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  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
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  could 
  be 
  secured, 
  but 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  fishermen 
  

   became 
  uncommunicative 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  locahty 
  of 
  their 
  operations. 
  

  

  To 
  give 
  an 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  of 
  hahbut 
  on 
  the 
  New- 
  

   port 
  Bank 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Alaska 
  banks, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  is 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  the 
  total 
  landings 
  in 
  Seattle 
  during 
  the 
  two 
  months 
  for 
  

   which 
  the 
  most 
  complete 
  statistics 
  were 
  obtainable, 
  namely, 
  August 
  

   and 
  September. 
  The 
  Seattle 
  statistics'^ 
  for 
  1914 
  include 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  

   Alaska 
  catch 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  Oregon 
  trips 
  landed 
  at 
  that 
  port, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   comparison 
  is 
  not 
  quite 
  accurate, 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  1913, 
  when 
  no 
  

   Oregon 
  halibut 
  were 
  landed 
  there, 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  cited. 
  On 
  the 
  

   other 
  hand, 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  halibut 
  from 
  Newport 
  Bank 
  taken 
  to 
  

   Seattle 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  so 
  small 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  total 
  receipts, 
  that 
  

   the 
  average 
  catches 
  based 
  on 
  these 
  data 
  are 
  sufficiently 
  accurate 
  for 
  

   the 
  purposes 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  In 
  August, 
  1914, 
  the 
  average 
  schooner 
  trip 
  (inclusive 
  of 
  mushy 
  

   fish) 
  from 
  Oregon 
  was 
  42,800 
  pounds, 
  3,000 
  pounds 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  

   average 
  schooner 
  fare 
  landed 
  at 
  Seattle 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  month. 
  

   Compared 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  trip 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year, 
  the 
  Oregon 
  catch 
  was 
  about 
  100 
  pounds 
  greater 
  

  

  In 
  September 
  the 
  average 
  trip 
  from 
  Newport 
  Bank 
  exceeded 
  by 
  

   over 
  15,000 
  pounds 
  the 
  average 
  of 
  all 
  schooner 
  trips 
  landed 
  in 
  Seattle 
  

   in 
  September 
  in 
  either 
  year. 
  The 
  average 
  catch 
  of 
  sound 
  fish 
  alone 
  

   from 
  off 
  Newport 
  during 
  this 
  month 
  compares 
  favorably 
  with 
  the 
  

   average 
  Seattle 
  fare 
  including 
  mushy 
  fish, 
  being 
  34,667 
  as 
  against 
  

   38,343 
  pounds 
  at 
  Seattle 
  in 
  1914 
  and 
  38,657 
  pounds 
  in 
  1913. 
  The 
  

   Seattle 
  averages 
  are 
  based 
  on 
  38 
  trips 
  in 
  1913 
  and 
  70 
  in 
  1914; 
  whereas 
  

   the 
  Newport 
  data 
  include 
  but 
  6 
  trips. 
  

  

  To 
  aU 
  appearances, 
  within 
  the 
  fishing 
  area 
  off 
  Newport, 
  halibut 
  

   are 
  as 
  plentiful, 
  at 
  least 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  September, 
  as 
  

   on 
  the 
  various 
  northern 
  banks 
  fished 
  by 
  the 
  Seattle 
  schooners. 
  It 
  

   may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  northward 
  trips 
  there 
  is 
  

   greater 
  possibiUty 
  for 
  making 
  poor 
  ones; 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  would 
  

   not 
  materially 
  reduce 
  the 
  Seattle 
  average, 
  based 
  on 
  so 
  many 
  trips, 
  

   whereas 
  a 
  few 
  from 
  Newport 
  would 
  have 
  reduced 
  that 
  average 
  to 
  an 
  

   insignificant 
  quantity. 
  

  

  Relative 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  taken 
  in 
  making 
  trips 
  off 
  Newport, 
  in 
  August 
  

   the 
  Decorah 
  (4 
  dories) 
  caught 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  10,000 
  to 
  11,000 
  

   pounds 
  a 
  day; 
  during 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  month 
  the 
  Daisy 
  

   (3 
  dories) 
  secured 
  a 
  trip 
  of 
  about 
  40,000 
  pounds 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  three 
  

   days; 
  later 
  the 
  America 
  (4 
  dories) 
  arrived 
  off 
  Newport 
  August 
  14 
  

   and 
  returned 
  to 
  Seattle 
  August 
  21 
  with 
  57,000 
  pounds, 
  taking 
  13,000 
  

   pounds 
  on 
  her 
  best 
  day; 
  and 
  the 
  Alaska 
  (8 
  dories), 
  beginning 
  to 
  fish 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  Alaska 
  landings 
  are 
  practically 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  well-known 
  Alaskan 
  fishing 
  banks, 
  though 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  fares 
  are 
  still 
  obtained 
  off 
  Cape 
  Flattery. 
  

  

  