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PUERTO RICO FISHERIES 



PUERTO RICO LANDINGS, 1953-75 - Continued 



OTHER - CONTINUED 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SHELLFISH ET AL. 



GRAND TOTAL 



1953. . 



1Q54. . 



1955. . 



1956. . 



1957. . 



1958. . 



1959. . 



1960. . 



1961. . 



1962. . 

 1963 3/ 



1964. . 



1965. . 



1966. . 



1967. . 



1968. . 



1969. . 



1970. . 



1971. . 



1972. . 



1973. . 



1974. . 



1975. . 



2) 

 (2) 



2 



2) 



2) 

 (2) 



(2) 

 220 

 220 



(2) 

 220 

 220 

 220 

 220 

 220 

 220 



\% 

 39 

 25 

 22 

 15 

 30 



THOUSAND 

 DOLLARS 



66 

 66 

 77 

 T7 

 80 

 73 

 11 

 15 

 12 

 10 

 10 

 9 

 23 



THOUSAND 



POUNDS 



5,291 



5,512 



5,732 



5,952 



5,952 



6,173 



6,393 



6,834 



7,274 



7,716 



9,259 



10,141 



11,023 



11,023 



1 1 , 243 



1 1 , 243 



3,527 



4,850 



3,881 



3,681 



3,422 



3,527 



4,010 



THOUSAND 

 DOLLARS 



1,942 

 2,557 

 2,993 

 3,026 

 3,446 

 3,404 

 1,051 

 1,688 

 1,446 

 1,574 

 1,558 

 1,804 

 2,331 



THOUSAND 



POUNDS 



7,995 



11,900 



15,281 



17,952 



24,345 



22,825 



28,483 



27,744 



38,324 



36,506 



46,285 



58,534 



65,599 



75,721 



109,125 



118,903 



99,795 



83,604 



131,343 



4/150,001 



175,914 



168,535 



4/181,110 



5,662 



7,518 



9,095 



12,420 



13,395 



19,026 



15,939 



15,419 



26,119 



4/33,084 



42,733 



47,766 



4/46,780 



1/ NOT AVAILABLE. 



2/ NEGLIGIBLE. 



3/ ADDITIONAL LANDINGS OF BLUEFIN (640,000 POUNDS) AND SKIPJACK (596,000 POUNDS) TUNA WERE MADE AT U.S. ATLANTIC 



COAST PORTS AND TRANSSHIPPED TO PUERTO RICO. 



4/ INCLUDES 92,000 POUNDS OF ALBACORE VALUED AT $31,000 IN 1972, AND 2,000 POUNDS VALUED AT $1,000 IN 1975. 



NOTE:— DATA FOR 1953-71 ON PUERTO RICO LANDINGS MADE BY LOCAL FISHERMEN ARE FROM THE YEARBOOK OF F I SHERY STAT I ST I CS 



(VARIOUS years), FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. METRIC TONS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO 



POUNDS BY MULTIPLYING BY 2,204.6. THE 1972-75 LANDINGS AND VALUE TOTALS ARE FROM TABULATIONS PREPARED BY THE 



PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL FISHERIES LABORATORY. DATA ON TUNA LANDINGS IN PUERTO RICO BY 



U.S. FISHERMEN WERE OBTAINED BY THE NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE. 



ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC OCEANS, 1953-75 

 PUERTO RICO TUNA LANDINGS 



1/ NOT AVAILABLE. 



2/ ADDITIONAL LANDINGS OF BLUEFIN (640,000 POUNDS) AND SKIPJACK (596,000 POUNDS) TUNA WERE MADE AT U.S. ATLANTIC 



COAST PORTS AND TRANSSHIPPED TO PUERTO RICO. 



3/ INCLUDES 18,000 POUNDS OF ALBACORE TAKEN IN THE ATLANTIC AND 74,000 POUNDS TAKEN IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN 1972 



AND 2,000 POUNDS OF ALBACORE TAKEN IN THE ATLANTIC IN 1975. 



