388 FISHERY JNDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
The first arrival from the Cape Shore was on June 8, and consisted 
of 50,000 large and medium fresh mackerel, which sold at 104 cents 
per pound. Oneschooner, on her Cape Shore mackerel trip, obtained 
95,000 pounds fresh and 375 barrels of salted mackerel, and stocked 
$15,665, the crew sharing $343 each. This is said to be the largest 
stock ever made on a single mackerel trip. 
Swordfish.—The quantity of sdaiianiledet during the year was 
1,034,091 pounds, valued at $223,192. The number of vessels 
engaged in this fishery was 37, or 5 less than in the previous year. 
Flounders.—The catch of flounders in the vessel fisheries amounted 
to 2,269,807 pounds, valued at $93,800. There was an increase in 
the catch of flounders over the previous year of 990,086 pounds, or 
77.36 per cent, in quantity, and $48,864, or 108.74 per cent, in value. 
The catch taken by boats under 5 tons net tonnage is not included 
in these statistics. 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
In the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., there has been an increase 
in both the quantity and value of products landed by the fishing 
fleet, but a decrease in the products landed by collecting vessels as 
compared with the previous year. Statistics of the vessel fisheries 
at Seattle have been collected by the local agent and published as 
monthly and annual statistical bulletins, giving the quantity and 
value of fishery products landed by American fishing and collecting 
vessels at that port. 
In 1918 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed 834 trips, aggregating 
17,091,695 pounds of fish, having a value to the fishermen of 
$1,887,653. This catch was taken from the fishing grounds along 
the coast from the Oregon and Washington coasts to Portlock Bank, 
Alaska. The largest quantities were taken from Grays Harbor 
Grounds, Flattery Bade west coast of Vancouver Island, Hecate 
Strait, and Portlock Bank. The products included halibut, 
10,244,200 pounds, valued at $1,528,846; cod, 85,300 pounds, 
valued at $2,202; sablefish, 4,354,950 pounds, valued at $271,167; 
“lingcod,’’ 1,784,600 pounds, valued at $62,292; rockfishes, 620,770 
pounds, valued at $22,899; and sturgeon, 1,875 pounds, valued at 
$247. Compared with the previous year, there was an increase of 
214 trips by fishing vessels, and of 487,751 pounds, or 2.64 per cent, 
in the quantity, and $148,851, or 8.56 per cent, in the value of the 
roducts landed. The catch of salmon by these vessels was not so 
arge as in the previous year, but there was a large increase in the 
catch of sablefish, ‘‘lingcod’’, and rockfishes. 
The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 
by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 10,605,323 pounds, 
valued at $912,598. These products included salmon, 8,929,745 
pounds, valued at $811,028; steelhead trout, 433,756 pounds, valued 
at $57,724; herring, 580,200 pounds, valued at $11,853; smelt, 121,850 
pounds, valued at $7,019; sole, 138,935 pounds, valued at $5,307; 
crabs, 139,821 pounds, valued at $10,368; and other species amount- 
ing to 261,016 pounds, valued at $9,299. In the products landed by 
collecting vessels there was a decrease from the previous year of 
2,216,030 pounds, or 17.28 per cent, in quantity, and $75,961, or 7.68 
er cent, in value. The quantity and value of fishing products 
anded at Seattle by fishing and collecting vessels in 1918 are given 
in detail in the following table: 
