﻿COASTS 
  OF 
  WASHINGTON 
  AND 
  OREGON, 
  27 
  

  

  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  The 
  depth 
  of 
  water, 
  50 
  to 
  60 
  fathoms, 
  is 
  

  

  greater 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  Maine 
  beds; 
  but 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  small 
  gasoline 
  winches 
  

  

  make 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  less 
  moment 
  than 
  when 
  the 
  dredges 
  were 
  wound 
  

  

  in 
  by 
  hand. 
  Scallops 
  to 
  a 
  certain 
  extent 
  are 
  migratory, 
  which 
  must 
  

  

  be 
  taken 
  into 
  consideration 
  by 
  anyone 
  contemplating 
  undertaking 
  

  

  a 
  market 
  fishery. 
  A 
  possible 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  wide 
  demand 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  

  

  coast 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  factor 
  requiring 
  careful 
  investigation, 
  notwithstanding 
  

  

  that 
  scallops 
  are 
  quoted 
  in 
  Seattle 
  markets 
  at 
  a 
  price 
  at 
  times 
  as 
  high 
  

  

  as 
  S3 
  a 
  gallon. 
  

  

  The 
  living 
  adult 
  scallops 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  investigation 
  averaged 
  

  

  four 
  to 
  the 
  pound, 
  shell 
  included. 
  The 
  eyes 
  or 
  muscles, 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  the 
  edible 
  portion, 
  were 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  1^ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  about 
  

  

  ^ 
  inch 
  thick, 
  and 
  weighed, 
  fresh, 
  approximately 
  16 
  to 
  the 
  pound. 
  All 
  

  

  told, 
  17 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  scallops, 
  the 
  data 
  for 
  which 
  are 
  set 
  fortli 
  

  

  in 
  table 
  ii." 
  

  

  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  developed 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  nice 
  run 
  of 
  halibut 
  

   during 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  months, 
  on 
  a 
  bank 
  liaving 
  an 
  area 
  of 
  

   approximately 
  250 
  square 
  miles, 
  off 
  Newport, 
  Orcg. 
  The 
  run 
  

   attained 
  its 
  maximum 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  but 
  fish 
  were 
  

   present 
  in 
  June 
  and 
  July. 
  A 
  profitable 
  fishery 
  probably 
  could 
  l)e 
  

   conducted 
  at 
  that 
  time, 
  and 
  at 
  certain 
  places 
  might 
  possibly 
  be 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  April, 
  Irrespective 
  of 
  the 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  fish, 
  however, 
  the 
  weather 
  conditions 
  and 
  lack 
  of 
  slielter 
  

   will 
  restrict 
  fishing 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  September. 
  In 
  1914 
  

   this 
  run 
  yielded 
  commercial 
  catches 
  totaling 
  over 
  850,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   halibut 
  in 
  21 
  trips, 
  for 
  which 
  $28,646.25 
  was 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  fisher- 
  

   men. 
  Average 
  trips 
  of 
  40,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  four 
  days 
  or 
  

   less, 
  the 
  fish 
  averaging 
  27 
  pounds 
  in 
  weight. 
  

  

  Mushy 
  fish 
  occur 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  30 
  to 
  40 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  

   catch, 
  but 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  certain 
  returns 
  from 
  Alaska 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  

   year 
  (1914), 
  this 
  proportion 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  greater 
  than 
  on 
  other 
  

   Pacific 
  coast 
  grounds. 
  

  

  Halibut 
  may 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  limited 
  quantities 
  off 
  Coos 
  Bay, 
  on 
  a 
  

   considerably 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  developed 
  patch 
  of 
  bottom, 
  and 
  possibly 
  

   off 
  Grays 
  Harbor 
  at 
  some 
  season 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  as 
  a 
  good 
  piece 
  of 
  bottom 
  

   was 
  located 
  in 
  that 
  vicinity, 
  although 
  not 
  a 
  halibut 
  was 
  caught 
  

   thereon. 
  With 
  respect 
  to 
  halibut 
  and 
  halibut 
  bottom, 
  the 
  section 
  

   of 
  the 
  coast 
  lying 
  off 
  Tillamook 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  least 
  favorable. 
  

  

  n 
  For 
  a 
  detailed 
  account 
  of 
  scalloi)s 
  and 
  scallo]> 
  fisheries 
  see: 
  

  

  Smitli, 
  Hugh 
  M.: 
  The 
  giant 
  scallop 
  fishery 
  of 
  Maine. 
  Hulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  vol. 
  ix, 
  1889, 
  

   p.31.3-3.35. 
  

  

  Belding, 
  David 
  L. 
  : 
  A 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  scallop 
  fishery 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  Published 
  as 
  a 
  special 
  roj)ort 
  by 
  

   the 
  Commonwealth 
  of 
  Massachusetts, 
  1910, 
  150 
  pages. 
  

  

  Both 
  papers 
  are 
  well 
  illustrated, 
  a 
  chart 
  accompanying 
  the 
  former. 
  

  

  