﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON. 
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  has 
  been 
  discovered. 
  Only 
  after 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  ice 
  for 
  several 
  

   days, 
  or 
  upon 
  cutting 
  them, 
  is 
  the 
  mushiness 
  apparent, 
  and 
  for 
  fish 
  

   so 
  cut 
  there 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  no 
  sale. 
  

  

  Red 
  rock-cod. 
  — 
  This 
  fish, 
  more 
  properly 
  called 
  red 
  rockfish, 
  which 
  

   is 
  especially 
  abundant 
  on 
  Heceta 
  Bank, 
  is 
  common 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   region 
  surveyed 
  and 
  was 
  taken 
  practically 
  at 
  every 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  fisliery 
  

   gear. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  marketed 
  'by 
  the 
  halibut 
  vessels, 
  but 
  is 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   local 
  fishermen, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  Seattle 
  and 
  especially 
  

   San 
  Francisco, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  place 
  it 
  is 
  shipped 
  to 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   distant 
  interior 
  points. 
  It 
  is 
  excellent 
  both 
  as 
  a 
  pan 
  fish 
  and 
  for 
  

   chowder, 
  and 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  it 
  should 
  increase. 
  

  

  BlacTi 
  cod. 
  — 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  indications 
  go, 
  black 
  cod 
  can 
  profitably 
  be 
  

   fished 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  water 
  just 
  off 
  the 
  southern 
  and 
  western 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   Heceta 
  Bank. 
  

  

  Flounders, 
  sole, 
  etc. 
  — 
  Of 
  the 
  smaller 
  flatfishes, 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  

   an 
  untold 
  wealth 
  tliroughout 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  surveyed. 
  

   One 
  needs 
  but 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  earlier 
  Albatross 
  investi- 
  

   gation 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  returns 
  of 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  ventures, 
  listed 
  in 
  

   the 
  ''Resume 
  of 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  banks, 
  "and 
  the 
  tabulation 
  of 
  

   the 
  scallop 
  trials 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  report 
  to 
  become 
  convinced 
  of 
  their 
  

   abundance. 
  

  

  Dogfish. 
  — 
  Though 
  not 
  properly 
  considered 
  a 
  commercial 
  fish 
  at 
  the 
  

   present 
  time, 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  dogfish 
  for 
  fertilizer 
  

   and 
  other 
  purposes 
  renders 
  notes 
  regardmg 
  their 
  occurrence 
  and 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  passing 
  interest. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  trials 
  and 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  defined 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  run. 
  

   In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  sets, 
  dogfish 
  were 
  taken 
  rather 
  more 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  in 
  April, 
  May, 
  and 
  September 
  than 
  during 
  the 
  intervening 
  

   months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August, 
  although 
  on 
  one 
  occasion 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   month 
  28 
  were 
  taken, 
  the 
  greatest 
  number 
  to 
  one 
  skate 
  of 
  gear. 
  

  

  At 
  practically 
  all 
  times 
  the 
  dogfish 
  proved 
  a 
  great 
  nuisance. 
  The 
  

   Idaho 
  spoke 
  of 
  taking 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  them 
  at 
  every 
  prospect 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1913. 
  Capt. 
  Tanner 
  was 
  also 
  impressed 
  by 
  their 
  abundance 
  

   in 
  1888. 
  

  

  Whales. 
  — 
  At 
  Grays 
  Harbor 
  the 
  American 
  Pacific 
  Whaling 
  Co. 
  

   operates 
  the 
  only 
  shore 
  whaling 
  station 
  located 
  on 
  the 
  coast, 
  con- 
  

   ductmg 
  operations 
  between 
  Cape 
  Lookout 
  and 
  Cape 
  Flattery. 
  In 
  

   1912, 
  261 
  whales 
  were 
  taken 
  and 
  in 
  1913, 
  211, 
  of 
  which 
  6 
  were 
  sperm 
  

   whales. 
  During 
  the 
  last 
  Albatross 
  trip, 
  August 
  27 
  to 
  September 
  10, 
  

   one 
  or 
  more 
  whales 
  were 
  sighted 
  each 
  day, 
  and 
  on 
  August 
  29, 
  a 
  school 
  

   of 
  about 
  10 
  humpbacks 
  was 
  seen, 
  the 
  largest 
  of 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  spread 
  

   of 
  about 
  30 
  feet 
  between 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  flukes. 
  Another 
  small 
  

   school 
  was 
  noted 
  on 
  September 
  5. 
  

  

  