. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalist VOL. XLIV OTTAWA, CANADA, OCTOBER, 1930 No. 7 NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS ANIMALS ON THE FISHING GROUNDS ON THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA By H. C. WILLIAMSON, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, W' HILE the writer has been engaged during the past few years in various fishing in- vestigations on the west coast of Van- couver Island and northward, a number of interesting animals have come under observa- tion and it seems worth while to place on record some of the occurrences. FISHES In 1925 a porbeagle shark, Lamna
. The Canadian field-naturalist. The Canadian Field-Naturalist VOL. XLIV OTTAWA, CANADA, OCTOBER, 1930 No. 7 NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS ANIMALS ON THE FISHING GROUNDS ON THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA By H. C. WILLIAMSON, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, W' HILE the writer has been engaged during the past few years in various fishing in- vestigations on the west coast of Van- couver Island and northward, a number of interesting animals have come under observa- tion and it seems worth while to place on record some of the occurrences. FISHES In 1925 a porbeagle shark, Lamna cornubica Gmelin, was taken on the spoon at Hippa Island. A blue shark, probably Pribnace glauca (Linn.) is somewhat frequently caught by trollers along the coast. Dogfishes, Squalus sucklii (Girard) are very commonly caught on the spoon and at times are very troublesome to the fishermen. In May, 1928, they were especially numerous on the South Bank off Baikley Sound and were so eager that the salmon had little chance of taking the spoon. Thus one man caught in one day twenty- eight dogfish and but one salmon. Sting-rays, Dasyatis sp., have been caught at Kyuquot, some of them "snagged" but one was hooked in the mouth. An electric skate, Tetro- narce sp., as taken there in July, 1928. The troller was fishing ''light" which indicates that the fish had been well up off the bottom. A number of sunfish, Mola mola (L.), (Fig. 1),. were observed in 1926 and a specimen of Ray's bream, Brama rail (Bloch), (Fig. 2), was taken on a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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