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

a. Port Angeles. Pert Tc-nsesd and
other places. as well 40 Anacoroee- Al
ready We Sc s2lron earner2es a. various
PAGES On ne Sound, and - Ne are 10
niles nearer TIE goldfish banks than san
Francisco we car make the goldfish bush
ress q proa.ahis industry a. wsl - san
Francisco.
sardtnes.
There IL q species Of fsh OF tns herring
variety on TIE Pacific coast known as me
California snchory. Stolepnorus ringers,
which Jordan says IS OF Ettle econonio
value It ts abundant every~nere IN al
tbs bays and coyes OF the Coast, from
British Columbia 10 Chile. This fish Is IN
It's perfection In the waters OF PUGET
sound, where IL IL exceedingly TAT ana
desica tely Favored. II Is about SIX inches
long and Is mos. delicious pan 1sn- NO
one had attempted 20 utilize the little asa
until Mr.. Joseph o. Gates. OF Port EoWn-
send. who had learned the saToine trade IN
the extensive factories az PASSPORT. Me-.
and il an expert IN the business. CON-
meneed. as al experiment. 70 put Up these
anchoviss In OIL Ike the French sarcines
and was vary successful During the
Worlds Columbian fair al Chlc2go, n
lisa. Ar. Gates put up some OF MS e4r-
dimes. which ] sent 10 my friend Dr lar-
Teton Il Bean, curator OF the nterna-
tfonaI fisheries Ahi5it with request
that they be compared with the bes; OF
foreign sardtnes st the grand fisheries
banquet which was done. and DT. Sean
wrote mo that they compared fayorahsy
with the very best They were eqGaiEy
far and defeats and the only o.Hefence
that judges could perceive was that Gates
sardines we're not quite IS salt as the
French. but were equal, and some
rSh ~ IN VArE
This flavor OF salt can be easily remedied.
To Mr.. Joseph .. Gates, OF Port Town.
send. belongs the credit OF being the nrst
person TO prove the value or the anchoVy
ami the arst and only person in the state
o. Washington TO place these sardines az
the Worlds fair and 70 receive the Well
msrited encomiums OF the experts at the
Worlds fisheries banquet a. Chicago ana
the first 10 snow that the anchoyies or
Puget sound are not the valueiess fish de-
scribsd by Prof. Jordan. but are really
most valuable food Ash. The dull times
and the starnation Of business enterprises
has prevented MIR. Gates from enlarging
his sardine works. but j think that the
coming year viii bring him the means 10
develop this industry into a profitable
business, which he so eminently deserves.
Hake.
Mr.. Gates, who always has his eyes and
ears open TO see ard hear all he can about
the food fishes OF this state. informs me
that the fishermen on Hood canal about
two months ago found great quantities OF
silver bake" a fish plentiful and very
common along the New England coast,
but hitherto but little known or seldom
seen In the waters OF Puget sound.
The late Prof. G.. Brown Goode, assist
ant secretary OF the. Smithsonian Institu-
ton, writes Of the silver hake, in his pop
ular treatise on American Fishes: The
silver hake commonly inha bits the mid
die depths OF the ocean, or the outer edge
or the continental slope. and comes TO the
surface to feed. Like the pollock. II is .
fish of prey. Its teeth axe sharp, Its
mouth large and powerful. its form 1.-THE.
muscular and adapted 10 rapid iocomo-
ton. 1t comes 10 the surface to prey
upon the schools OF herring and other
small fish. Its appearance in the Atlantic
waters is irregular. and when seen Is U.s.
ually swimming in considerable. numbers.
They average one foot IN length. are OF
rowing habits. following the schools OF
herring. which they devour In large guam
titles.
Until 1850 but little was known con-
corning the breeding habits of the silver
bake: but In exploring the bottom at
depth of from $50 to 800 fathoms or New
port and IN the edge OF the Gulf stream
immense numbers OF young fish from half
an inch TO three inches In length were
found. while some OF the ADULTS twelve
to eighteen inches in length were found.
apparently in the act of spawning.
Hake are salted and dried at MouceStsr.
Mass, In the same manner as Goldfish.
and are often sold under the name OF cod
fish AT the present time great quantities
OF bake are put up ia boxes under the
name of "boneless fish" The hake when
fresh caught IS sweet and palatable, but
Il soon grows soft and is seldom seen in
the Eastern fish markets in It's fresh
state but when sailed and canned II IL
valuable food FISH. The air bladder. or
sound. of the bake Is Of great commercial
value, being used extensively in the manu.
facture of isinglass. Great quantities Of
the sounds are annually sent from the
British provinces TO the United States.
those from the gulf OF ST. Lawrence be-
ing considered much better than those
from farther south. In 1880 New England
produced 255,6sS pounds OF dried sounds.
worth $l7s,S0S
The silver haks. TO which Mr.. Gates has
called my attention. IS probably the Cah-
fornia bake Msrlucius productus-Jor-
dan. II reaches a length of about thirty
inches and a weight OF ten pounds. Its
average being from five 20 SIX. 1t is
found from the island OF santa Cruz TO
Alaska, being very irregular In its sp
pearance-s0me years very abundant; at
other times not seen at all.
Congregational Junkets.
This information about hake from Mr..
Gates reminds me that for many years
have endeavored TO have the United
States FISH commission steamer Albatross
explore the waters OF Hood canal. where
tho very deep water and peculiar bottom
make me think that valuable results can
be obtained. I have known for a long
time that black cod breed IN Hood canal
and so do the true cod, Gadus. and the
haMbut. but until Mr.. Gates called my at
tcntiou to The hake. was not aware that
this valuable fish visited our waters.
While Capt. Tanner was In command OF
the AlbatroSs he vas very DESTROYS Of ex-
pi0ring Hood canal. but the Sloatross, al
though bGnt expressly fer the Unlted
States fish commission and fitted with the
most extensive o. scientific apparatus for
prosecuting marine research, has been
used every season as "a dispatch boat 10
carry 1unkaring committees Of congress
70 Boring sea 10 look after the fur
seal business. 10 1he entire neglect - her
legitimate duties 81 CUR waters The a.
batf0ss is not fitted as passenger or
pleasure steamer. and II would seem
wise economy g. senators ard mem bers
OF couEress would agree % nave "a ane
steamer }3i.e :he Queen 9a.it FOR th1ir an-
asst PLEASURE iras ana les the Alh8tross
aste54 10 her scientific cGptoratt42s re-
gAra.aS our fish eEJ ~ recording the
ocean depths for So b-maglne telegraph
ca bles. J think my friend Cong ressfnau-
e.ecg James H. Lewis wi4 mad q a very
pleasant GGfy 10 suggest 70 the nsn eoln-
missioner az s. ssalnglsn thaI ne g.ve "a
structlous 10 the commander Or TIE A. aa-