Document - United States Bureau of Fisheries Volume 627 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...up to 18 mm. in length; 1 stomach contained 22 of these. Only the following collections were made by the Albatross: In Alert Bay, British Columbia, June 5, 1895, about 50 dog salmon small fingerlings were taken, along with a number of small sockeyes; these averaged about 40 mm. and contained only small crustacea. In Admiralty Inlet, Whidby Island, on June 30, 1903, many young dog salmon were taken in a shore seine on gravel bottom. Of these 13 of each sex were preserved, the males averaging 99 mm. (83-117), females, 98 mm. (78-122). In none of the 9 examined were any fry found. They were feeding wholly on plankton material, crustacea, principally amphipods, and Sagitta. They appear to have been schooling alone. In Otter Bay, Pender Island, British Columbia, 11 dog salmon were preserved from the collection of May 31, 1895. These averaged a little over 70 mm. and contained crustacea. June 29, 1897, 4 dog salmon, 2 of each sex, averaging about 56 mm., were taken at Loring, it is believed in a seine haul on the seining beach of Roosevelt Lagoon. They contained only insects. These specimens, considered in connection with those obtained at station 2, noted above, point toward a continuance of some of the young of the dog salmon in brackish water for a period and suggest the desirability of investigating such waters with suitable gear. A haul was made in Roosevelt Lagoon on the night of October 1, 1905, but no salmon were obtained. At Thorne Bay, July 5, 1897, many dog-salmon young were taken in seine hauls on the beach just below the river; 64 of the specimens are males, averaging about 65 mm. (42-82), and 84 are females about 2 mm. longer (44-83). The food in those examined was crustacea, mainly ostracods. A few smaller ones taken in the river mouth were feeding...