﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OEEGON. 
  7 
  

  

  lines 
  from 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  July 
  16 
  to 
  the 
  afternoon 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  fol- 
  

   lowing. 
  The 
  best 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  1,800 
  

   pounds 
  taken 
  by 
  Capt. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Voeth, 
  of 
  the 
  Wanderer, 
  with 
  two 
  regu- 
  

   lation 
  halibut 
  trawls. 
  

  

  The 
  fisliing 
  season 
  out 
  of 
  Newport 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  usually 
  from 
  

   April 
  to 
  early 
  September, 
  being 
  limited 
  by 
  the 
  rough 
  weather 
  pre- 
  

   vailing 
  during 
  the 
  late 
  fall 
  and 
  winter. 
  The 
  local 
  fishermen 
  alleged 
  

   that 
  halibut 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  the 
  year 
  round; 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  

   but 
  very 
  few 
  trips 
  from 
  September 
  to 
  March 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  sure 
  as 
  

   to 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  practically 
  no 
  halibut 
  fishing 
  at 
  Bay 
  

   City. 
  Only 
  once 
  in 
  a 
  while, 
  in 
  smooth 
  weather, 
  a 
  boat 
  goes 
  out 
  for 
  

   halibut 
  as 
  a 
  pleasure 
  trip. 
  There 
  were 
  rumors 
  of 
  several 
  notable 
  

   halibut 
  catches, 
  but 
  little 
  of 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  traced 
  to 
  an 
  authentic 
  

   source. 
  

  

  The 
  primary 
  interest 
  in 
  both 
  places 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  to 
  ascertain 
  if 
  

   there 
  be 
  a 
  sufficient 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  to 
  warrent 
  the 
  building 
  of 
  cold- 
  

   storage 
  plants 
  with 
  which 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  bid 
  for 
  the 
  Portland 
  and 
  other 
  

   markets. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  main, 
  the 
  inquiry 
  developed 
  that, 
  at 
  least 
  off 
  Newport, 
  a 
  

   scattered 
  run 
  of 
  fish 
  durmg 
  the 
  summer 
  months 
  could 
  be 
  obtained; 
  

   that 
  the 
  weather 
  conditions, 
  other 
  than 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  September, 
  

   were 
  too 
  uncertain 
  and 
  severe 
  to 
  warrant 
  an 
  investigation 
  during 
  

   any 
  other 
  time; 
  and 
  that 
  harbor 
  facilities 
  for 
  a 
  vessel 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  were 
  not 
  available. 
  As 
  a 
  consequence, 
  the 
  survey 
  was 
  

   deferred 
  until 
  the 
  following 
  spring. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  12, 
  the 
  Albatross 
  left 
  Sausalito, 
  Cal., 
  for 
  Seattle, 
  Wash. 
  

   At 
  Seattle, 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  DriscoU, 
  expert 
  fisherman, 
  and 
  four 
  other 
  

   practical 
  fishermen 
  were 
  engaged, 
  and 
  after 
  taking 
  aboard 
  the 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  gear 
  and 
  equipment 
  the 
  ship 
  left 
  Seattle 
  April 
  24 
  on 
  her 
  first 
  

   trip 
  over 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  29 
  actual 
  operations 
  were 
  begun 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  selected 
  

   at 
  the 
  time 
  as 
  the 
  southern 
  limit 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  investigation, 
  and 
  

   continued 
  northward, 
  with 
  several 
  interruptions 
  due 
  to 
  stormy 
  

   weather, 
  until 
  May 
  8, 
  when 
  a 
  return 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  replenish 
  the 
  coal 
  

   bunkers. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  soundings 
  and 
  trials 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  deeper 
  water, 
  

   90 
  to 
  100 
  fathoms, 
  as 
  durmg 
  the 
  spring 
  halibut 
  are 
  more 
  likely 
  to 
  

   be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  offshore 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  banks. 
  On 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  

   this 
  Ime 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  operations 
  would 
  permit 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  over 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  inshore 
  ground, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  trials 
  of 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  was 
  made 
  along 
  the 
  50-fathom 
  curve, 
  beginning 
  off 
  Yaquina 
  

   Head 
  to 
  a 
  pomt 
  off 
  Tillamook 
  and 
  thence 
  in 
  a 
  northwesterly 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  deep 
  water 
  off 
  the 
  Columbia. 
  Three 
  sets 
  of 
  the 
  trawls 
  were 
  

   made 
  on 
  this 
  line 
  of 
  soundmgs. 
  

  

  