TABDC III - l'l.--UNITKD STATES MD ALASM SIIRH'IP CATCH BY GEAJ?, 



SPECIFIED YEARS 



Gear 



1930 

 1/ 



19^0 

 1/2/ 



1950 



1953 



195^ 



1955 



1956 



( 



Shrimp trawls 8'J,50k 

 Beam trawls 1/ 2,lH2 



Thousands of pounds - heads on weight ) 



150,i^26 187,816 256,965 265,^17 21^0,706 219,045 

 1,175 2,986 2,691 1,965 2,695 4,21^5 



189 



559 



69k 



19h 



9 



2 

 10 



25 

 60 



508 



381 



225 



Total 92,180 152, 6ll^ 191,473 260,357 268,334 244,335 224,173 



1/ Does not include Mssissippi River and tributaries. 



2/ Dees not include sand shrimp. 



3/ Small catches by shrimp traps in Alaska are included with beam trawls. 



4/ Less than 500 pounds. 



166 



