. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 14 the Coast of Washington from Cape Flattery to Yaquina Bay, Oregon (Cruise No. 8). An- chovy catches averaged 1,800 pounds per hour of trawling; the largest catch was 12,000 pounds in a single haul. The primary objective was to test experi- mental midwater trawl gear and related in- strumentation for possible use in capturing anchovy in commercial M/V Baron gear research Cruise No The experimental anchovy trawls were similar to the "Cobb" pelagic trawl, except I-inch mesh was used throughout. The stand- ard 18 Cobb pe
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 14 the Coast of Washington from Cape Flattery to Yaquina Bay, Oregon (Cruise No. 8). An- chovy catches averaged 1,800 pounds per hour of trawling; the largest catch was 12,000 pounds in a single haul. The primary objective was to test experi- mental midwater trawl gear and related in- strumentation for possible use in capturing anchovy in commercial M/V Baron gear research Cruise No The experimental anchovy trawls were similar to the "Cobb" pelagic trawl, except I-inch mesh was used throughout. The stand- ard 18 Cobb pelagic trawl was 600 meshes across of 3-inch webbing and was equipped with a i-inch mesh intermediate and full cod- end liner; the f-scale had the same number of meshes but was constructed with 2-inch webbing, resulting in a i reduction in size with a full codend liner of ^-inch mesh webbing. Vessel and Equipment: The Baron is a 96- foot seiner-dragger type vessel powered by a 510 hp engine. It operates with a 4-man crew. Pilot house equipment includes radio telephone,loran, radar, depth sounder and sonar. Deck machinery includes hydrauli- cally operated separate drum trawling winch- es, trawl net reel, and dual hoists. The hold capacity is about 100 tons. Method of Operation: Onshore-offshore sounding and sonar transects were made be- tween the 20- and 125-fathom depth contours between Cape Flattery and Umatilla, Wash., and from 18 to 65 fathoms south of Umatilla to Yaquina Bay, Oreg. When anchovy schools were located, they were fished to ascertain catch rates with the various nets and catch composition. The geographical size of sev- eral anchovy schools was determined by spacing the tows and by sounding transects in the areas of the school. Repetitive tows were made on anchovy schools to determine the cruise objectives. RESULTS Seventy-one made during the cruise--28 with the experimental anchovy trawl No. 1; 22 with the standard 18 Cobb pelagic trawl; 14 with
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