FISHERY INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STEAMER ALBATROSS. 
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the summer, still the coast winds blow constantly from the northward, maintaining a 
boisterous sea and strong currents. During the winter southeasterly storms are 
frequent. 
List of the more abundant food-fishes taken by the Albatross on the coasts of Washington and Oregon tvith 
the beam trawl and hand lines. 
[Prepared by Charles H. Townsend.] 
Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Halibut. 
Atheresthes stomias, Halibut-flounder. 
Microstomas pacificus, Deep-sea sole. 
Glyptocephalus zachirus, Long-finned sole. 
Citharichthys sordidus, Flounder. 
Hippoglossoides jordani, Flounder. 
Hippoglossoides exilis, Flounder. 
Psettichthys melanostictus, Flounder. 
Parophrys vetulus, Flounder. 
Isopsetta isolepis, Flounder. 
Lepidopsetia bilineata, Flounder. 
Sebastodes ruber, Red rockfish. 
Sebastodes pinniger, Orange rockfish. 
Sebastodes flavidus, Yellow-tail rockfish. 
Sebastodes rosaceus, Rockfish. 
Sebastodes elongatus, Rockfish. 
Sebastodes melanops, Rockfish. 
Sebastodes paucispinis, Rockfish. 
Sebastodes nebulosus, Rockfish, and other smaller 
species of the same genus. 
Anoplopoma fimbria, Black-cod. 
Ophiodon elongatus, Cultus-cod. 
Merlucius productus, Whiting. 
Microgadus proximus, Tomcod. 
Large rays and skates, of several edible species, were common. Anchovies and 
smelts were taken in the beam trawl when used near shore, while in the deeper water 
beyond the margin ofthe platform theredfish ( Sebastolohus ) was dredged in abundance. 
The flesh of the last-named species is rather soft, but edible. 
WASHINGTON. 
The Straits of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound . — Only incidental observations have 
been made in these waters, either while passing through or while in port. Brief 
accounts of the fisheries in the vicinity of Seattle, Port Townsend, and Victoria will be 
found in the Fish Commission Report and Bulletin for 1888 (F. C. 7, 8, 16). 
The beam trawl has been used at only four stations, two (Nos. 2864, 2865) in the 
extreme eastern part of the straits, and two (Nos. 3067 and 3068) off Dwamish Head, 
near the city of Seattle. The former trials were made on September 6, 1888, in depths 
of 40 and 48 fathoms, but no fishes of economic value were secured. The latter were 
made on June 8, 1889, in depths of 82 and 135 fathoms, the bottom consisting of green 
mud. Among the specimens obtained were three species of flounders, hake, skates, 
several ratfishes ( Ghimcera ), shrimps, starfishes, and sea-anemones, but not many of 
any kind. 
In the evening of September 24, 1888, the halibut trawl was set off Kaihsla Point, 
outside of Neah Bay, the inner end being in 20, the outer in 25 fathoms. It was 
allowed to remain down until the following morning, but on being hauled 24 dogfish 
and 2 skates comprised the entire catch. Halibut and black-cod are sometimes taken 
in close proximity to Neah Bay earlier in the season. The latter species is never 
abundant there, but during some years it is sufficiently common in the spring to 
furnish the Indians of the vicinity with a considerable supply of food. On October 19, 
following, a cod trawl was set for half an hour in a depth of 101 fathoms, off Race 
Island, at the southeastern end of Vancouver Island, for the purpose of discovering 
the presence of beshowe, or black-cod, which had been reported to occur there, but 
only dogfish were captured, about 40 specimens in all. 
