FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 491 
Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1937—-Continued 
CATCH OF HALIBUT: By UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN VESSELS AND BOATS 
[Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 


Landed in— 
Fleet classification Total 
British - 
Seattle, Wash. Golanibia Alaska 

WASHINGTON FLEET : 
Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value | Quantity | Value 
Regular halibut vessels__________ 20, 068 | 1, 830 2, 505 199 554 40 23,127 | 2,069 
Other vessels and boats__-._____- 447 SY p] teams ges SE 8 ae 36 3 483 40 
TMotalecs Aaee bee es JESS 20, 515 | 1, 867 2, 505 199 590 43 23,610 | 2,109 









ALASKA FLEET 



Regular halibut vessels_________- 588 52 4, 306 342 5, 877 385 10, 771 779 
Other vessels and boats_______--- 64 5 211 17 2, 236 130 2; oil 152 
Total: sae bt. i \ a oe oe 652 57 4, 517 359 8, 113 515 13,282 |- 9381 




COMBINED FLEETS 








Regular halibut vessels_________- 29, 656 | 1, 882 6, 811 541 6, 431 425 33, 898 2, 848 
Other vessels and boats_________- 511 42 211 17 2, 272 133 2, 994 192 
Rotal fact StS 21, 167 | 1, 924 7, 022 558 8, 703 558 36, 892 | 3,040 
British Columbia fleet__________- 18 2 11, 746 786 3 (1) 11, 767 788 
Grand itotals=_) 3. 21, 185 ia 926 18, 768 | 1, 344 8, 706 558 48,659 | 3,828 





1 Less than $500. 
Note.—In addition to the above, it is estimated that about 1,199,477 pounds of halibut, sablefish, ‘‘ling- 
cod,’’ and rockfish livers, valued at approximately $561,856, were landed by the combined fleets at Pacific 
coast ports during 1936. 
The tabulation does not include landings at ports south of Seattle, Wash., which are normally less than 
4 percent of the annual Pacific coast catch. 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
A total of 52,320,295 pounds of fishery products, valued at 
$3,664,057, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers during 1937, 
exclusive of quantities received by transporting vessels or by rail 
from Alaska or Canada. This represents an increase of 5 percent in 
volume and 13 percent in value as compared with the quantity and 
value of the products handled during the preceding year. Of the 
total quantity handled, 25,306,450 pounds, valued at $2,130,431, 
were landed by fishing vessels—a decrease of 6 percent in volume 
and 3 percent in value as compared with the previous year. Receipts 
by wholesale dealers from sources other than Alaska or Canada, or 
from vessels in the halibut fleet, amounted to 27,013,845 pounds, 
valued at $1,533,626, which is an increase of 19 percent in volume 
and 46 percent in value. 
