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  SURVEY 
  OF 
  PISHING 
  GROUNDS, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Scallops. 
  — 
  From 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  scallops 
  off 
  Newport 
  

   has 
  been 
  reported, 
  and 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  investigation 
  

   trials 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  them 
  as 
  opportunity 
  presented. 
  The 
  first 
  evi- 
  

   dence 
  of 
  their 
  occurrence 
  obtained 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  was 
  at 
  set 
  vi, 
  

   May 
  7, 
  when 
  several 
  sea 
  anemones 
  attached 
  to 
  large 
  scallop 
  shells 
  

   were 
  brought 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  trawl 
  line. 
  As 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  too 
  foggy 
  

   and 
  threatening 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  towing 
  of 
  apparatus 
  over 
  the 
  bottom 
  

   in 
  such 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  shore, 
  the 
  dredge 
  was 
  not 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  time, 
  

   and 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  July 
  20 
  that 
  a 
  scallop 
  trial 
  was 
  made. 
  At 
  first 
  

   an 
  improvised 
  dredge 
  with 
  a 
  galvanized 
  iron 
  (chicken) 
  wire 
  bag, 
  and 
  

   later 
  a 
  light 
  oyster 
  dredge 
  witli 
  a 
  similar 
  bag, 
  was 
  employed, 
  the 
  

   opening 
  in 
  each 
  having 
  an 
  effective 
  width 
  of 
  3 
  feet. 
  

  

  During 
  three 
  days 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  July, 
  while 
  working 
  out 
  of 
  

   Newport, 
  eight 
  tows 
  of 
  varying 
  duration 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  oyster 
  

   dredge, 
  yielding 
  but 
  three 
  living 
  scallops, 
  3, 
  6, 
  and 
  7 
  inches, 
  respect- 
  

   ively, 
  in 
  diameter. 
  During 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  hauls 
  a 
  living 
  scallop 
  6 
  inches 
  

   in 
  diameter 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  a 
  hand 
  line 
  which 
  was 
  dragging 
  over 
  

   the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  evidence 
  of 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  scallops 
  thus 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  was, 
  though 
  positive, 
  very 
  scanty, 
  and 
  five 
  hauls 
  made 
  in 
  

   this 
  vicinity 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  with 
  the 
  oyster 
  dredge 
  and 
  a 
  9-foot 
  

   Agassiz 
  -beam 
  trawl 
  were 
  wholly 
  unproductive. 
  Though 
  failures 
  so 
  

   far 
  as 
  scallops 
  were 
  concerned, 
  these 
  hauls 
  demonstrated 
  a 
  great 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  flounders 
  and 
  soles. 
  In 
  four 
  of 
  them, 
  of 
  between 
  15 
  

   and 
  20 
  minutes 
  duration 
  each, 
  over 
  300 
  small 
  flatfish 
  were 
  taken 
  all 
  

   told, 
  of 
  which 
  187 
  were 
  sand 
  dabs 
  (Citharichthys 
  sordidus). 
  These 
  

   hauls 
  confirm 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  fishing 
  ventures 
  off 
  the 
  Oregon 
  

   coast 
  and 
  are 
  indicative 
  of 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  

   summary 
  of 
  the 
  scallop 
  trials, 
  table 
  ii. 
  

  

  As 
  mentioned 
  above 
  at 
  set 
  vi. 
  May 
  7, 
  off 
  Cascade 
  Head, 
  several 
  

   dead 
  scallop 
  shells 
  were 
  brought 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  halibut 
  trawl. 
  Four 
  tows 
  

   were 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity 
  on 
  September 
  3. 
  In 
  the 
  first 
  (vi) 
  50 
  

   living 
  scallops 
  were 
  caught, 
  30 
  ranging 
  from 
  4J 
  to 
  6 
  inches, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  from 
  2| 
  to 
  4 
  inches. 
  The 
  second 
  haul 
  (xli), 
  2 
  miles 
  

   farther 
  inshore, 
  yielded 
  3 
  smaU 
  living 
  scallops. 
  At 
  the 
  third 
  (xlii), 
  

   about 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  first, 
  no 
  scallops 
  were 
  caught, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  fourth 
  (xliii), 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  first, 
  15 
  living 
  

   scallops, 
  2 
  large 
  and 
  13 
  small, 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  scallop 
  bed 
  extending 
  over 
  

   at 
  least 
  2 
  square 
  miles. 
  When 
  considered 
  with 
  the 
  few 
  scattered 
  

   individuals 
  picked 
  up 
  off 
  Newport 
  and 
  several 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum 
  labeled 
  as 
  having 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  Siuslaw 
  River, 
  

   Oreg., 
  they 
  indicate 
  that 
  a 
  more 
  detailed 
  search 
  than 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  

   to 
  make 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  halibut 
  investigation 
  will 
  reveal 
  one 
  

   if 
  not 
  several 
  scallop 
  beds 
  of 
  sufficient 
  extent 
  to 
  warrant 
  establishing 
  

   along 
  the 
  Oregon 
  coast 
  a 
  fishery 
  similar 
  to 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  giant 
  scallop 
  

  

  