The catch of bonito and yellowtail — the timalike fishes — for 

 the Pacific Coast States is shown in table ^0 by species for the years 

 1915 through 1950. Values of the catch are also given in these last 

 three tables. As a result of detailed statistical surveys, value data 

 are available for the Pacific Coast States tuna and tunalike species 

 catch for most years. However, 19^0 is the only year -when complete 

 value data were recorded for the entire United States as a result of 

 the detailed statistical survey conducted in that year. The value of 

 the catch along with the quantity caught in 19^0 for the entire United 

 States is shown in table 5^. 



In order to show by general areas where most of the domestic catch 

 is taken, tables 52, 53, and 5U, have been prepared. In recent years 

 most of our catch has been taken off Latin America. The smaller 

 proportion of the total catch has been taken off the Pacific Coast 

 States and in one year, 19U8, 132,000 pounds of albacore were taken 

 off Alaska. Operating range of the domestic tuna fleet is shown in 

 figure 111, 



TABLE 51, - UNITED STATES: CATCH OF TUNA AND TUNALIKE FISHES, 1950 

 (Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars) 



Species 



Pacific Coast States 



Tuna: 



Albacore 

 Blue fin 

 Little 

 Skipjack 

 Yellowfin 



Total 



Tunalike fishes: 

 Bonito 

 Ye How tail 



Total 



Quantity 



72,U15 

 2,762 



126, 786 

 187,889 



Value 

 13,835 



i;25 



18,130 

 28,823 



Grand total 



39U,078 



61,595 



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