Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01
FOOD FISHES
ANB oTHHR MAXINE FOOD PRODUCTS @
PUGET SOUND.

AEb QIhhA AAbtNE FOOD fhODUCIS OF
PUGET SOUND.
The whole Of the tide waters Of Puget
Sound, from Cape Flattery, at the en-.
trance Of Fuos Straits, to Olympia. at
the extreme southern end of Budd's
Inlet, as we'll a. all the waters surround
ing the islands Of the Archipelago de
Haro, abound With food fishes. moliusks
and edible marine alge. of which the
public know bat little.
The principal fish found 10 our mar.
ket are the salmon. halibut. true cod,
green or cultus God. rock cod, black cod,
sturgeon, skate, varieties of cottus or
sknlpin, euiaohon or candle FISH, snslt,
herring. ETC., and of edible mollusks,
the oyster. several varieties OF clam,
cuttle fish, squid. etc.
OF she marine sleB, or seawesd. which
can be used as food, we have the dulse,
green faver and pink laver, all used
freely by Northern Indians, Irish mess,
and othe, varieties. and the giant kslp,
which il used by the natives for fish
lines and az tubes for holding oil. This
kelp can also be converted into a leath-
cry, parchment like material, and being
rich With a glutinous, viscous substance
called 4ign,. is manufactured by the
Japanese into thin, almost colorless
sheets, resembling Relatine, bot very
flexible, which they use as tough,
tlsn cseap snosiituse for glass in light
inR houses.
Tia possibilities of this giant kelp as
an tlemest or commerce are very great,
ani tha enormous quantities found on
oar coasts, must prove an element of
wealth u our citizens when its valu able
properties saall be utiliz ID, and mann
factories established TO prepare 1t for
use.
Salnou-This fish, which abouuds in
all the waters of the Northwes, coast,
differs from the true salmon Of the EAT
by peculiar growth of the Avs, esoe
cially tue male, after ascending the riv.
ers TO spssn. This peculisrity his Civ
en- them the naoe of hook isved. a
Greek derivation. which design ates taem
from the true salmon, slin.o, of the
Eastern States and Europe. OF all the
anadrOmous salmon of the Pacific, the
spring silver salsson Of the Colombia
river Is acknowledged the best; IN siz-,
flavor and richness, far SURPRISING any
salmon, except, perhaps, the king
salmon OF Alaska, which 10 thought to
be OF this species. Ii is q uoticeable
fact that the larger the river the larger
and better the salmon; hence 10 il that
the salmon OF the Columbia rlver ex
seed IN sizs and favor the salmon of
the Sscramento, in California. or the
Fraser, IN British Columbia. Occa
sionsily the Columbia river salmon en-
ters toe Straits of Faca, asd Is taken by
the Indians With hooks baited sish her
ring. or with spoon bait. while trolling
IN the various bays The most asnr-
dant salmos OF the Sound is the blue
back" OF the fishermen The Ok<ts1, a
small but delicious salmon, 10 foand at
Y 1inault. and ~ also taken az other
pisoes on the Sound. bat not a. fat or
deiicate a. those of the Qain suit river.
There are dve varieties Of sAimoo TAX. n
in the waters of Washington Territory.
which bear the Russian names Of rerka,
3orbasta, kinstch, kefa. and the local
names of qs,nna, and kesHSrlsf, which
have been adopted by Jordan and Gil
bert IN their description OF the salmon
Of the Pacific Coast.
HAiibut-rhe common halihus Of the
atlantis. Hippo9sssss rzlgzrls, 10 an
Arctic species, which is found IN the
northern waters OF the Atlantic and Pa
,ins. and seems to be identical, although
he haiious Of the Atlantic are fatter
1se. Tie Fms, wkieh in the Neg Fog.
and So hsLerles are sailed and eatsn
- iuxuries. arr smaller sna less siufiu-
'1s IN the hAlibot OF the north Pacific.