It was not until 1952, hovnever, that offshore fishing for 

 shrimp on a conmercial scale was first undertaken on the Pacific coast. 

 Exploratory operations conducted by State and Federal government agencies 

 in the years since 1950 have laid the groundwork for the development of 

 the ocean fishery. Figure I - U shows the areas where the principal 

 concentrations of shrimp discovered in the course of these explorations 

 are located. The dates refer to the time the explorations in the 

 specific area were conducted. 



The State of Washington accounted for the greatest part of 

 the production of deep-water shrimp taken off the Pacific Coast States 

 in 1958. The Grays Harbor area is the principal place where these shrimp 

 axe landed in that State. The potential of the shrimp fishery off the 

 coast of Alaska, where considerable exploratory work has been done, 

 appears to be even greater than the shrimp fisheries off the Pacific 

 Coast States. 



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1955-56 



1952 



Puget Sound 

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19li9-53 



1953 



CALIFORNIA 



San Francisco 



Los Angeles 



San 

 Diego 



FIQURE I - l;.~Kap of Exploratory Fishing Results 

 Pacific Coast Area. 



