FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 389 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
The vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., had a more prosperous year 
in 1926 than in the previous year. There was an increase in the quan- 
tity and value of the products landed by the fishing fleet and also by 
the collecting vessels. The products landed by fishing vessels showed 
an increase in the catch of halibut, “lingcod,” and rockfishes, but 
some decrease in the catch of sablefish. In the products landed by 
collecting vessels there was an increase in the quantity and value of 
salmon, sturgeon, herring, and steelhead trout, while flounders. 
increased in quantity but decreased in value. ‘There was a decrease 
in both the quantity and value of all other species. Statistics of the 
vessel fisheries at Seattle were collected by the local agent and pub- 
lished as monthly and annual statistical bulletins giving the quantity 
and value of fishery products landed by American fishing and collect- 
ing vessels at that port. 
In 1926 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed 1,068 trips, amounting to- 
13,371,610 pounds of fish, having a value to the fishermen of $1,896,677. 
The catch was taken chiefly from fishing grounds along the coast from 
Oregon to Portlock Bank, Alaska. Hecate Strait was the most pro- 
ductive of these grounds, the catch amounting to 7,087,930 pounds, 
valued at $1,128,447. Flattery Banks produced 4,509,580 pounds,. 
valued at $557,411, and the Oregon coast 1,006,400 pounds, valued at 
$86,397. Smaller quantities were taken from the west coast of Van- 
couver Island, Yakutat grounds, and Portlock Bank. The products 
included halibut, 10,050,610 pounds, valued at $1,738,015; sablefish, 
2,082,800 pounds, valued at $107,673; ‘“lingcod,’? 821,250 pounds, 
valued at $33,356; rockfishes, 398,950 pounds, valued at $16,720; 
and sturgeon, 18,000 pounds, valued at $913. Compared with 1925, 
there was an increase of 230 trips and of 375,060 pounds, or 2.89 per 
cent, in the quantity and $302,379, or 18.97 per cent, in the value of 
the products landed by fishing vessels. 
The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 
by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 19,046,820 pounds, 
valued at $1,702,064. These products included salmon, 16,979,700: 
pounds, valued at $1,613,598; herring, 761,000 pounds, valued at 
$4,585; sturgeon, 10,150 pounds, valued at $1,852; steelhead trout, 
110,400 pounds, valued at $11,040; smelt, 160,000 pounds, valued at 
$16,870; perch, 79,600 pounds, valued at $5,046; rockfishes, 88,250 
pounds, valued at $5,010; ‘“‘lingcod,’”’ 48,000 pounds, valued at $1,840; 
flounders, 81,600 pounds, valued at $1,632; sole, 281,300 pounds, 
valued at $11,346; and crabs, 446,820 pounds, or 18,510 dozen, valued 
at $29,245. Compared with 1925, there was an increase in the prod- 
ucts landed by collecting vessels of 1,648,910 pounds, or 9.48 per cent, 
in quantity and $340,545, or 25.01 per cent, in value. The quantity 
and value of fishery products landed at Seattle by fishing and collecting 
vessels in 1926 are given in detail in the following tables: 
