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PACIFIC COAST SALMON FISHERY, 1975 



Landings of salmon at Pacific Coast ports were 202.0 million pounds worth $107.0 million, an 

 increase of 530,000 pounds but a decline of $13.2 million. The harvest vuas the second smallest since 1915 and 

 76.4 million pounds below the previous 5-year average. Landings of pink salmon increased 45 percent; red 

 salmon, 7 percent; and Chinook salmon increased 5 percent. The increase in these three species offset the 22- 

 percent decline in chum and the 32-percent decline in silver salmon. 



Landings in Alaska (137.5 million pounds) increased 4 percent and Washington (45.2 million 

 pounds) increased 2 percent. Landings in Oregon (12.4 million pounds) declined 19 percent,and California with 

 6.9 million pounds declined 21 percent. 



Gill nets took 100.6 million pounds of the landings of Pacific salmon (50 percent); purse seines, 

 69.7 million pounds (35 percent); and lines, 28.8 million pounds (14 percent). The remaining 1 percent was 

 taken by haul seines, otter trawls, pound nets, floating traps, pots, dip nets, reef nets, and wheels. 



SUMMARY OF SALMON LANDINGS BY SPECIES, 1975 



SUMMARY OF PACIFIC COAST SALMON 

 PURSE SEINE OPERATING UNITS, 1975 



2/ INCLUDES SOME HAUL SEINES. 



NOTE: —PURSE SEINE OPERATING UNITS WERE CONFINED TO ALASKA AND WASHINGTON. 



