PACIFIC FISHERMAN 



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SEATTLE FRESH HALIBUT MARKET. 

 At Pier 8 the Halibut Schooner Catches and the Halibut Brought From Alaska by the Regular 

 Steamers are Sold. More Halibut is Sold Here Than at Any Other 

 One Place in the World. 



port before the catch spoiled. After one or two 

 of the fleet had proved the utility of the gasoline 

 engine the others were quick to adopt it, and in 

 a few years the sailing halibut schooner had be- 



world. The early power boats ranged around 75 

 feet in length, but today vessels over 100 feet in 

 length are to be found in the fleet, and as the 

 vessels extend their range their size will have to 

 be increased in order to enable them to carry 

 larger cargoes. 



The codfish industry has lagged behind in the 

 utilization of the gas engine. This is due mainly 

 to the fact that the larger vessels usually anchor 

 on the banks and send out their dories, moving 

 the vessel only when the fish show signs of ex- 

 haustion in the spot being fished. At the Alaska 

 stations are to be found power vessels of vary- 



FISHING VESSELS AT PETERSBURG, ALASKA. 



come a thing of the past. The extension of the 

 range of the fleet gave it a vastly larger field to 

 cover and led to a great increase in the fleet, 

 with the result that today four-fifths of the halibut 

 of the world is taken on our Pacific banks. 



It is in this industry that the designer of hulls 

 and the maker of gas engines have worked hand 

 in glove to produce a type of power fishing vessel 

 which will compare favorably with any in the 



KETCHIKAN'S FISHERMEN'S FLOAT. 



ing types used in freighting between the stations 

 and in fishing during the summer months. The 

 Union Fish Co. has built a large power schooner 



