508 U. §. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Halibut fishery cf the Pacific coast, 1938—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 jn— 
Fleet classification | as A Total 
roe ritis ~ 
Seattle, Wash. Columbia Alaska 
WASHINGTON FLEET Quan- | Quan- Quan- f Quan- 
tity Value tity Value tity Value tity Value 
Regular halibut vessels_____-____-_-- 19, 703 | $1, 642 2, 254 $160 339 $21 | 22, 296 $1, 823 
Other vessels and boats_____--___---- 391 28 69 4 32 2 492 34 
AMO) #23 [ee eR eee ee ee ee eee 20, 094 1, 670 | 2, 323 164 371 23 | 22, 788 1, 857 
SS | I | | ————— = 
ALASKA FLEET 
Regular halibut vessels_______.____-- | 634 55 | 4, 889 352 | 5,560 334 | 11, 083 741 
Other vessels and boats____---------- | 16 1 | 117 | 8 | 2,340 141 | 2,473 150 
— | —— 
STHOt aL ees ck ee tet ee ee | 650 | 56 | 5,006} 360] 7,900 475 | 13, 556 891 
COMBINED FLEETS | 
Regular halibut vessels.__-_--___---- 20, 337 1,696 | 7,144 511 | 5,899 355 | 33, 380 2, 562 
Other vessels and boats________-_--_- 407 30 185 13) -2)3%2, 143 | 2,964 186 
INO 2h Ne ee Lae se eS Lee ee 20, 744 1, 726 7, 329 | 524 | 8, 271 498 | 36, 344 2, 748 
British Columbia fleet___.___-------- | 466|  13/12013| 724| 26 | 2 | 12,205 739 
Gand total”... =. 20,910 | 1,739 | 19,342 | 1,248 | 8,297| 500 | 48,549 | 3, 487 







Note.—In addition to the above, there were 1,091,261 pounds of halibut, sablefish, ‘lingcod’’ and rock- 
fish livers valued at $514,169, landed by the combined fleets at Pacific coast ports during 1938. Halibut 
vessels in the combined fleets also landed 1, 236, 124 pounds of halibut and sablefish viscera valued at $123,613 
during the same period. 
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. y 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
A total of 52,086,890 pounds of fishery products, valued at $3,329,- 
227, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers during 1938, exclu- 
sive of quantities received by transporting vessels or by rail from 
Alaska or Canada. This represents a decrease of one-half of 1 per- 
cent in volume and 9 percent in value as compared with the quantity 
and value of the products handled during the preceding year. Of the 
total quantity handled, 25,228,065 pounds, valued at $1,911,441, were 
landed by halibut vessels—a decrease of less than one-half of 1 per- 
cent in volume and 10 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 26,858,825 
pounds, valued at $1,417,786, which is a decrease of 1 percent in 
volume and 8 percent in value. 
