Excerpt from The Salmon Fisheries of the Pacific Coast In most places the flesh is of a deep salmon red, but in certain places, notably southeast Alaska, Bristol Bay, Puget Sound, and British Columbia, many of the fish, the proportion being sometimes as much as one-third of the catch, have white flesh. A few examples have been taken with one side of the body red and the other white, while some are found with mottled flesh. No reasonable explanation of this phenomenon has yet been given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Fishes of the Pacific Coast HE object of this little volume is to present to stu dents, schools, colleges, anglers, fishermen, tour ists and seekers after piscatorial information in gen eral a series of pictures of Pacific Coast game fish, mainly photographed alive and in their natural habitat. In a word, the attempt is to have the pictures tell their own story. To this is added a brief account of the fish, its food, habits, companions, season, value, how it is caught, when, where and how; a little book which will slip into the pocket, yet tell all that it is desirable to know, offhand, enabling the angler or student to recognize at once the fish he has caught or sees in the market, and find its name. Several pictures are included, showing the fishing grounds on various parts of the Pacific Coast, from San Francisco, Monterey, or Del Monte, to the Coronados. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Age at Maturity of the Pacific Coast Salmon of the Genus Oncorhynchus Three-year fish, or grilse, were not included in the above table. During the summer of 1911 they were not numerous. Only a few (perhaps three or four on the average) could usually be found in each fish brought in. It is the current belief among those who handle Fraser River sockeyes that all the grilse are male fish. As previously noted, all those examined by us were males, with one exception, a female with well-developed ova. Examina tion of the scales (see Pl. 1, Fig. 2) shows that the final summer's growth is more extensi1e in grilse than in those which mature at four and five years, and the narrowing of the marginal rings to form the third winter band has often begun. Much larger specimens than those included in the table were selected for examination in an attempt to find individuals older than five years. Several were found over 30 inches long. Weighing 12 lb. But all were five-year fish. Examination of a larger number may possibly bring to light's rare individual which has not matured until its sixth year. Even this is doubtful, and we assuredly do not anticipate finding older than six year individuals among the Fraser River sockeyes. 'lhe significance of the marking experiments of the Bureau of Fisheries in the Naha River, with the reported recovery of marked specimens up to nine years old, remains to be determined. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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