﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
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  up 
  on 
  the 
  trawl. 
  Three 
  hahbut 
  averaging 
  55 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  

   5 
  bhick 
  cod 
  averaging 
  16 
  pounds 
  each; 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  com- 
  

   prised 
  2 
  blue 
  sharks, 
  6 
  skates, 
  2 
  rock-salmon, 
  and 
  only 
  31 
  red 
  rock- 
  

   fish; 
  only 
  7 
  dogfish 
  were 
  brought 
  up. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXIV. 
  — 
  September 
  2, 
  oS 
  Newport, 
  more 
  on 
  the 
  flat 
  of 
  the 
  

   bank 
  than 
  the 
  preceding 
  sets 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  New- 
  

   port 
  fishing 
  ground, 
  at 
  a 
  spot 
  where 
  coarse 
  gray 
  sand, 
  fine 
  gravel, 
  

   and 
  broken 
  shells 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  63 
  fathoms. 
  Nine 
  halibut, 
  averaging 
  

   slightly 
  over 
  32 
  pounds 
  each, 
  were 
  taken, 
  the 
  total 
  weight 
  being 
  about 
  

   290 
  pounds. 
  With 
  a 
  catch 
  such 
  as 
  this, 
  of 
  good 
  fish, 
  the 
  Newport 
  

   fishing 
  ground 
  prospected 
  over 
  in 
  sets 
  xii 
  to 
  xxvi 
  can 
  with 
  good 
  

   reason 
  be 
  extended 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  include 
  this 
  spot. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXV. 
  — 
  September 
  3, 
  off 
  Cascade 
  Head, 
  in 
  45 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  

   fine 
  gray 
  sand. 
  The 
  bottoms 
  at 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  succeeding 
  stations 
  

   were 
  given 
  trials 
  to 
  fill 
  in 
  what 
  otherwise 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  questionable 
  

   gap, 
  but 
  no 
  halibut 
  fishing 
  of 
  consequence 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  on 
  con- 
  

   tinuous 
  fine 
  gray 
  sand 
  bottom. 
  One 
  57-pound 
  halibut 
  was 
  taken, 
  

   together 
  with 
  10 
  dogfish, 
  4 
  skates, 
  3 
  ling 
  cod, 
  and 
  2 
  soles. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXVI. 
  — 
  September 
  4, 
  off 
  Tillamook, 
  in 
  43 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  fine 
  

   gray 
  sand. 
  Two 
  halibut 
  weighing, 
  respectively, 
  9 
  and 
  16 
  pounds 
  were 
  

   taken, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  6 
  dogfish, 
  2 
  blue 
  sharks, 
  3 
  skates, 
  4 
  young 
  black 
  

   cod, 
  1 
  sole, 
  and 
  1 
  arrow-toothed 
  halibut. 
  The 
  latter 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  entire 
  cruise, 
  in 
  marked 
  contrast 
  to 
  

   Tanner's 
  previous 
  trip 
  over 
  the 
  ground, 
  when 
  he 
  thought 
  that 
  this 
  

   would 
  be 
  the 
  species 
  of 
  halibut 
  most 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  fishing 
  off 
  

   this 
  coast. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXVII. 
  — 
  September 
  4, 
  off 
  Tillamook, 
  in 
  56 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  fine 
  

   gray 
  sand, 
  apparently 
  barren 
  bottom; 
  yielded 
  2 
  dogfish, 
  4 
  blue 
  sharks, 
  

   1 
  small 
  black 
  cod, 
  and 
  1 
  sole. 
  

  

  Had 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  Tillamook 
  section 
  been 
  more 
  varied 
  or 
  more 
  

   favorable 
  other 
  sets 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  attempted. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  

   early 
  Albatross 
  trials, 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  introduction, 
  are 
  in 
  very 
  close 
  

   agreement 
  with 
  those 
  obtained 
  in 
  sets 
  xxxvi 
  and 
  xxxvii. 
  

  

  Set 
  XXXVIII. 
  — 
  September 
  5, 
  off 
  Grays 
  Harbor 
  north 
  of 
  Chehalis 
  

   Bank, 
  reported 
  by 
  Tanner 
  in 
  1888, 
  in 
  38 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  rich 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  fine 
  and 
  coarse 
  gravel. 
  Several 
  sea 
  anemones 
  were 
  brought 
  up 
  on 
  

   the 
  trawl, 
  a 
  favorable 
  indication. 
  No 
  halibut 
  were 
  taken, 
  the 
  total 
  

   catch 
  bemg 
  1 
  dogfish, 
  1 
  skate, 
  1 
  blue 
  shark, 
  and 
  1 
  red 
  rock-cod. 
  Even 
  

   with 
  this 
  poor 
  showing, 
  fish 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  on 
  bottom 
  of 
  this 
  

   character 
  at 
  some 
  time 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  it 
  might 
  repay 
  schooners 
  

   on 
  the 
  way 
  to 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Newport 
  ground 
  to 
  make 
  several 
  prospect 
  

   sets 
  m 
  this 
  vicinity 
  in 
  passing. 
  

  

  Though 
  in 
  1888 
  and 
  1889, 
  and 
  again 
  during 
  the 
  present 
  survey, 
  no 
  

   halibut 
  wore 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   Collins, 
  in 
  his 
  "Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast," 
  states 
  that 
  ''Capt. 
  John 
  

  

  