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existence of a drift of young fish around the Gulf, such as the results 

 suggest, would open up. Elucidation of this general problem offers 

 a fertile field for study, of great economic importance. 



The commonest young fishes in our hauls and the most regularly 

 recurrent in the Gulf are the larvae of the Red Fish (Sebastes marinus)} 



Fig. 87. — Grampus records for larval Sebastes, 1912-1915. 



Enough have now been taken to show that they may be expected any- 

 where in the Gulf in summer (Fig. 87), especially between the coast 

 and the 200 meter contour, and near the offshore Banks; we have even 



1 The captures of Sebastes larvae in July and August, 1913, are as follows: — 



