PACIFIC HERRING 
275 
of the roe contained translucent eggs, although there were a few in which the eggs 
were still opaque and a very few in a transition stage. The eggs in the herring are 
opaque during most of the year but turn translucent when fully ripe. 
Table 26. — Actual and ■percentage length of herring taken before and during spawning 
Length in millimeters 
Halibut Cove, 
gill netted, 
Apr. 12, 1926 
Halibut Cove 
lagoon, beach 
seined, 
Apr. 22, 1926 
Halibut Cove, 
beach seined, 
Apr. 27, 1926 
McDonald 
Spit, spawn- 
ing, May 
12, 1926 
Homer Spit 
lagoon, 
May 15, 1926 
Craig, Mar. 
25, 26, and 
28, 1928 
Stephens Pas- 
sage, Jan. 
27, 1928 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
Num- 
ber 
Per 
cent 
65-69 
2 
0.9 
70-74 
12 
5.2 
75-79 
8 
3. 5 
80-84 
2 
.9 
85-89 
90-94 
1 
.4 
95-99 
100-104 
1 
.4 
105-109 
' 1 
0. 1 
110-114 
2 
.9 
1 
. 1 
115-119 . 
-- -- 
8 
3.5 
4 
.4 
120-124 
12 
5. 2 
9 
. 9 
125-129 
6 
2.6 
12 
1. 2 
130-134 
7 
3.0 
5 
. 5 
135-139 
3 
1. 3 
18) 
1. 8 
140-144 
8 
3.5 
14 
1. 4 
145-149 
6 
2.6 
7 
. 7 
150-154 
11 
4. 7 
11 
1. 1 
155-159 
4 
1. 7 
15 
1. 5 
160-164 
2 
.9 
1 
0. 3 
28 
2 9 
165-169 
3 
1. 3 
2 
. 7 
38 
3. 9 
170-174 
5 
2. 1 
10 
3.4 
62 
6. 4 
175-179 
1 
. 4 
2 
4. 2 
1 
1. 0 
13 
4. 4 
69 
7. 1 
180-184 
3 
1. 3 
2 
4. 2 
10 
10. 0 
22 
7. 4 
90 
9 2 
185-189 
1 
.4 
9 
1. 6 
11 
11.0 
38 
12. 8 
117 
12 0 
190-194 
4 
1. 7 
1 
2. 1 
4 
3.2 
16 
16.0 
32 
10. 7 
106 
10. 9 
195-199 
3 
1.3 
1 
2.0 
8 
6. 4 
18 
18. 0 
36 
12. 1 
98 
10. 0 
200-204 
10 
4. 3 
3 
6.4 
16 
12. 8 
17 
17.0 
33 
11. 1 
72 
7. 4 
205-209 
8 
3. 5 
2 
4. 2 
7 
5. 6 
13 
13. 0 
21 
7. 0 
47 
4. 8 
210-214 
3 
1.3 
7 
5. 6 
6 
6. 0 
18 
6 0 
33 
3. 4 
215-219 
1 
.4 
6 
4.8 
1 
1.0 
25 
8. 4 
28 
2 9 
220-224 
6 
2.6 
5 
10. 6 
11 
8.8 
4 
4.0 
20 
6. 7 
32 
3. 3 
225-229 
8 
3.5 
4 
8.5 
10 
8.0 
1 
1.0 
11 
3. 7 
32 
3. 3 
230-234 
2 
.9 
6 
12.8 
9 
7.2 
2 
2.0 
12 
4. 1 
16 
1. 6 
235-239 . _ 
5 
2. 1 
10. 6 
8 
6.4 
1 
1.0 
3 
1. 0 
8 
. 8 
240-244 
5 
2. 1 
2 
4.2 
3 
2.4 
1 
. 3 
2 
. 2 
245-249. 
4 
4.0 
6 
2.6 
2 
4. 2 
10 
8.0 
250-254 - 
11 
11.0 
8 
3.5 
3 
6.4 
2 
1.6 
255-259 . . 
8 
8.0 
8 
3.5 
1 
2. 1 
3 
2.4 
260-264 _ 
18 
18.0 
11 
4. 7 
4 
8.5 
3 
2.4 
i — 
265-269. 
20 
20.0 
9 
3.9 
1 
2.1 
7 
5.6 
270-274 
13 
13.0 
5 
2.1 
1 
2. 1 
1 
.8 
| 
275-279 . 
14 
14.0 
11 
4.7 
1 
2. 1 
4 
3.2 
280-284 
5 
5.0 
6 
2.6 
4 
3.2 
285-289 
2 
2.0 
5 
2. 1 
290-294 
2 
2.0 
295-299 
2 
2.0 
300-304 
1 
1.0 
1 
2. 1 
305-309 
310-314 
315-319 
320 324 
1 
.4 
100 
233 
47 
125 
100 
298 
975 
On April 21 we entered the lagoon at high tide. Over all the lagoon the herring 
were commencing to approach the surface in small schools. About 50 belugas (a 
species of small white Arctic whale) were raising havoc, and thousands of sea gulls 
were scattered everywhere. Cormorants, murres, surf scoters, and divers were 
there in tens of thousands, and scores of bald eagles were circling about. 
Reentering the lagoon on the morning of the 22d we discovered that the herring 
had risen to the surface. An attempt was made to obtain a sample with a 30-fathom 
beach seine, but the sun was too bright to catch them. That night a sample was 
taken just inside the narrows with the beach seine. This seine had about 1%-inch 
