FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 193 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1932 — Continued 

 CATCH OF ALL SPECIES: By United States vessels AND boats— Continued 



C-4.TCH OF HALIBUT: By United States and Canadian vessels and boats 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 



Note.— In addition to the above it is estimated that about 500,000 pounds of halibut livers, valued at 

 about $60,000 were landed at Pacific coast ports during 1932. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



A total of 42,266,096 pounds of fislicn^ products, valued at $1,797,- 

 611, were handled b}' Seattle wholesale dealers, exclusive of quantities 

 received by transporting vessels or by rail from Alaska or Canada. 

 This represents an increase of 4 percent in quantity, but a decrease 

 of 22 percent in value as compared with the quantity of products 

 handled and its value for the previous year. Of the total quantity 

 handled, 24,141,954 pounds, valued at $1,055,607, were landed by 



