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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS, 
  1914. 
  

  

  stringy 
  masses 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  line. 
  Tliis 
  set 
  was 
  evidently 
  very 
  near 
  

   the 
  mud, 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  kind 
  of 
  bottom 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  sets 
  xxix, 
  

   XXX, 
  and 
  xxxi. 
  Two 
  halibut 
  weighing 
  12 
  and 
  20 
  pounds, 
  re- 
  

   spectively, 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  3 
  skates, 
  3 
  soles, 
  and 
  1 
  ratfish. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXVIII. 
  — 
  August 
  30, 
  off 
  Coos 
  Bay, 
  in 
  65 
  fathoms; 
  bottom, 
  

   granular 
  shale. 
  The 
  bottom 
  here 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  others 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  

   sets 
  made 
  between 
  Coos 
  Bay 
  and 
  Heccta 
  Head, 
  which 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  

   character 
  described 
  under 
  set 
  xxvii. 
  In 
  the 
  catch 
  this 
  set 
  is 
  com- 
  

   parable 
  to 
  those 
  on 
  the 
  broken 
  bottom 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank 
  and 
  off 
  

   Newport, 
  13 
  haUbut, 
  totaling 
  375 
  pounds, 
  l)eing 
  taken. 
  Twelve 
  of 
  

   these 
  were 
  first-class 
  fish 
  and 
  averaged 
  24 
  pounds 
  each; 
  the 
  other 
  

   weighed 
  85 
  pounds. 
  This 
  set 
  was 
  just 
  north 
  of 
  a 
  promising 
  patch 
  

   of 
  gravel 
  bottom, 
  wliich 
  will 
  doubtless 
  carry 
  many 
  more 
  fish 
  than 
  

   were 
  taken 
  here. 
  The 
  whole 
  area 
  comprising 
  the 
  shale 
  and 
  gravel 
  

   bottom 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  should 
  be 
  considered 
  a 
  possible 
  fishing 
  ground, 
  

   and 
  more 
  extensive 
  soundings 
  might 
  develop 
  even 
  more 
  favorable 
  

   bottom. 
  

  

  Sets 
  XXIX-XXXI. 
  — 
  Sets 
  xxix 
  and 
  xxx 
  were 
  made 
  off 
  Coos 
  

   Bay, 
  August 
  30 
  and 
  31, 
  in 
  30 
  and 
  37 
  fathoms, 
  respectively; 
  set 
  xxxi 
  

   was 
  off 
  Heceta 
  Head, 
  August 
  31, 
  in 
  42 
  fathoms. 
  All 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  

   character 
  of 
  bottom 
  as 
  set 
  xxvii 
  and 
  were 
  as 
  barren 
  of 
  fish. 
  At 
  set 
  

   XXIX 
  only 
  were 
  any 
  hahbut 
  taken, 
  and 
  here 
  but 
  tlu'ee, 
  weighing 
  9, 
  

   10, 
  'and 
  90 
  pounds, 
  respectively. 
  Otherwise 
  a 
  few 
  skates 
  and 
  soles 
  

   constituted 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  catches. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXII. 
  — 
  September 
  1, 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  in 
  82 
  fathoms; 
  on 
  

   granular 
  shale 
  and 
  fine 
  black 
  sand 
  approaching 
  broken 
  bottom 
  in 
  

   appearance. 
  This 
  set 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  sets 
  i 
  and 
  ix, 
  on 
  the 
  

   point 
  of 
  Heceta 
  Bank. 
  Seven 
  halibut, 
  totaling 
  259 
  pounds, 
  were 
  taken 
  

   in 
  a 
  two-hour 
  double-banked 
  set 
  of 
  two 
  skates, 
  using 
  fresh 
  salmon 
  

   bait. 
  Six 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  first-class 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  about 
  41 
  pounds. 
  

   As 
  previously 
  noted, 
  on 
  April 
  29 
  (set 
  i) 
  we 
  took 
  296 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  

   on 
  one 
  skate, 
  one-hour 
  set, 
  salt 
  herring 
  bait, 
  9 
  fish 
  all 
  told, 
  8 
  first-class, 
  

   averaging 
  37 
  pounds 
  each. 
  Though 
  not 
  very 
  plentiful 
  when 
  this 
  trial 
  

   was 
  made, 
  it 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  predict 
  that 
  fish 
  in 
  paying 
  quantities 
  wiU 
  be 
  

   found 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  this 
  spot 
  during 
  some 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  but 
  the 
  area 
  

   is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  picked 
  up 
  largely 
  on 
  soundings. 
  Twelve 
  

   dogfish 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  30 
  blue 
  sharks, 
  18 
  skates, 
  1 
  ratfish, 
  

   2 
  black 
  cod, 
  3 
  ling 
  cod, 
  3 
  soles, 
  and 
  about 
  150 
  red 
  rock-cod. 
  The 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  red 
  fish 
  was 
  most 
  remarkable. 
  When 
  they 
  were 
  cast 
  

   overboard 
  from 
  the 
  dories 
  they 
  attracted 
  numerous 
  dogfish 
  and 
  blue 
  

   sharks. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXIII. 
  — 
  September 
  1, 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  in 
  87 
  fathoms, 
  off 
  

   shore 
  from 
  set 
  iii; 
  on 
  broken 
  bottom 
  composed 
  of 
  shale 
  of 
  varying 
  

   degrees 
  of 
  hardness, 
  with 
  patches 
  of 
  fine 
  black 
  sand. 
  The 
  bottom 
  

   here 
  is 
  apparently 
  rich, 
  as 
  a 
  16-inch-high 
  basket 
  sponge 
  was 
  brought 
  

  

  