The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

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q good article OF czviars sslis readily as
remunerafsvs prices
Sturgeon As well as salmon are take.
from ths Caeaslis ard ether streams
which run into the OCEAN on the west
coast OF this state. and IN the Willapa
and c.hsr streams which run sato enoal-
water bay or WiIapa harbor.
Salt water Ffsh-
TIE mos. valuable OF tia salt water 1sa
OF Puget sound. IN commercial point OK
view are the helsbut which abound on
n. banks from fifteen TO thirty miles out
side Cape Ffattery and are taken nearly
al the year In Fuca straits. The hs1aai
OF the Pacisc are very similar 70 the na4f-
but OF the Atlantic. Eipogse=sas vriga-
RS. Ii fac. the halE5ut ard tbs true COD
esem TO Dc the only species which are
nearly identical IN The northern waters OF
the Atlantic and Pacific. All the other
Pacific hsh are entirely different species.
but have been called by the fishermen
the sans Thus rs Rave the genus seoas-
fichthys, ot which there are fourteen or
more vartsties. All are called rock Ash,
red cod. gro1pers. bass ard variety OF
other names but . true Eastern sea osss
or striped bass or black bass. Is no; ma
tive IN the Pacific ocean. They are all
Seezstoides. but they are called by the
Eastern names. a. ws have no new names
applicable.
Among these h the Caitus cct. Opsis-
don esongatus. also called Ling cod or
Bastard cod. This hsA has the spotted
markings OF the true cod. Gatus noacro-
c@phaius. but that IL It's only resemblance.
It's Fms are difEereatG the true ccd has
nine fms on It's body. besides is tai; ths
Cultus cod has bat seven. Its flesh Is also
a has huz- xxlG -, ttf-G
but IFS whole body is permeatsd with an
oily substance which makes It roast easily
when dried Stil Il is al excellent rutrt-
cfous food fish and Is soid fresh IN ali
the markets az cod.
Black cod, Anoploma huhria. Peshov
Cape Flattery Indians; Skit, Haida Indians
OF Queen Charlotte Islands. B. C.-This Is
one OF the richest and most delicate fla
vored of all tn. salt water fishes. II Il.
found In the deep water OF Fuca strait IN
eighty fsthoms, and during the summer
months Is taken In shoal water on the
halibut banks: but 1t IL In It's best con-
ditton in deep water. AT Queen Charlotte
islands, BIC, where u abounds Il Is taken
In 200 fathoms OF water. and Is so rich
that the natives try out the fat. which
when cold is like pure soft lard, and is
used by them as we use butter.
An Interesting Experiment.
In 1883 was at Queen Charlotte islands
making collections for the United States
fsh commission and National Museum,
Washington, D. C. was DESTROYS OF
sending specimens OF the black cod 10
Washington, 10 show their commercial
value. / had already sent 10 the United
States FISH commission under Prof. Spen-
Ger F. Baird. alcoholic specimens from
Neah bay and Cape Flattery. Now I
wished 10 send sailed specimens. was
81 49, 4-~n
where / received every kindness. but there
were neither barrels 20 pack the fish IN
nor a cooper to make them So ali !
could do was 10 treat the fish as Goldfish
are cured. I split them down the Bellies.
removed the viscera, heads and backbones.
and sailed them and piled them skin SIDE
up and laid soms Planks on top and
weighted them down with heavy rocks.
This was for the purpose OF pressing out
the water and making the fish firm I
then had some boxes made to hold about
twenty-five pounds each, and packed the
fish into these boxes with dry salt When
we reached Victoria I found the fish IN
splendid condition. and having detrib-
uted some OF them among my Victoria
friends. l sent the remainder TO WASH
ington, where they arrived IN fine condi-
ton Some were smoked like salmon and
pronounced delicious Prof. Baird sent
some to Boston and some to New York,
and wherever they were sent they were
tested by fish experts and considered as q
delicious and valuable acquisition 70 the
food fishes OF the country. Then people
became interested. and the large grocery
house OF Henry Saunders & Co., OF Vic
torla. fitted out one or more sehooners for
Queen Charlotte Islands. where they
caught full fares in roo fathoms
of water and brought them 10
Victoria: but the fishermen had
made the mistake of treating the
fish ike salmon and had split them down
the back, leaving the heads and back
bones in the fish. The heads are very oily.
and so are the backbones. and the result
was that the fish became rusty and the
voyage resulted IN loss. Since then | have
always advised fishermen, invariably. "a
split the black cod down the belly. taxa
out the vlscera and cut of the heads and
cut out the backbonss. and IN every III
stance when the black cod have been
treated in this manner they have kept
perfectly free from rust and as white as
snow: but they take salt very easily and
require deal OF soaking before they
should be cooked MT Joseph o. Gates.
of the Cape Ann fish market. Port Town
send, has better idea OF curing the black
cod than any dealer have seen. and he
now proposes TO put them up in neat kits
with wooden hoops. Iron hoops. even II
galvanized. are not go good for Ash pack
ages as wood, as after q time the iron
hoops will get discolored or rust and the
packages look unstable and shop-worn.
Nice little kits or twenty pounds each.
made neatly like butter firkins. and with
nice split and shaved white ash or vine
| maple hoops. will make d package which
with a neat and SNOWY label Will attract
attention in the grocery storss and insure
an inquiry and a certain sale.
Salt Cod.
The black cod Of Puget sound can fur.
nish a valuable industry to our state II
/ the fishermen viii split and clean and sci,
| them as they do Goldfish. and when the
| fishermen bring their cases 20 market
such men as Mr.. Gates should repaek
! them IN barrels. kegs and kits, in the
| neatest and most attractive manner, and
they VIII sell readily. Let any dealer at
tempt 20 put sard!nes Ia bulk on the mar
/ ket and he could not give them away: bu,
/ when pat up In reaf tin boxes with a
| French label on them. they constitute the
sardines q commerce 50 OF The black
/ cod. Families do not require 8 barrel O;
/ my kind % sailed fish: the universal
! preference IS given 20 small 0ackages. end
/ I am sure that n black cod ear be cured
/ in the manner ! Indicate L wil sell IKE
I hot cakes; but it must BE spi'- and sailed
/ when 10 Il fresh caught. and then rouack-
Z 20 int0 the small packages. FIsh of ans
I kind, intended TO Ae salted. Is 81 ltg great.
/ est perfection IL saited as soon es etaEht
During Tire early DAYS 81 cor STATE.
l when sc were "a territory. tae Gshfne
/ business q Puget sound was conducted
4 in very Ioose and slipsnod manner. Any
I fish that did not really stink was conefg.
/ cred good enoJsa - salt. and as every
! one who came "a the country thought Id
I knew nHrEt rEn tNa~a arar r-raz