﻿8 
  SUEVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GKOUNDS^ 
  1914. 
  

  

  This 
  trip 
  failed 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  good 
  bottom, 
  

   bottom 
  that 
  would 
  hold 
  fish, 
  and 
  also 
  an 
  apparent 
  absence 
  of 
  fish 
  

   in 
  paying 
  quantities 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Three 
  possible 
  spots 
  

   were 
  located, 
  sets 
  i, 
  ii, 
  and 
  iv 
  (chart 
  i, 
  table 
  i), 
  of 
  which 
  only 
  the 
  

   first 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  at 
  all 
  favorable 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  bottom. 
  

   Unfortunately, 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  rough 
  weather 
  prevailing 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  

   a 
  more 
  thorough 
  trial 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  given. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  expectation 
  that 
  halibut, 
  if 
  they 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  

   found 
  off 
  the 
  Oregon 
  coast, 
  would 
  occur 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  sea- 
  

   sonal 
  (summer) 
  run 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  come 
  inshore 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  food, 
  

   irrespective 
  of 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bottom. 
  Such 
  appearances 
  of 
  

   fish 
  on 
  poor 
  and 
  unfavorable 
  bottom 
  are 
  usually 
  incidental 
  and 
  do 
  

   not 
  continue 
  throughout 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  One 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  scallops, 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  

   these 
  banks, 
  was 
  brought 
  up 
  at 
  set 
  vi 
  in 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  several 
  dead 
  

   valves 
  to 
  which 
  sea 
  anemones 
  were 
  attached. 
  

  

  • 
  On 
  leaving 
  Seattle 
  May 
  25, 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  trip, 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  intention 
  

   to 
  give 
  the 
  spots 
  developed 
  on 
  the 
  previous 
  trip 
  more 
  conclusive 
  

   tests 
  and 
  to 
  pay 
  particular 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  section 
  just 
  off 
  Newport, 
  

   from 
  which 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  reported 
  fish 
  were 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken. 
  

   Through 
  an 
  accident 
  this 
  trip 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  an 
  abrupt 
  end 
  on 
  

   May 
  29, 
  after 
  but 
  two 
  days' 
  fishing, 
  necessitating 
  an 
  immediate 
  

   return 
  to 
  Seattle 
  for 
  repairs. 
  

  

  From 
  June 
  12 
  to 
  August 
  27 
  the 
  Albatross 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  Alaska, 
  

   but 
  the 
  halibut 
  investigation 
  was 
  continued 
  by 
  other 
  means. 
  From 
  

   June 
  15 
  to 
  29 
  Mr. 
  Driscoll 
  made 
  a 
  tour 
  of 
  the 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  

   fishing 
  ports 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  under 
  investigation 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   obtaining 
  information 
  regarding 
  catches 
  which 
  might 
  otherwise 
  not 
  

   be 
  reported 
  and 
  which 
  might 
  be 
  indicative 
  of 
  a 
  summer 
  run 
  of 
  fish. 
  

   He 
  visited 
  Newport, 
  Portland, 
  Tillamook, 
  and 
  Astoria, 
  Oreg.; 
  and 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  Wash. 
  

  

  At 
  Newport 
  Capt. 
  Reeder, 
  of 
  the 
  Orabell, 
  on 
  June 
  17, 
  caught 
  25 
  hali- 
  

   but, 
  averaging 
  about 
  20 
  pounds, 
  although 
  some 
  weighed 
  but 
  6 
  pounds, 
  

   "a 
  very 
  uneven 
  run, 
  which 
  looks 
  as 
  though 
  there 
  were 
  not 
  many 
  

   where 
  these 
  were 
  caught." 
  On 
  June 
  10 
  the 
  same 
  craft 
  took 
  4 
  halibut, 
  

   averaging 
  about 
  15 
  pounds, 
  2 
  redfish, 
  and 
  2 
  ling 
  cod, 
  about 
  7 
  miles 
  

   off 
  the 
  bar, 
  and 
  the 
  Pilgrim, 
  Capt. 
  Chambers, 
  brought 
  in 
  1 
  halibut, 
  

   2 
  red 
  cod, 
  and 
  2 
  ling 
  cod 
  from 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  offshore. 
  Capt. 
  Chambers 
  

   stated 
  that 
  ''the 
  fish 
  are 
  not 
  plentiful 
  now, 
  but 
  later 
  on 
  they 
  bunch 
  

   up, 
  and 
  many 
  can 
  be 
  caught 
  when 
  they 
  strike 
  in 
  in 
  August. 
  There 
  

   are 
  no 
  large 
  banks 
  such 
  as 
  have 
  been 
  reported, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  one 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  spot 
  15 
  miles 
  southwest 
  by 
  west 
  from 
  Newport 
  bar 
  and 
  another 
  

   16 
  miles 
  west." 
  

  

  In 
  Portland 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  the 
  Decorah 
  had 
  brought 
  in 
  2,200 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  good 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  about 
  15 
  pounds, 
  from 
  Heceta 
  Bank. 
  

  

  