Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . ether there is a very great variation in the direction given Canadian nets are rather out of the course of the sockeye, andtheir catch is largely dependent on the direction of the wind, which isalso the case with the more northern nets south of the boundary. Theexpense of transporting fish to the Fraser River also works to thedisadvantage of the Canadian nets. The two traps in operation off the south shore of the Point in 1895,both single ones, were situated near its southwest corner, which isconsidered to offer the best a
Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1899 . ether there is a very great variation in the direction given Canadian nets are rather out of the course of the sockeye, andtheir catch is largely dependent on the direction of the wind, which isalso the case with the more northern nets south of the boundary. Theexpense of transporting fish to the Fraser River also works to thedisadvantage of the Canadian nets. The two traps in operation off the south shore of the Point in 1895,both single ones, were situated near its southwest corner, which isconsidered to offer the best advantages next to Cannery Point. Theabrupt slope of the bottom in this locality necessitates the use of short Repofi U S F, C. 1899. (To face pagt 30?.) BO U ND A RY L_ I NE. __U49 jfPA RALLE. |_ H^POn, TRAP NETS AND TRAP NET LOCATIONS AT POINT ROBERTS, WASHINGTON Summer of 1895 Scale 1600 Cert - 1 Incli The tr*p nets in use that season argrepresented by full linos, while the brokenlines show additional positions where trapshad been located in previous years. FISHERIES OF WASHINGTON AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. 303 leaders, not exceeding 1,800 feet, which begin near shore and extendinto depths of 5£ and 7 fathoms. Off the west coast there were also onlytwo single traps in 1895, both being well up toward the boundary,and off shore. They had comparatively long leaders extending over theedge of Roberts Bank, the cribs being located in depths of 6£ and 9fathoms, respectively, and at distances from shore of about 3,200 feetand 1£ miles. In 1897 and 1898 many additional trap nets were in use about PointRoberts, but their number and exact location have not been ascer-tained. The catch of sockeye in the former year was very large, andthe capacity of the region was shown to be much greater than hadbeen anticipated. SEASON AND CATCH. The canneries obtaining their supplies at Point Roberts desire onlysockeye salmon, and take other species only when the sockeye catch isinsufficient to meet the
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