FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 



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during the year which is an increase of 106 trips over those in 1929. 

 HaHbiit was the most important species taken by fishing vessels, 

 accounting for 76 per cent of the catch. Sablefish accounted for 16 

 per cent; "lingcod," 5 per cent; and rockfishes, 3 per cent. 



The catch by fishing vessels was taken off the Pacific coast from 

 Oregon to Unalaska Island. Hecate Straits ranked as the most 

 productive grounds, furnishing 33 per cent of the catch. Second in 

 importance was Cape Flattery, wliich provided 27 per cent of the catch, 

 while Portlock Bank ranked third, furnishing 10 per cent. The 

 remainder of the catch was taken chiefly from fishing grounds west 

 of longitude 145° W. 



Most of the catch by fishing vessels was made during the nine 

 months from March to November, inclusive, which is due to the 

 closed season for taking halibut during the ^\dnter months. During 

 the 9-month period of greatest catches, landings averaged about 

 1,800,000 pounds each month. 



During 1930, 22,288,012 pounds of fishery products, valued at 

 $1,759,221, were received by wholesale dealers from sources other 

 than Alaska or Canada, or from vessels in the hahbut fishery discussed 

 above. Most of these were products taken in Puget Sound. This 

 was 5 per cent less than the quantity received from similar sources 

 in 1929 by Seattle wholesale dealers, and the value was 13 per cent less. 

 The decrease in quantity was due to the smaller catch of humpback 

 or pink salmon and consequently smaller quantities handled in the 

 markets as 1930 was the "off" year for this species. 



Of the total fishery products handled by wholesale dealers derived 

 from sources other than the halibut fleet or from Alaska or Canada, 

 salmon accounted for 85 per cent, and the remainder was largely 

 crabs, herring, smelt, flounders, "hngcod," sablefish, and steelhead 

 trout. During the six months from May to October inclusive, 84 

 per cent of the years' transactions of these products were handled. 



Fishery products landed by United States fishing vessels at Seattle, Wash., 1930^ 



BY BANKS 



Fishing grounds 



Trips 



Halibut 



No. 1 



No. 2 



Sablefish 



West of U5° W. longitude 



Unalaska Island 



Shumagin Island 



Chirikof Island 



Trinity Island '. 



Albatross Bank 



Portlock Bank 



Cook Inlet 



Cape Cleare 



Middleton Island 



North of Cape Ommaney 



Cape St. Elias 



Yakutat Bank __ 



Cape Fai rweather 



Cape Spencer 



South of Cape Ommaney 



Cape Ommaney 



Coronation Island 



Cape Addington 



Dixon P"n trance 



Hecate Straits 



Cape Flattery 



Oregon coast 



Total... 



' Halibut fleet. 



Number 



1 



6 



16 



17 



15 



48 



1 



12 



14 



12 



501 



510 



23 



1.234 



Pounds 



41, 500 



211, 000 



454, 500 



440. 000 



353, 500 



1, 100, 100 



25, 000 



344, 100 



43, 000 



54, 500 

 546, 700 

 251, 400 

 117, 000 



39, 000 

 56, 600 

 64, 200 

 112, 200 

 2, 588, 350 

 793, 655 

 61, 550 



Value 

 $4, 565 

 24, 943 

 56, 894 

 55,341 

 44. 507 



138, 145 



2, 875 



38, 670 



4,811 



6,116 

 63, 924 

 31,241 

 14, 256 



4,470 

 7,581 

 8,090 

 15,417 

 373, 9C9 

 121,513 

 9,436 



Pounds 



8,500 



75, 000 



182, 500 



211,000 



155, 500 



502, 400 



22, 000 



99, 900 



15, 000 



11, 500 

 171, 800 

 103, 100 



47, 000 



6,000 



16, 000 



295, 300 



69, 300 



2, 267, 750 



626, 930 



32, 850 



Value 



$754 



6, 580 



10,915 



18, 700 



15, 970 



47, 030 



1, 760 



8,524 



1,100 



780 

 14, 076 

 10, 635 

 4,750 



570 



1,680 



27, 468 



6,965 



241, 486 



72, 250 



3, 746 



Pounds 



7,697,855 1,026,764 



4, 920, 330 



9,500 

 5,500 



Value 



$205 

 272 



2,400 



35, 000 



28,000 



289, 800 



2, 114, 300 



174, 500 



84 



2,175 



1,515 



14, 699 



95, 994 



6,757 



502, 339 



2, 659, 000 121, 701 



