﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
  

  

  At 
  Tillamook 
  no 
  fish 
  were 
  being 
  caught. 
  No 
  information 
  regarding 
  

   halibut 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  obtained 
  in 
  Astoria, 
  the 
  fishermen 
  there 
  being 
  

   engaged 
  wholly 
  in 
  salmon 
  fishing, 
  and 
  at 
  Aberdeen 
  a 
  schooner, 
  the 
  

   Zilla 
  May, 
  was 
  being 
  fitted 
  with 
  an 
  otter 
  trawl, 
  her 
  owner 
  having 
  

   a 
  market 
  for 
  miscellaneous 
  fish 
  such 
  as 
  are 
  caught 
  with 
  that 
  imple- 
  

   ment. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  information 
  secured 
  by 
  Mi*. 
  Driscoll, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  that 
  

   already 
  at 
  hand, 
  it 
  was 
  concluded 
  that 
  a 
  paying 
  run 
  of 
  fish 
  had 
  not 
  

   yet 
  occurred, 
  and 
  that 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  fishing 
  trials 
  should 
  be 
  

   continued 
  without 
  interruption. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  staff 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  Driscoll, 
  with 
  the 
  practical 
  fishermen 
  previously 
  mentioned, 
  

   were 
  therefore 
  transferred 
  to 
  Newport, 
  where 
  fishing 
  trials 
  were 
  

   carried 
  on 
  from 
  July 
  13 
  to 
  August 
  17, 
  1914, 
  from 
  a 
  gasoline 
  launch 
  

   chartered 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  

  

  Contrary 
  to 
  all 
  earlier 
  indications, 
  a 
  nice 
  run 
  of 
  halibut 
  was 
  found 
  

   within 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  about 
  250 
  square 
  miles 
  — 
  between 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  

   northwest 
  by 
  north 
  (magnetic) 
  of 
  Yaquina 
  Head 
  Light 
  and 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  15 
  miles 
  southwest 
  (magnetic) 
  from 
  the 
  whistling 
  buoy 
  on 
  

   the 
  Newport 
  bar. 
  Within 
  this 
  area 
  14 
  sets 
  were 
  made, 
  varying 
  from 
  

   one 
  to 
  three 
  hours 
  in 
  duration 
  and 
  using 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  skates 
  of 
  

   gear, 
  with 
  salt 
  herring, 
  surf 
  perch, 
  frozen 
  herring, 
  and 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  

   bait. 
  From 
  200 
  to 
  500 
  pounds 
  of 
  halibut, 
  dressed 
  weight, 
  were 
  

   taken 
  to 
  the 
  skate, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  that 
  a 
  dory 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  a 
  line 
  of 
  six 
  to 
  eight 
  skates 
  and 
  using 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  bait 
  could 
  

   take 
  1,500 
  to 
  2,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  with 
  a 
  five 
  to 
  six 
  hour 
  soak 
  any- 
  

   where 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  indicated, 
  an 
  estimate 
  verified 
  by 
  the 
  results 
  

   of 
  commercial 
  fishery 
  operations, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  table 
  iv 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  Several 
  trials 
  for 
  scallops 
  made 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  sets 
  

   have 
  been 
  dealt 
  with 
  in 
  detail 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  "Scallops." 
  

  

  During 
  this 
  period 
  of 
  the 
  investigation 
  the 
  schooner 
  Daisy 
  (three 
  

   dories), 
  induced 
  by 
  the 
  representations 
  of 
  the 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  

   cold-storage 
  plant, 
  made 
  several 
  successful 
  trips, 
  and 
  the 
  schooner 
  

   DecoraJi 
  also 
  operated 
  off 
  Newport, 
  but 
  with 
  indifferent 
  success. 
  

  

  As 
  yet 
  the 
  Seattle 
  fleet 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  acquainted 
  with 
  the 
  

   results 
  of 
  the 
  investigation; 
  but 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  

   service 
  resigned 
  to 
  take 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  DecoraTi, 
  and 
  with 
  his 
  return 
  

   to 
  Seattle, 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  competent 
  and 
  experienced 
  crew, 
  full 
  infoiTua- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  various 
  prospects 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  public. 
  Thereupon 
  

   several 
  schooners 
  made 
  trips 
  netting 
  returns 
  as 
  good 
  as 
  those 
  made 
  on 
  

   the 
  various 
  well-known 
  Alaska 
  banks 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  period, 
  and 
  a 
  

   small 
  but 
  profitable 
  fishery 
  was 
  definitely 
  established 
  on 
  Newport 
  

   Bank. 
  

  

  The 
  Newport 
  cold-storage 
  plant 
  on 
  two 
  occasions 
  took 
  over 
  a 
  por- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  Daisy's 
  catch, 
  19,000 
  pounds 
  on 
  July 
  11 
  and 
  17,000 
  

   pounds 
  on 
  July 
  30; 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  limited 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  sharp 
  freezer 
  

  

  