﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
  5 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  1888 
  the 
  Yaquina 
  Deep 
  Sea 
  Fishing 
  Co, 
  was 
  

   incorporated 
  and 
  purchased 
  the 
  auxihary 
  steam 
  schooner 
  George 
  H. 
  

   CTiance, 
  of 
  71 
  tons 
  net 
  register, 
  and 
  in 
  1889 
  was 
  reported 
  to 
  be 
  making 
  

   preparations 
  to 
  actively 
  engage 
  in 
  sea 
  fisheries 
  off 
  the 
  coast, 
  but 
  

   inexperience 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  

  

  With 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  trip 
  of 
  this 
  vessel 
  to 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Heceta 
  Bank, 
  it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  August 
  7, 
  1889, 
  she 
  

   took 
  several 
  small 
  halibut, 
  and 
  that 
  on 
  a 
  trawl 
  line 
  set 
  overnight 
  the 
  

   heads 
  of 
  11 
  hahbut 
  were 
  found 
  the 
  next 
  morning, 
  the 
  bodies 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  having 
  been 
  destroyed 
  by 
  sharks 
  and 
  dogfish. 
  

  

  For 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  other 
  reports 
  of 
  fishing 
  ven- 
  

   tures, 
  but 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  record 
  25,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  hahbut 
  taken 
  with 
  lines 
  in 
  Coos 
  County, 
  Oreg., 
  in 
  1904. 
  

  

  From 
  that 
  time 
  until 
  about 
  1911 
  apparently 
  no 
  further 
  attempts 
  

   to 
  institute 
  fisheries 
  off 
  the 
  Oregon 
  coast 
  were 
  made, 
  but 
  about 
  this 
  

   year, 
  in 
  September, 
  Capt. 
  A. 
  Edwards, 
  with 
  the 
  steamer 
  Wieding 
  

   Bros, 
  (later 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Wieding), 
  prospected 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Heceta 
  

   Bank. 
  He 
  found 
  practically 
  no 
  good 
  bottom 
  until 
  he 
  made 
  a 
  set 
  on 
  

   the 
  western 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  bank 
  and 
  secm-ed 
  25,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish, 
  but 
  

   rough 
  weather 
  and 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  near-by 
  harbor 
  caused 
  the 
  

   abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  trip. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  1912 
  file 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Fisherman 
  various 
  sporadic 
  and 
  

   desultory 
  attempts 
  to 
  prosecute 
  halibut 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  under 
  

   discussion 
  are 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  none 
  met 
  with 
  success. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  31, 
  1912, 
  the 
  Ollie 
  S., 
  Capt. 
  Carner, 
  a 
  local 
  gasoline 
  

   passenger 
  boat 
  about 
  68 
  feet 
  long, 
  under 
  the 
  guidance 
  of 
  R. 
  E. 
  Voeth, 
  

   caught 
  several 
  hundred 
  pounds 
  of 
  halibut 
  12 
  to 
  14 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  

   the 
  whistling 
  buoy 
  off 
  the 
  Yaquina 
  Bar. 
  This 
  catch 
  and 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  interest 
  of 
  Capt. 
  Voeth, 
  who 
  had 
  prospected 
  for 
  halibut 
  at 
  

   various 
  times, 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  developing 
  a 
  

   fishery 
  and 
  finally 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  investigation. 
  

  

  The 
  season's 
  catch 
  from 
  August 
  31 
  until 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   September, 
  was 
  reported 
  as 
  20,000 
  pounds 
  for 
  the 
  Ollie 
  S., 
  and 
  

   24,000 
  pounds 
  for 
  another 
  vessel 
  operating 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  port. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1913, 
  the 
  IdaJio, 
  Capt. 
  Qumn, 
  a 
  7-dory 
  boat 
  out 
  of 
  Seattle, 
  

   undertook 
  a 
  prospecting 
  trip 
  beginning 
  under 
  Cape 
  Lookout 
  and 
  

   ending 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank. 
  In 
  all, 
  seven 
  sets 
  were 
  made, 
  the 
  total 
  

   yield 
  of 
  fish 
  being 
  less 
  than 
  6,000 
  pounds. 
  A 
  great 
  many 
  dogfish 
  

   were 
  taken 
  at 
  every 
  set, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  black 
  cod 
  in 
  the 
  sets 
  on 
  the 
  shoulder 
  

   of 
  Heceta 
  Bank. 
  The 
  locations 
  of 
  the 
  sets 
  are 
  plotted 
  on 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  charts 
  as 
  rectangles 
  from 
  data 
  furnished 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Quiim.. 
  

  

  Returning 
  in 
  March, 
  1914, 
  from 
  a 
  northern 
  trip, 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Cliicago, 
  Capt. 
  Johansen, 
  12 
  dories, 
  of 
  Seattle, 
  also 
  made 
  a 
  short 
  

   prospecting 
  trip 
  on 
  the 
  reported 
  Oregon 
  fishing 
  banks, 
  hoping 
  to 
  

   make 
  a 
  quick 
  trip 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  Good 
  Friday 
  market. 
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