﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
  19 
  

  

  Set 
  XI. 
  — 
  May 
  29, 
  on 
  Hcceta 
  Bank, 
  in 
  100 
  fathoms, 
  bottom, 
  fine 
  

   black 
  sand. 
  No 
  halibut 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  but 
  5 
  black 
  cod, 
  ranging 
  

   from 
  5 
  to 
  16 
  pounds 
  and 
  averaging 
  12 
  pounds 
  each. 
  

  

  Sets 
  Xll-XXVI. 
  — 
  Were 
  made 
  out 
  of 
  Newport 
  during 
  July 
  and 
  

   August, 
  gear 
  being 
  set 
  and 
  hauled 
  from 
  a 
  launch 
  chartered 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose. 
  

  

  Sets 
  XII-XVIII 
  and 
  XX-X 
  XII 
  I. 
  —July 
  13 
  to 
  August 
  14, 
  oflf 
  

   Newport, 
  in 
  25 
  to 
  47 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  coarse 
  gray 
  sand. 
  This 
  was 
  

   rich 
  bottom, 
  numerous 
  pennatulids, 
  sea 
  anemones, 
  and 
  sun 
  stars 
  

   being 
  brought 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  trawl 
  lines. 
  The 
  bait 
  used 
  consisted 
  of 
  

   surf 
  perch, 
  fresh 
  salmon, 
  frozen 
  and 
  salt 
  herring. 
  All 
  of 
  these 
  sets 
  

   were 
  on 
  good 
  fishing 
  ground, 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  45 
  halibut, 
  weighing 
  from 
  

   132 
  to 
  1,867 
  pounds, 
  total 
  weight, 
  being 
  taken 
  on 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  skates 
  

   of 
  gear 
  in 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  hours. 
  The 
  fish 
  averaged 
  20 
  to 
  48 
  pounds 
  

   each. 
  There 
  are 
  some 
  living 
  scallops 
  scattered 
  over 
  this 
  bottom, 
  but 
  

   so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  ascertained, 
  in 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  trials 
  with 
  an 
  oyster 
  

   dredge, 
  they 
  were 
  widely 
  scattered. 
  

  

  Sets 
  XIX, 
  XXIV, 
  and 
  XX 
  F7.— 
  July 
  27, 
  August 
  15, 
  and 
  August 
  

   17, 
  respectively, 
  off 
  Newport, 
  in 
  35 
  to 
  40 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  broken 
  bottom 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  rocky 
  shale, 
  coarse 
  gray 
  sand, 
  fine 
  gravel, 
  and 
  forami- 
  

   nifera, 
  in 
  patches 
  of 
  various 
  degrees 
  of 
  admixture, 
  and 
  resembling 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  found 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank 
  in 
  sets 
  i 
  and 
  iii. 
  One 
  to 
  two 
  

   skates 
  of 
  gear 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  sets 
  of 
  two 
  hours' 
  duration, 
  with 
  octopus, 
  

   salt 
  herring, 
  and 
  salmon 
  as 
  bait. 
  The 
  yields 
  were 
  from 
  559 
  to 
  935 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  halibut, 
  consisting 
  of 
  27 
  to 
  36 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  20 
  to 
  32 
  

   pounds. 
  First-class 
  fish 
  averaging 
  as 
  high 
  as 
  40 
  pounds 
  each 
  for 
  22 
  

   out 
  of 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  29 
  were 
  taken. 
  All 
  sets 
  wore 
  on 
  good 
  fishing 
  ground. 
  

   Set 
  XIX 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  in 
  July 
  where 
  more 
  than 
  8 
  dogfish 
  were 
  

   taken. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  13 
  were 
  taken 
  here. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXV. 
  — 
  August 
  16, 
  off 
  Newport, 
  in 
  37 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  fine 
  gray 
  

   sand, 
  with 
  1 
  skate 
  of 
  gear, 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  bait, 
  set 
  two 
  hours; 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  a 
  catch 
  of 
  355 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  — 
  9 
  halibut, 
  all 
  first-class 
  and 
  averaging 
  

   about 
  39 
  pounds 
  each. 
  Ordinarily 
  this 
  kind 
  of 
  bottom 
  does 
  not 
  carry 
  

   fish; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  fishing 
  ground 
  off 
  Newport 
  the 
  patch 
  of 
  fine 
  sand 
  

   which 
  extends 
  along 
  the 
  submarine 
  vaUey 
  floor 
  between 
  the 
  inshore 
  

   coarse 
  gray 
  sand 
  and 
  the 
  offshore 
  broken 
  bottom 
  apparently 
  is 
  an 
  

   exception. 
  Twenty-eight 
  dogfish 
  were 
  caught, 
  the 
  only 
  case 
  in 
  

   August 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  catch 
  exceeded 
  4. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  sets, 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  trip 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  were 
  of 
  

   two 
  hours 
  duration, 
  double-banked, 
  one 
  skate 
  to 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   dories, 
  using 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  as 
  bait, 
  excepting 
  set 
  xxxviii, 
  in 
  which 
  

   each 
  dory 
  used 
  two 
  skates 
  of 
  gear 
  and 
  operated 
  independently 
  one- 
  

   half 
  mile 
  apart, 
  bait 
  and 
  duration 
  of 
  set 
  otherwise 
  being 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Set 
  XX 
  F/7.— 
  August 
  29, 
  off 
  Coos 
  Bay, 
  in 
  36 
  fathoms; 
  bottom, 
  

   fine 
  gray 
  sand, 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  slimy 
  mud, 
  which 
  came 
  up 
  in 
  

  

  