viii PREFACE 



While space does not permit coverage of every fishery, the material in 

 Part II on the description of the major fisheries of the United States 

 covers directly the sixteen leading species on a value basis. Most of the 

 species not directly covered are handled by methods quite similar to 

 those which are included. 



Maurice E. Stansby 



Seattle, Washington 

 June, 1963 



