. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 378 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. abundance of Dictyopteris polypodioides growing in scattered patches separated by sand. This growth was observed partially covering the bottom over an area extending at least 22 km. (12 nautical miles) alongshore eastward from the inlet, and from near the shore to at least 13 km. (7 nautical miles) oflfshore, at a depth of to m. (3 to 6 fathoms). The actual area occupied by this growth wa» certainly larger than this, since the inner limit was nearer the shore than the vessel could
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 378 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. abundance of Dictyopteris polypodioides growing in scattered patches separated by sand. This growth was observed partially covering the bottom over an area extending at least 22 km. (12 nautical miles) alongshore eastward from the inlet, and from near the shore to at least 13 km. (7 nautical miles) oflfshore, at a depth of to m. (3 to 6 fathoms). The actual area occupied by this growth wa» certainly larger than this, since the inner limit was nearer the shore than the vessel could approach, and the outer limit was in water too deep for observation. Moreover, it was found in abundance LOOKOUT CH0UN09. UCMT vtasEt Map. 3.—Location of known "fishing ; mostly submerged coral reefs, ofTshore from the region of Beaufort, N. C. (From Radcliffe, 1914.) The largest of these, the " Fishing Grounds," is larger than shown here, extending from New River Inlet and probably including Station No, 1. Algae referred to as coming from coral reef ofTshore were gathered from this reef. in July, 1915, offshore from Browns Inlet, about 25 km. (16 miles) northeast of New River Inlet (toward Beaufort), and it may extend westward also from New River Inlet. Its presence here is in striking contrast to the barren bottom observed at other inlets and along most of the shore and raises an interesting question as to the sub- stratum to which it is attached. This must be something other than sand, but its nature was not determined. That rock of some sort is present over considerable portions of the bottom is indicated, however, by the observations of Radcliffe mentioned above and by the further fact that there was evidence of corals and algse on the bottom in the Gulf Stream about 70 km. (38 nautical miles) offshore at a depth of about 115 m. (60 fathoms).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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