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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  FISHING 
  GEOUNDS> 
  1914. 
  

  

  Reed 
  reported 
  that 
  often 
  when 
  waitmg 
  outside 
  the 
  harbor 
  to 
  tow 
  

   vessels 
  in, 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  fishing 
  bank, 
  he 
  has 
  caught 
  a 
  fine 
  lot 
  of 
  fish. 
  

   Frequently 
  halibut 
  are 
  taken, 
  and 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  22 
  were 
  caught 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  fishing 
  with 
  hand 
  lines 
  over 
  the 
  rail; 
  the 
  largest 
  

   weighed 
  87 
  pounds." 
  Regarding 
  the 
  banks, 
  Capt. 
  Collins 
  says 
  they 
  

   "are 
  located 
  outside 
  the 
  harbor 
  heads, 
  about 
  10 
  miles 
  offshore 
  in 
  a 
  

   northwesterly 
  direction 
  from 
  the 
  whistling 
  buoy 
  off 
  the 
  entrance. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  30 
  fathoms 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  with 
  a 
  gravelly 
  and 
  rocky 
  

   bottom." 
  The 
  other 
  fishes 
  listed 
  by 
  Capt. 
  Collins 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  in 
  1888-89 
  and 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  YIELD 
  OF 
  THE 
  BANKS. 
  

  

  Halibut." 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  a 
  detailed 
  record 
  was 
  kept 
  of 
  all 
  

   commercial 
  fishing 
  trips 
  made 
  off 
  the 
  Oregon 
  coast 
  during 
  approxi- 
  

   mately 
  the 
  period 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  present 
  investigation. 
  The 
  data 
  

   obtainable 
  (tables 
  iii 
  and 
  iv) 
  are 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  beginning 
  May 
  10, 
  

   1914, 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  trip 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  ending 
  about 
  September 
  

   15 
  with 
  the 
  last, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  could 
  be 
  ascertained. 
  

  

  An 
  inspection 
  of 
  table 
  iii 
  shows 
  that 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  853,300 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   halibut 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  1 
  steamer 
  and 
  20 
  schooner 
  trips. 
  Of 
  this 
  total, 
  

   235,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  thrown 
  out 
  as 
  mushy, 
  leaving 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  618,300 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  sound, 
  marketable 
  fish, 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $23,646.25 
  was 
  

   received. 
  To 
  these 
  returns 
  there 
  miglit 
  be 
  added, 
  in 
  computing 
  the 
  

   year's 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  bank, 
  over 
  10,000 
  pounds 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  

   during 
  the 
  survey 
  and 
  about 
  6,000 
  caught, 
  it 
  is 
  estimated, 
  by 
  local 
  

   Newport 
  craft 
  during 
  the 
  fishing 
  season. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  several 
  

   trips 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  banks 
  concernmg 
  which 
  no 
  definite 
  information 
  

   could 
  be 
  had, 
  but 
  which, 
  if 
  known, 
  might 
  have 
  materially 
  increased 
  

   the 
  total 
  given 
  above. 
  Among 
  these 
  were 
  two 
  made 
  in 
  August, 
  one 
  

   by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Starr 
  (12 
  dories) 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  by 
  the 
  schooner 
  La 
  

   Paloma 
  (4 
  dories), 
  both 
  of 
  Seattle. 
  

  

  In 
  table 
  iv 
  separate 
  columns 
  have 
  been 
  devoted 
  to 
  totals 
  and 
  

   averages 
  inclusive 
  of 
  mushy 
  fish. 
  Statistics 
  published 
  in 
  Seattle 
  

   apparently 
  give 
  the 
  total 
  fare, 
  inclusive 
  of 
  mushy 
  fish, 
  for 
  which 
  there 
  

   was 
  no 
  sale, 
  thus 
  crediting 
  the 
  vessels 
  with 
  a 
  fare 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  

   for 
  which 
  actual 
  value 
  was 
  received. 
  For 
  purposes 
  of 
  comparison 
  

   these 
  data 
  are 
  also 
  included 
  in 
  tables 
  iii 
  and 
  iv. 
  For 
  the 
  months 
  

   of 
  May, 
  June, 
  and 
  July 
  no 
  averages 
  were 
  drawn, 
  as 
  practically 
  no 
  

   figures 
  were 
  obtainable 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  mushy 
  fish. 
  In 
  the 
  August 
  

   returns 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  complete 
  reports 
  has 
  resulted 
  in 
  giving 
  

   a 
  figure 
  which 
  errs 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  being 
  too 
  low, 
  but 
  the 
  average 
  for 
  

   the 
  month 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  omitted, 
  as 
  it 
  doubtless 
  very 
  nearly 
  approxi- 
  

   mates 
  the 
  truth. 
  The 
  September 
  returns 
  are 
  complete 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  halibut 
  yield 
  herein 
  discussed 
  deals 
  with 
  that 
  from 
  the 
  Newport 
  Bank 
  only, 
  as 
  this 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  

   place 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  commercial 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  