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imports of fresh, frozen, and cured fishery products from British Co- 
lumbia and coastwise vessel receipts from Alaska are also shown. 
Other features include halibut landings and prices at Prince Rupert, 
as well as carloads of fish shipped daily from Prince Rupert and Seattle. 
Through daily telegrams from New Yo:' and Boston, data are in- 
cluded on Eastern market supplies and prices of West coast fish and 
competing species, as well as the cold-storage movement and holdings 
of important varieties. 
An addition to the Seattle Market News report, effective May 1, 
1939, is the daily coverage of halibut and salmon landings in south- 
eastern Alaska. The receipts and prices of these species at Juneau, 
Ketchikan, Petersburg, and Sitka on a daily basis, and Wrangell on 
a weekly basis, are now incorporated in these reports. During 1938, 
Alaska halibut landings amounted to nearly 8,000,000 pounds, and 
troll-caught salmon landings in southeastern Alaska exceeded 10,000,000 
pounds. Information on the daily receipts and prices of these species 
in Alaska adds materially to the value of the reports. 
During the 12-month period ending December 31, 1938, there were 
nearly 51,000,000 pounds of fishery products landed at Seattle by ves- 
sels of the halibut fleet and other local craft. These products had a 
basic value of $3,275,000 to the fishermen. In addition, it is esti- 
mated that approximately 20,000,000 pounds of halibut and salmon 
were received in Seattle by coastwise vessels from Alaska and freighters 
from British Columbia. 1 
Of the Seattle fish receipts, two species—halibut and salmon—con- 
tributed over 72 percent; halibut leading all species with 41 percent 
of the total receipts. Only 8 other species of fish were received reg- 
ularly by Seattle wholesale dealers during 1938. These, in the order 
of their importance, were: Flounders, 4,048,500 pounds; sablefish, 
2,756,400 pounds; ‘‘lingcod,’” 2,708,200 pounds; herring, 727,400 
pounds; rockfishes, 620,500 pounds; cod (true cod), 432,200 pounds; 
smelts (eulachon and silver), 320,800 pounds; and perch, 121,900 
pounds. There were also approximately 800,000 pounds of albacore 
tuna received in Seattle, nearly all of which was frozen for canning 
at Anacortes. In addition, small quantities of California mackerel, 
barracuda, bonito, sea bass, and yellowfin and bluefin tuna are also 
received for the Oriental trade. 
Of the shellfish receipts at Seattle, the ‘‘Dungeness” crab is the 
leading item, amounting to 1,752,900 pounds, valued at $79,068 to the 
fishermen. Most of these crabs are taken in the ocean off Willapa 
and Grays Harbors. Other species of shellfish received in Seattle 
include Pacific and Olympia oysters, hard-shell clams (butter and 
little-neck), razor clams, bay scallops, shrimp, octopus, and squid. 
The Olympia oyster is one of the highest-priced species of shellfish in 
this country, selling wholesale in Seattle at $8 per gallon. Octopus 
and squid are consumed almost entirely by the Orientals. In this 
connection it is interesting to note that the Puget Sound production 
of squid is not nearly enough to take care of the local demand. Con- 
siderable quantities of fresh squid are received from Monterey, Calif., 
and last fall a carload of frozen squid was shipped from Massachusetts 
to Seattle. The local supply of shrimp is nearly exhausted, and Seattle 
depends largely on Alaska shrimp meat for this sea food. There are 
