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SECTION 1 - HAWAII FISHERIES 



Landings of commercially caught fish and shellfish in the State of Hawaii were 9.2 million 

 pounds worth $6.3 million, a decline of 1.8 million pounds (16 percent), but an increase of $284,000 (5 percent) 

 compared with 1974. Landings were the smallest since 1970 and 35 percent below the average for the 

 previous 4 years (1971-74). A smaller harvest of skipjack tuna was the principal reason for the decline. 

 Landings of skipjack was 5.0 million pounds in 1975—32 percent less than in 1974. Landings of bigeye also 

 declined moderately, but landings of albacore, bluefin, little, and yellowfin increased. 



Fish and shellfish were landed at six of the eight principal islands in the State of Hawaii. Oahu 

 led the islands with a production of 6.2 million pounds. Hawaii was next with 2.2 million pounds, followed by 

 Maui with 456,000 pounds. The rest of the landings were made at Kauai, Molokai, and Lanai. 



Other Information. Condensed summary data on the operating units and landings of the State of Hawaii, by 

 islands, appearing in the foUowing pages have been published previously in Current Fishery Statistics No. 

 7412. 



Acknowledgments . The data in this section were assembled and prepared for publication by NMFS area 

 office, Honolulu, Hawaii, largely from information collected by the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural 

 Resources, Division of Fish and Game. 



