PPT Slide
Historical Perspective Jordan, D.S. and B.W. Evermann 1902.
- “Alaskan pollock found in the Bering Sea and neighboring waters south to Sitka and the Kurils. It is excessively abundant throughout the Bering Sea, swimming near the surface and furnishing the great part of the food of the fur seal. It reaches a length of 3 feet and is doubtless a good food-fish.”
- “Likewise, cod is very abundant in the Bering Sea”, and Atka mackerel is described as being abundant in the Aleutian Islands as it is today.
- Arrowtooth flounder, Greenland turbot, and Pacific halibut were all common.