Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-26

eric eoAst, ncra seem hEasy 20 prove
EBDr- fsnareratavs than the black sd
szpps7pHna sRbyaa. - named D. Prot
AltTBsson 4 Bean, 20 vso1 speciESeEs
specimens ysTs se1f In les. The isss
Alexanler G. An3srz0u Of Fietoyis, fsS-
AXIS Inspector far British Cos1EnhiA- &c
a Fso1r1 20 th- Minister Of NsgfEs so5
Fishsriez. aid Tat. fSoEs tbs nrnnss=
aud rlehne@s Of ItE aesb, 1t wIB o=sf
sailing equally eel siga the salmon,
and a1dss - do bot q1esfiSn that, with
tine, fhis Ssa viii prone. vith tue AID "a
srppsy vessels sod TIE rsedf1l sppli-
aneFs. vai1abie adjunct 20 ths re-
sources If the psUslSeIsl waters. either
- market SD 81 G. Ftainiy for the ex
tnIeti0n OF OIL" Black cod we're nrss
pus 90 the market IN the fAli Of lses3-
They we're essRtt q, Y sesa Charlotte :
iasssas, salsed and ssB. % VICTORIA
where Eaod judges declared them 20 be
toe fness they had ever tasted some
gere also sent 10 toe L. :. FISH CStnnis-
siossr a W8shIBFtO0, soa-s 20 TIE bos-
to1 Fs.h Basesg aBd others 70 NsE York
dealers. The opinion 10 these quarters
uas the same - that Eprs@ssd q isto-
rs Black cod il aulOsg large a.h What
the ssrdips Is among sraaii No sYsfsn-
attic fishery for them has yet been s~sab-
iisbed Blsck cOd are plentiful on PnRet
-nuBd, Fnca strait and all the Way from
Caps FlattsTy 20 DanRsnsss and Race
Kaek. whoever msy - the entsrpris-
iua mar" eays the 60, tlemaB VINO dreT
attention 10 them. as detailed above, 10
suggest a aHseessfsi msthOd % eaptar-
mo ihsm. 80 as 10 pot them on the East
err, uaaFksts 10 qualities. will have
struck a buuanza better than 4 gold
safne.'' For email boats the best nsn
ina season is d ring July and Aazust,
ban With smaeks of from thirty TO forty
toys hshiuR could be carried on all the
ysaa round.
T'~enty seven varieties Of the rock
cod are found IN PGgef S9aod. Tue
.argesa il the rough red rock cod, which
bot snfrequently attalns \ weight of
p pounds. Al Cape fiattery and the
entrances to Fgea Strait IL eau be TAX d
IN vast quantities. Sailed u - excel
lent. equal IN favor TO the ordinary
picked cod, bat, "a in the case Of toe
GREEN cod, It's appearance Is somewhat
sgaibst IT,
The western and the eastern halibut
are Identical. This fish - found IN pro-
fusion along the whole coast Of Alssks
and British Coiatabia and as far as Port
Townsend The chief fishing ground
j. "a the entrance 10 the Strait Of Fuos.
No determined attempt to introduce The
halibuB Of this coast - staple article
Of commerce. has yet beeu made. In
ls7g the schooner emily Stevens caught
a cargo, bat since then the hshIn2 has
been confined 70 the Indians AZ Cape
Fiattezy. The operations u the Indians
are greatly hntted, As with thelr slightly
built open canoes they can only tlsh
whtn weather and tide are favorable.
Large decked vessels could ride on. the
storms az anchor, and wOnli have no
Deed 10 await favorable condition of
the tide. Although not equal TO salt
cod balibut frsebensd and 81 ghHy
smoked 10 estesmed delicaoy. Ii can
scaIcsiy fail 20 be Of solid commercial
yalue, ~ smoksd baliout commands q
large sale IN eastern markets, immt Bse
quantities being consumed 10 eastern
and interior cities. The sapply of hal
ibnt on this coast IL practically mex
hAuRIble. Az present the market II
confined 10 SIMMER trade with Port
lanei and the cities on the Sound, and
even this limited business Us exceedingly
profitable. Apart from the trade IN the
fresh fab shipped ia ice, a canning in
dusIry might easily be- bQilt np. The
hAlIbut Is a dry nab, bnt little olive oil
IN eileh can would obviate this. Can
neri,ss IS Astoria or on the Sound, having
unlimited supplies Of ths fish close 10
hautl, might do - vast business and ere
ate en- Industry nearly as greas As that Of
salmon caaning.
sAraotner fish 81 which there is an in
exhanstlble supply is the smelt. Thou
sands OF bushels are annually taken by
he Quileute Indians At Qniieute, south
OF Gaps fiattery. Some idsa OF the
magnitude OF the Schools Of smelt may
10 gained from a statement published
In the proceedings of the L 3. National
Aussam that Captain Carroll, of the
steamer Alexander Duncan, reported
that wnile ON voyage from Astoria 10
Noaii Bay, IN 1879. be ran through ole
ot the schools between GfeRvIlls and
QailHuta, extending nearly forty nilfs.
ibS herring. pointed trout. kslp fish,
founder aud skate are all well Repre-
seuttd. Tie herring Is valuable not
only hs q food ash, but for the oil which
isexlrscted from IL and the guano which
il prepared from the refass. Oysters
ana Glams are found in great quantities
ia tbs bays and narrow inlets, and there
is no lack of scollops and mussels. The
oysters of Shoalwat6r Bay and Olympia
have been we'll known for many years.
they are very small, however. Bat as
Il IL found that Eastern oysters thrive
and grow fat ia these waters. oyster cui-
tisatlon might be probably followed
on the Sound. HOLSTERS also would
probably do we'll They have been in
troduced on the California coast With
sery good results.
Perhaps the industry which could be
carried IN With the smallest outlay Of
capitsl Is the catching aud caring OF the
trepolav, or bsrke as Sasf. These valua.
BILE STA sings are To- be found IN any
quantity at various points on the Sound.
Che catching simply consists In picking
them up. aud the curing for market IN
boiling aud drying them. The best
kind, whetonQ, ~ IL is called by ths
Chinese. hads n ready sale Ia the Can
ton and other Chinese markets AZ $500
per tOui inferior grades, Of course,
fetching lever prices. good business
can also be done With the Chinese meT-
chants on the Sound and at Portland,
who have pronounced IL 20 be OF the
fra quality. 0aly two attempts to-
prspxte u bsehs DC ,asp 81 Paget Sound
have bcen made. both by Cinnamon.
These we're merely experiments. and,
owing 10 oarelessneas, we're not very
successful.