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‘times. When we were in Port Chatham, for example, capelin 
were schooling there abundantly, and we caught fine cod freely. 
On Portlock Bank, again, capelin were plentiful, and nearly 
every cod examined had its stomach filled with them. 
At the Shumagins “ England hake,” or more properly pollock 
(Pollachius chalcogrammus) were abundant in July, andthe cod were 
feasting onthem. The “yellow fish” (Pleurogrammus monoptery- 
gius) is one of the finest of all baits for cod, and will play an 
important part in the future of the fishery. This “ yellow fish B 
is said by Capt. Andrew Anderson, to be very abundant, about 
the middle of August, on the off-shore bank, twenty miles east 
northeast of Seminoffsky, where they are found schooling, and 
will follow the bait up to the surface of the water. It is to be 
noted that August and September are the best months for cod on 
this bank. The herring (C/wpea mirabilis) also has a great deal to 
do with a prosperous cod fishery. Capt. J. Haley told me that 
herring are wonderfully plenty on the Hoochenoo bank at the 
fishing season, and that there are enormous quantities of fine 
herring in Prince Frederick’s Sound, where also small cod are 
abundant. 
ABUNDANCE. 
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Before entering into an examination of the influence of modes 
of fishing and practices of the fishermen upon the abundance of 
fish, it will be well to review the actual numbers taken at differ- 
ent times and places. Captain Haley secured 10,000 fish in two 
weeks from Indians on the Hoochenoo Bank, and could have got 
many more. The Indians caught these cod with bark lines, on 
barbless bent iron hooks, two of them going off in a canoe - 
and bringing in from twenty-five to fifty fish, which were quite 
enough to satisfy their laziness. 
Mr. D. C. Bowen states that as many as five hundred have been 
taken ina day by one hand-liner, on Portlock Bank, and that the 
average catch of the whole season, per man, is seventy-five a 
day. Here may be repeated the statement of Capt. White, of 
the United States Revenue Marine Service, who reported the 
capture, south of Kodiak, of 250 fish, weighing thirty to forty 
pounds each, with twenty lines, having four or five hooks each. 
