40 EEPOET OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



Statistics of the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., have been col- 

 lected by the local agent and published as monthly and annual bul- 

 letins giving the quantity and value of fishery products landed by 

 American fishing vessels at that port. 



In 1916 there were landed at Seattle by American fishing vessels 

 517 trips aggregating 17,411,435 pounds of fish, having a value to 

 the fishermen of $1,361,233. These fish were taken from the fisliing 

 grounds along the coast from off the Columbia River northward to 

 Portlock Bank, Alaska. The products included 15,317,992 pounds of 

 hahbut, valued at $1,306,645; 2,039,200 pounds of sablefish, or black 

 cod, valued at $53,438; and 54,243 pounds of other species, valued 

 at $1,150. 



The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 

 by collecting vessels amounted to 10,137,387 pounds, valued at 

 $471,259. These products included 8,141,682 pounds of salmon, 

 valued at $427,812; 1,425,989 pounds of herring, valued at $9,028; 

 149,214 pounds of steelhead, valued at $12,405; 61,957 pounds of 

 salmon trout, valued at $5,201; 41,274 pounds of smelt, valued at 

 $2,130; 59,487 pounds of flounders, valued at $1,025; 47,071 pounds 

 of sole, valued at $1,164; 127,388 pounds of crabs, valued at $8,890; 

 and a number of other species in smaller quantities. The quantity 

 and value of fishery products landed at Seattle by fishing and collect- 

 ing vessels in 1916 are given in detail in the following tables: 



