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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1933 — Continued 

 CATCH OF ALL SPECIES: By United States vessels and boats— 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] 



1 Less than $500. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



A total of 43,353,031 pounds of fishery products, valued at $2,443,- 

 235, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers during 1933, exclusive 

 of quantities received by transporting vessels or by rail from Alaska 

 or Canada. Tliis represents an increase of 3 percent in quantity and 

 36 percent in value as compared with the quantity and value of prod- 

 ucts handled during the preceding year. Of the total ciuantity han- 

 dled 24,085,331 pounds, valued at $1,491,970, w^ere landed by lisliing 

 vessels, a decrease of less than one-half of 1 percent in quantity but 

 an increase of 41 percent in value as compared with the previous year. 

 Receipts by wholesale dealers from sources other than Alaska or Can- 

 ada or from vessels in the halibut fleet amounted to 19,267,700 pounds, 

 valued at $951,265, wliich is an increase of 6 percent in quantity and 

 28 percent in value. 



