Northwest History. Fishing Commercial. Halibut.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1927
• Subjects: quest; scientific knowledge; halibut fishing industry; shipwreck; halted; spring; five members; international fisheries commission; leave; Seattle; Alaska; spend; four month; investigation; ill-fated Scandia; similar mission; wrecked; reef; Kodiak Island; crew; escaped; complied; Dorothy; Diesel-powered halibut vessel; F. H. Bell; in charge of; scientific party; assisted; R. V. Butt; W. C. Herrington; O. Ericksen; wireless operator; new vessel; superior; loss; speed; knots per hour; gross displacement; ninety-three foot keel; manned; complete fishing crew; Capt. O. Hvatum; Investigations; charting the life habits; spawning; migration; growth; objective; Port lock Bank; 1,400 miles away; carried; Christmas; bulk of the work; tagging fish; racial measurements; collecting scales; otoliths; little bone; ear; age; determined; supervision of Herrington; registered; checked; returned; fishermen; work; put back; water; find out; different sections; maturity; lengths; sexes; Butt's duties; fisherman's dock; Ballard; F. W. Thompson; director in chief; assistant; H. A. Dunlop; North; Northwest,Pacific > History > 20th Century; United States > Fishing Commercial > 20th Century; Dunlop; Herrington; Pacific; Kodiak
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/114053

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