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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS, 
  1914. 
  

  

  it 
  could 
  handle 
  only 
  the 
  fresh, 
  iced 
  fish 
  for 
  immediate 
  shipment 
  to 
  

   near-hy 
  towns. 
  Neither 
  the 
  plant 
  nor 
  the 
  market 
  seemed 
  able 
  to 
  

   take 
  care 
  of 
  even 
  such 
  limited 
  quantities 
  of 
  fish 
  except 
  occasionally, 
  

   and 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  known 
  no 
  landings 
  other 
  than 
  by 
  small 
  local 
  craft 
  were 
  

   subsequently 
  made 
  at 
  Newport. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  halibut, 
  in 
  no 
  case 
  exceeding 
  29, 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  local 
  fish- 
  

   ermen 
  in 
  July, 
  but 
  in 
  August, 
  after 
  the 
  productiveness 
  of 
  Newport 
  

   Bank 
  had 
  been 
  partially 
  demonstrated, 
  three 
  fares 
  of 
  1,400, 
  1,500, 
  

   and 
  1,900 
  pounds, 
  respectively, 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  time 
  spent 
  by 
  the 
  party 
  at 
  Newport 
  it 
  was 
  noted 
  that 
  

   the 
  local 
  fishei-men 
  did 
  not 
  avail 
  themselves 
  of 
  aU 
  opportunities 
  pre- 
  

   sented, 
  nor 
  was 
  any 
  great 
  energy 
  displayed 
  in 
  prosecuting 
  the 
  little 
  

   fishing 
  that 
  was 
  carried 
  on. 
  Tliis 
  was 
  in 
  part 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  

   sufTicient 
  local 
  demand; 
  to 
  higli 
  express 
  rates 
  to 
  outside 
  points, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   Portland; 
  and 
  undoubtedly 
  to 
  uncertain 
  and 
  unfavorable 
  bar, 
  

   weather, 
  and 
  fog 
  conditions 
  which 
  necessarily 
  would 
  result 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  

   irrcgidar 
  and 
  fluctuating 
  supply. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  also 
  lack 
  of 
  an 
  adequate 
  supply 
  of 
  bait. 
  The 
  surf 
  perch 
  

   which 
  were 
  used 
  on 
  several 
  occasions 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  good, 
  but, 
  though 
  

   apparently 
  occurring 
  in 
  great 
  abundance, 
  they 
  doubtless 
  would 
  be- 
  

   come 
  depleted 
  in 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  if 
  extensively 
  used, 
  even 
  if 
  seining 
  for 
  

   them 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  without 
  detriment 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  crab 
  fishery. 
  

   Spring 
  and 
  fall 
  rims 
  of 
  herring 
  take 
  place 
  in 
  Yaquina 
  Bay, 
  and 
  though 
  

   no 
  dciinite 
  data 
  were 
  procurable 
  concerning 
  their 
  abundance, 
  the 
  local 
  

   fishermen, 
  who 
  salt 
  them 
  for 
  their 
  own 
  use, 
  hardly 
  had 
  enough 
  to 
  

   last 
  through 
  the 
  fishing 
  season. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  limited 
  run 
  of 
  salmon 
  of 
  

   such 
  late 
  occurrence 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  utilized 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  of 
  bait 
  

   and 
  the 
  quantity 
  is 
  very 
  questionable 
  as 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  displayed 
  

   for 
  sale 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  markets 
  had 
  been 
  shipped 
  from 
  Alsea 
  Bay. 
  

  

  The 
  Albatross 
  made 
  its 
  final 
  run 
  over 
  the 
  ground, 
  leavmg 
  Seattle 
  

   August 
  27, 
  returning 
  September 
  8. 
  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  fishing 
  trials 
  

   were 
  begun 
  as 
  far 
  south 
  as 
  Coos 
  Bay 
  to 
  ascertain 
  if 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  fish 
  

   such 
  as 
  was 
  developed 
  off 
  Newport 
  might 
  occur 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity. 
  

   One 
  set 
  as 
  successful 
  as 
  many 
  off 
  Newport, 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  likely 
  piece 
  

   of 
  bottom 
  upon 
  which 
  further 
  prospecting 
  should 
  show 
  good 
  fishing. 
  

   More 
  mtensive 
  investigations 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  this 
  trip 
  than 
  

   was 
  possible 
  on 
  the 
  previous 
  ones. 
  Former 
  sets 
  were 
  checked 
  up 
  

   and 
  gaps 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  lines 
  of 
  soundings 
  filled 
  in 
  wherever 
  possible; 
  

   and 
  results 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  positive 
  nature 
  were 
  obtainable 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  fish, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  bait, 
  fresh 
  salmon, 
  was 
  

   employed, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  long 
  soak 
  was 
  given. 
  

  

  Trials 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  for 
  scallops 
  both 
  ofi" 
  Yaquina, 
  where 
  launch 
  

   work 
  had 
  been 
  attempted 
  during 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  off 
  Cascade 
  Head, 
  

   where 
  evidences 
  of 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  scallops 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  

   occasion 
  of 
  the 
  fii'st 
  Albatross 
  trip. 
  Here 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  scallops 
  possibly 
  

  

  