HALIBUT 



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return loaded with Halibut to within three feet of their 

 deck-beams. 



On the Pacific coast, according to Dr. T. H. Bean, the 

 Common Halibut ranges from the Farallone Islands, oppo- 

 site San Francisco, to Bering Strait, its centre of abundance 



THE COMMON HALIBUT. 



being found in the Gulf of Alaska, near Kadiak. In 1913 

 the catch of Alaskan Halibut amounted to 13,687,784 

 pounds, valued at $671,314. 



In point of size this fish is surpassed in our waters by no 

 other good food fish, the 500-pound jewfishes being out of 

 that class. A large Halibut is one which weighs 250 pounds 

 or more. The largest of reliable record (at least from our 

 waters) was observed by Captain Atwood, at Provincetown, 

 Massachusetts. It weighed 401 pounds gross (we are thank- 

 ful for that odd one pound!) and 322 pounds dressed. Dr. G. 

 Brown Goode states that a Halibut weighing 350 pounds is 

 from 7 to 8 feet long, by nearly 4 feet wide. 



