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PACIFIC FISHERMAN 



try of the Pacific Coast ever received 

 was when Congress abolished the duty 

 of one cent per pound on fresh fish. 

 Coming as it did so short a time before 

 the completion of the Grand Trunk 

 Pacific Railway to Prince Rupert, it 

 greatly encouraged the Canadians in 

 their endeavors to induce the fishing 

 industry of our Northwest coast to 

 transfer its headquarters to Prince 

 Rupert. All sorts of generous offers 

 of free sites and financial subsidies 

 have been made to the wholesale deal- 

 ers, while our fishermen have been of- 

 fered distillate free of all duty and the 

 right to buy bait and supplies in Brit- 

 ish Columbia ports if they will only 

 transfer their allegiance. 



The year just passed proved espe- 

 cially hard on the small halibut com- 

 panies operating in British Columbia, 

 several of which were forced to the 

 wall by the low prices which prevailed 

 for halibut and the difficulty of secur- 

 ing needed funds owing to the war. 



For a number of years there have 

 been rumors of prolific halibut banks 

 off the Washington and Oregon coasts. 

 In order to verify these the U. S. 

 Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross 

 was detailed to investigate the region 

 in question. Under the able direction 

 of Waldo L. Schmitt, naturalist of the 

 vessel, assisted by a picked Seattle 

 crew of halibut fishermen, the region 

 in question was partly covered, and 

 halibut found in a few sections, nota- 

 bly off Yaquina Bay, Oregon, during 

 the summer season. A few of the 

 Puget Sound fleet visited these banks, 

 but as about 50 per cent of the fish 

 proved to be mushy, but few of them 

 made more than one trip. The schoon- 

 er Zillah May operated an otter trawl 

 in this region for several weeks with 

 indifferent success. As the Albatross 

 was withdrawn just when the weather 

 was most propitious and returned to 

 the work after the bad weather had 

 set in the work was not finished, and 

 we hope that nothing will be allowed 

 to interfere with its completion next 

 year. The investigation should also 

 be extended down the coast as far at 

 least as San Francisco. 



Wm. Calvert, of the San Juan Fish- 

 ing & Packing Co., who has given the 

 matter much thought and attention, 

 states that for a number of years mar- 

 iners and fishermen have been report- 

 ing facts and incidents which seem to 

 Indicate the probable existence of 

 banks off the northwest coast. In his 

 opinion the movement of halib it on 

 the Flattery bank is the strongest in- 

 dication of the existence of such 

 banks. Boats fishing on the westward 

 edge of Flattery report that schools 

 of plump, fine fish frequently appear on 

 the bank, take the hook readily for a 

 few days, and then disappear, to be 

 succeeded by another school in a day 

 or two. As vessels fishing on the 

 eastern side of the bank do not gener- 

 ally encounter these particular schools, 

 at least not until later than those on 

 the western edge, while vessels fishing 

 off Vancouver Island rarely find hali- 

 but in abundance, the fish must either 

 come from the west, northwest or 

 south. The Albatross investigations 

 show that the halibut do not work 

 north from the banks off Oregon, thus 

 leaving only the west and northwest 



LIST OF PUGET SOUND HALIBUT VESSELS. 



Independent Vessels. 



OWNER 



Alaska N. Tlansen 



Alfa Otaf Johnson ... 



Albatross A. Lindvog et al. 



Alteu Jacob Bassl 



A 1 ■. 11.1a 



America 



Annie 



Annie J. I.ar 



Athena 



Atlantic ... 

 Bring Gold 

 Coustance .. 

 Constitution 



Corona 



Crescent ... 



Daisy 



Decora b . . ■ 



Dick 



Director ... 



Eagle 



Elsie 



Flamingo .. 



GJoa 



Gladiator ■ ■ 



1 1 H I i u 



llelgeland 



O. J. St omens 



M. \V. Keating et al. 



M. S. Lnrsea 



II. C. Larseu 



E. Forbes 



TUeo. To.inesou 



A. J. Anderson 



Mutual Fish Co 



Soreimen \- Knutsen . 



Swanaon Bros 



C. Andreas-en 



Olaf Johnson 



N. W. Fish Co 



Mis lluiseu 



Mis Xllsen 



sen 



Juliii Llndegurd .. 

 Ed Peterson et al. 

 King & Whige ... 



Geo. Peony 



S. E. Skursvogg .. 

 R. E. Edwards . . . 



Highland Queen Knot Knudsen 



Idaho 



Ida N 



Jennie F. Decker 



Jupiter 



King & Wl.ige 



Kodlak 



La Paloma 



Liberty 



Lief E 



Lincoln 



Lister 



Louise 



Madeline J 



Mag '"'is 



Mal.do 



Mary A. M. Sanwelson 



Mais Sunde & Erluud 



Uoi <• igrl l 



Myrtle E idresen 



Norman Sunde 



Omnia ley 



Olvmplc Harold 



Orle it Handd 



Ilundd Lee 

 Andrew Ncsser - . 

 Simile & Erlatul . 

 Peter Dybvod . . . 

 King & Wi ige .. 

 O. Larsen and 0. 

 Richard Gladuey 

 J. E igdahl et al. 

 Jacob Johnson .. 



Ole Llndrng 



H. C. Pedersen . 

 Ole Tonneson . . - 

 Anton Job ison . . 

 Geo. Soelberg . . . 

 W. C. Hurley 



Pacific 

 Panama 

 Paul I le . 

 Phoenix 

 Pilot . . - 

 Pioneer . 

 Polaris . 

 Piesldent 



Chris. Endresen & Co. 



A. Brakne 



Have Haw«e 1 



Knutsen 



Xeshiud 



Fred Sncdeker 



M. Johnson 



Alltei-t oisen 



B. Eierson 



John E. Jeuseo .... 



X. Vies 



Eg! II Eriksen 



Michael Skansie 



N. Rmlnl 



Progressive Fish Co. 



N. B. Ilegge 



Valdemar Holm 

 Jacob Johnson 



•Prince Olav Bil 



Progress 



Republic 



Rolfe 



Royal 



tRusb , 



Seattle 



Senator 



Seymour 



Shamrock 



Sitka 



Swlftsure 



Sumner 



Theckla 



Thelma 



Tom & Al 



rnrdenskjold ' C. Serwnld 



Tree Pmilubfi Fishing Co. . 



Crams Chris Nltsen 



Valiant Pac. N. A- T. Co 



Va isee Ole Tonneson 



Venus A. Ber ihnft 



Victor and Ethan IT. Klrkerwn 



Washington Jobo Hausen 



Wilson 



Yakutat Iran Selbrette 



Zlllab May Chris Endresen Co. 



E. B. Lnrsen 



H. -Tncobseo 



B. 01*en 



R. P. Walker 



J. Johansen and P. 



Ed. S. Hocra 



M. J. Rolle 



J. Skothefin 



Peter Carlson 



King & Wlnge 



Company Vessels. 



Chicago Booth Fisheries Co 



Comet San Juan F. & P. Co 



Commonwealth International Fisheries Co 



Independent National Independent Fisheries Co. 



Knickerbocker New England Fish C'» 



Puritan International Fisheries Co 



Roald Amundsen National Independent Fisheries Co. 



San Jose San Juan F. & P. Co 



San Juan San Juan F. & P. Co 



Scandla National Independent Fisheries Co. 



Starr San Juan F. & P. Co 



Zapora International Fisheries Co 



350.000 

 140.000 

 110.000 

 230.000 

 150.000 

 100.000 

 30.000 

 70.000 

 200.000 

 140.000 

 400.000 

 223,000 



• Seized bv Canadian authorities, 

 t Since sold out of the business. 



