REVIEW 



IMPORTANT SPECIES 



90.4 million pounds--an increase of 14.2 million pounds 

 (19 percent). Silver salmon landings were 57.3 million 

 pounds-an increase of 2.0 million pounds (4 percent) 

 compared with 1991. 



Trend in 



Commercial 

 Pacific 



Landings, 

 Salmon 



1983-1992 



Millions 



1000 



200- 



1983 1984 198S 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 

 ^Pounds *Value ♦Deflated Value 



Alaska landings were 687.2 million pounds val- 

 ued at $544.5 million-a decrease of 4 1 .9 million pounds 

 (6 percent), but an increase of $232.8 million (75 percent) 

 compared with 1991. The distribution of Alaska salmon 

 landings by species in 1992 was: sockeye. 343.2 million 

 pounds (50 percent); pink, 203.7 million pounds (30 per- 

 cent); chum. 75.9 million pounds ( 1 1 percent), coho, 53.7 

 million pounds (8 percent), and chinook. 10.8 million 

 pounds (1 percent). The exvessel price per pound for all 

 species in Alaska was 79 cents in 1 992-an increase of 36 

 cents from 1991. 



Washington salmon landings were 24.4 million 

 pounds valued at $30.2 million--a decrease of 20.6 million 

 pounds (46 percent) and $2.9 million (9 percent) com- 

 pared with 1991. The biennial fishery for pink salmon 

 went from 13.5 million pounds in 1991 to 2.000poundsin 

 1 992. Washington landings of red salmon were 3 .5 million 

 pounds-a decrease of 6.4 million pounds (down 65 

 percent); followed by chum. 14.5 million pounds (up 34 

 percent); silver, 2.8 million pounds (down 62 percent); 

 and chinook, 3.7 million pounds (down 15 percent) 

 compared with 1991. The average exvessel price per 

 pound for all species in Washington increased from 74 

 cents in 1991 to $1.24 in 1992. 



Oregon salmon landings were 2. 1 million pounds 

 valued at $3.5 million-a decrease of 3.1 million pounds 

 (59 percent) and $2.2 million (39 percent) compared with 



1991. Landingsofchinooksalmonwere 1.7 million pounds 

 (down 7 percent); silver. 447,000 pounds (down 87 per- 

 cent); and chum, 3.000 pounds, up 200 percent from the 

 1,000 pounds reported in 1991. The average exvessel 

 price per pound for all species in Oregon increased from 

 Sl.lOin 1991 to $1.66 in 1992. 



California salmon landings were 1.6 million 

 pounds valued at $4.4 million-a decrease of 2.1 million 

 pounds (56 percent) and $4.6 million (51 percent) com- 

 pared with 1991. Chinook salmon represented 99 per- 

 cent of the total California landings with 1.6 million 

 pounds. Landings of silver salmon decreased to 1 1 ,000 

 pounds (98 percent) and $18,000 (97 percent) com- 

 pared with 1991 . The average exvessel price per pound 

 paid to fishermen for all species in 1992 was $2.72 com- 

 pared with $2.44 in 1991. 



SABLEFISH . U.S. commercial landings of sablefish were 

 75.5 million pounds valued at $79.6 million-a decrease of 

 8.2 million pounds (10 percent), but an increase of $1.5 

 million (2 percent) compared with 1991. Landings de- 

 creased 13 percent in Alaska to 54.1 million pounds 

 compared with 1991. Landings decreased 17 percent in 

 Washington to 4.6 million pounds. California landings 

 increased 12 percent to 8.0 million pounds when com- 

 pared with 1991 . The 1992 Oregon catch of 8.7 million 

 pounds was 41.000 pounds (5 percent) more than the 



1991 catch. The average exvessel price per pound in 



1992 was $1.06 compared with 93 cents in 1991. 



TUNA . Landings of tuna by U.S. fishermen at ports in the 

 50 United States. Puerto Rico. American Samoa, other 

 U.S. territories, and foreign ports were577.4 million pounds 

 valued at $279.9 million — an increase of 5.8 million 



Trend in Commercial Landings, 1983-1992 

 Tuna (Includes U.S. and Foreign Ports) 



Millions (lbs and S) 



1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 

 UPounds -*Value ♦Deflated Value 



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