  of 
  the 
  Daisy; 
  Capt. 
  Edwards, 
  of 
  

   the 
  Helgoland; 
  and 
  Capt. 
  Churchill, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  ; 
  

   and 
  for 
  the 
  many 
  courtesies 
  extended 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Cuningham, 
  

   of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Net 
  & 
  Twine 
  Co., 
  of 
  Seattle. 
  

  

  RESUME 
  OF 
  THE 
  HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  BANKS. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1885 
  sea 
  fisheries 
  were 
  commenced 
  

   off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Washington 
  by 
  the 
  Portland 
  Deep 
  Sea 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  of 
  

   Portland, 
  Oreg., 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  schooner, 
  the 
  Carrie 
  B. 
  Lalce, 
  which 
  

   operated 
  a 
  40-foot 
  beam 
  trawl 
  between 
  Cape 
  Disappointment 
  and 
  

   Shoalwater 
  Bay. 
  The 
  catch 
  consisted 
  principally 
  of 
  soles, 
  flounders, 
  

   and 
  red 
  rock 
  cod, 
  but 
  the 
  venture 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  an 
  untimely 
  close 
  

   when 
  the 
  captain, 
  John 
  Exon, 
  an 
  expert 
  beam 
  trawler 
  out 
  of 
  Grimsby, 
  

   the 
  mate, 
  and 
  cook 
  were 
  lost 
  overboard 
  January 
  3, 
  1886. 
  Later 
  the 
  

   schooner 
  Dolphin 
  was 
  built 
  and 
  made 
  40 
  trips 
  between 
  April 
  and 
  

   October, 
  1887, 
  but 
  she 
  proved 
  a 
  failure, 
  because, 
  it 
  is 
  stated, 
  she 
  

   could 
  not 
  promptly 
  market 
  her 
  catch, 
  wliich 
  consisted 
  of 
  soles, 
  

   flounders, 
  hake, 
  rock 
  cod, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  cod 
  and 
  hahbut. 
  The 
  

   "cod" 
  mentioned 
  were 
  probably 
  not 
  Gadus 
  macrocephalus, 
  the 
  true 
  

   cod, 
  but 
  the 
  cultus 
  or 
  ling 
  cod 
  {Ophiodon 
  elongatus). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1888 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  fall 
  of 
  1889 
  the 
  

   Alhatross, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  before, 
  made 
  quite 
  an 
  extensive 
  survey 
  of 
  

   the 
  region 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  report, 
  although 
  but 
  few 
  fishing 
  

   spots 
  and 
  small 
  banks 
  were 
  developed.'* 
  

  

  In 
  summation 
  of 
  the 
  investigation, 
  Mr. 
  Rathbun, 
  in 
  the 
  Report 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  for 
  1889-1891, 
  page 
  105, 
  says: 
  

  

  Only 
  occasional 
  specimens 
  of 
  halibut 
  were 
  taken 
  off 
  Flattery 
  Rocks 
  and 
  Tillamook 
  

   Rock 
  and 
  on 
  Ileceta 
  Bank. 
  Several 
  species 
  of 
  rock-cod 
  were 
  generally 
  distributed 
  

   along 
  the 
  coast, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  banks, 
  and 
  flounders 
  were 
  found 
  everywhere, 
  being 
  

   especially 
  abundant 
  in 
  depths 
  of 
  50 
  to 
  100 
  fathoms. 
  The 
  flat 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  plateau 
  

   is 
  particularly 
  rich 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  group 
  of 
  fishes, 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  Cultus 
  cod 
  occur 
  on 
  all 
  the 
  

   banks 
  and 
  on 
  Orford 
  Reef, 
  while 
  black 
  cod 
  inhabit 
  the 
  deeper 
  waters, 
  half-grown 
  

   individuals 
  also 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  moderate 
  depths, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  ling 
  or 
  Pacific 
  

   whiting. 
  Large 
  red 
  prawns 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality 
  are 
  likewise 
  very 
  abundant 
  and 
  

   widely 
  distributed, 
  having 
  been 
  captured 
  frequently 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  

   beam 
  trawl. 
  

  

  a 
  Summary 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  investigations 
  conducted 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Ocean, 
  by 
  Richard 
  Rathbun, 
  

   Bulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  vol. 
  vm, 
  1888. 
  

  

  