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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Hailbut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1930 — Continued 



CATCH OF HALIBUT: BY United States and Canadian vessels and boats 



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



'Estimated. 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1925-1980 

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



Note.— Statistics for Washington are furnished by the Seattle Halibut Exchange, those for British 

 Columbia by the U. S. Consular Service and the Prince Rupert Halibut Exchange, and those for Alaska 

 by bureau agents. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



During 1930, a total of 38,850,197 pounds of fishery products, 

 valued at $3,462,304, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers. 

 This amount is exclusive of quantities received by transporting 

 vessels or rail from Alaska or Canada. This represents a decrease of 

 2 per cent in quantity and 14 per cent in value as compared with the 

 transactions during the previous year. 



Of the total quantity handled, 16,562,185 pounds, valued at 

 $1,703,083, were landed by fishing vessels, an increase of 2 per cent 

 in quantity and a decrease of 15 per cent in value as compared with 

 the previous year. The vessels made 1,234 trips to the fishing grounds 



