Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-01

weighing two hundred and City pounds.
l CoamercsAiiv spsaking. the haiihuf
asasriss have a. vet attained no rroCsi-
u.nee. bat when demsnd arises for
this fish- either sAl:sd. dried and smoked
or canned. or fresh shiprea. packed GO
ic=. 1t gil be found thss tie supply Is
unlimited"
csprTsH.
NJ. swan also Diseases tke character
issics Of the true Sod. Gaias Nogrhaa
Of the Alta. nc, and. in comparing II
Ei:h the Pacific cod, states that " recen.
investigations hzvs proved shat thsfe i
a considerable difference bstvssu the
Atlantic and Pacific ed, the latter be
ing nsued By Professor Jordan GAdas
Nacrocephalus.' The goldfish banks
Of tie Pacific eosst. 50 far as discovered.
lie far north of the Territorial limits,
and it is oEiy Is a carisg ground for the
Ssh caught IN these northern waters that
Puget Sound u likely 20 beooose identi-
ded With the cojfisheries of the Pacific,
uniess ind ed the semADd for this spe
cies of fisA should stimulate explorations
whi.h will lead TO the discovery of fish
Ing banks in the waters allgning the
coas: of the Territory and within its
jurisdiction.
cULrUS c1D.
This. the 'Ophioion ElsuRstas,'
called green cod, cplius cod. bRifalo cod.
etc. is plentiful in the waters OF Fucs
STRAITS and Puget Sound, and is snld by
dsslers in the markets of this region as
a goldfish, which IN general appearance
aad markings it somewhat resembles.
This $50, frssh, - quite equal to the
true co.., but much richer. 10 grows 10
large size. s1nss EXCEPTIONAL spe-
cinens weighing IS yooads. the average
being FROM ID 10 - pounds. As a picked
fish It is excellent, but dried IL is not
much songbi after By epicures.
BLACK oce.
1t is claimed that this sne fish is par
srtsIissCs the most delicate favored,
richest, and every way the best fish
taken IN the salt waters ~ the north
vest coast. When FIRST brooght TO the
attention of Professor jordan, in 1850,
be suspe. ed them 10 be a species closely
allied 10 the coal Ash or poAaek. Pol
lachizs Carbonarius' OF England.
"Sps cimens of the FISH, however. sent
to Professor Spencer +. Baird. UHited
States Fish Commissioner. were by him
subnated 80 Professor rarlotor n. Bean,
who, after careful examination. rejected
the nsese 'Pollachius Chaiccgranmus'
suggested by Jordan, end named them
'Auoplo7oma Fimbria, which scssntlfic
name they have NJ present"
This lsh 10 about u inches loHss with
Elack basx and gray kellP.
Its charssteristics arsswhitene - and
fiymness Of meat texture and richness
ard delicagy of flesh AMI capacity 10
bear saltizg equally well Nth the sid
mon"
ct il and has hitherto been taken
eln.ass exci1stveiy by the IL9isns of the
coass with hzes sDade of sea kelp and
hoo,a~of their own construction. TIE
DEPTH of waser frpm which ttey are
taken ranges from % to lee fathoms,
even deeper" Attempts are being macs
by Ms Swan 70 utiiizs the desp sea cod
gill net in the oap4are of tsiecs tishr
which if successful, will make known
the fsss that lin the near -nters of
Puget Sound tAsFe 10 \ mine o. wealth
whieh aeeds but to be DEVELOPED 10 pro
duoe a xsv and important ineustry TO
the ishina popssation of tse neSthwest
coast"
sxADDEsx sooko FISHES.
The "Yulaohon," snoslt aud heSring
ara amorR the SMALLER salt wate5ish OF
she north1es. coast whioh have com-
uoereal value.
The fern. r, .kuoSzf a. she canGfe fish,
from its sseessive eiiireSs, belongs more
noperlv tathe northern waters. Snnslt
sad herring in inx1caeKakle quantities
hbound. ard to some extent are Csaljzed
fSr Ell sort, the former tor canniU2 and
the latter for sailing: drying and suook
ing. The salmon trout, taken IA the
waters of Puget sornd ne ar debonchi ing
frseh water streams, il one of the gsmest
ard sRost delioafs OF fsh.
Fs1aD SobLEzxs.
TIE systeyof the northwest coast is
verF suaail. bst Of fine assor. is
fonod in mar quantities at SAoai-
wasRr Bay on .hs Raailie coast, IN the
vicizSs5 of olympia and sc toe Ssnnist
rivssf Attempts at cultivation wsth a
vies~ss increasing tbs sepply arc meet |
ing with some success. 1ransplant;n9
doeSnot SEEM TO increase the size No
successful ate nspt has as yet been saade
tn ras8ralizs the larger oyster Cd the
Eas.. The oyster trade Of the E0Fth-
west coast probably represents, IN psss-
ing from first hands, the sum OF one
hundred thousand dollars annually.
Ctsms 'rancin& IN si1s from the cir-
cumeeesnce, OF a % cent paece to shose
of f1oH1 eight % ten poun3s weight are
abundant along the shores of Puget
Sound. Thss are. eaEseries Of tnis
mollaak-a, 0isnpia, pseoma and Nsw
Dunzeness. The business has n0t yet
assuDed any great aeaseeof prouline noe,
bat isCspsbie osabeinR expanded tBmeet
any demands likely TO ariea.
Thaother molalsks, - veil as other
edibae FISH, thu st ate. est tisnsh, ,qaid.
etc., assntionea1by Ms- swan are merely
refereed. 90 as. part of the food tab re-
soursssof the.3orthwsss coast.
osIs szssa-
Tx waters u Puget Sound abound
with dog Ash. spe0isa OF snaEk- which
are taken in 2reat napbcrs, iron the
live,s of which, nereAaniabis oil IL
proeraed, wostb IN the market Aheut 30