FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922. 



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halibut, 9,938,150 pounds, valued at $1,196,390; sablefish, 1,014,100 

 pounds, valued at S46,652; '"•lingcod," 258,200 pounds, valued at 

 $4,509; and rockfishes, 121,600 pounds, valued at $2,271. Compared 

 with 1921 there was a decrease of 30 trips by fishing vessels, and of 

 2,334,650 pounds, or 17.08 per cent, in the quantity and of $173,481, 

 or 12.18 per cent, in the value of the products landed. There was a 

 decrease in the catch of halibut of 1,542,850 pounds, or 13.43 per cent, 

 in quantity and of $139,268, or 10.42 per cent, in value. The catch 

 of sablefish decreased 505,300 pounds, or 33.25 per cent, in quani'ty 

 and $17,033, or 26.74 per cent, in value. The catch of '^ingcod'' 

 decreased 205,100 pounds, or 44.27 per cent, in quantity and $11,882, 

 or 72.49 per cent, in value; and the catch of rockfishes decreased 81,400 

 pounds, or 40.09 per cent, in quantity and $5,298, or 69.99 per cent, 

 in value. • 



The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 

 bv collecting vessels during the je&T amounted to 15,083,390 poimds, 

 valued at $964,832. The products included salmon, 13,615,780 

 pounds, valued at $882,481; herring, 261,890 pounds, valued at 

 $3,158; sturgeon, 1,100 pounds, valued at $130; steelhead trout, 

 122,820 pounds, valued at $12,542; smelt, 192,350 pounds, valued at 

 $16,795; perch, 30,800 pounds, valued at $2,114; rockfishes, 115,490 

 pounds, valued at $6,720; ''lingcod," 8,000 pounds, valued at $160; 

 flounders, 94,100 pounds, valued at $1,683; sole, 163,500 pounds, 

 valued at $5,679; and crabs, 477,560 pounds, valued at $33,370. 

 Compared with 1921 there was an increase in tlje products landed by 

 collecting vessels of 2,654,865 pounds, or 21.36 per cent, in quantity 

 and of $185,954, or 23.87 per cent, in value. 



Statement, by fishing grounds and months, of quantities and values of certain fresh fishery 

 products landed at Seattle, Wash., by American fishing vessels, 1922. 



Number ; 

 of trips. 1 



Halibut. 



Sablefish. 



BY FISHING GROUNDS. 



Oregon Coast 



Flattery Banks 



West Coast, Vancouver Island 



Queen Charlotte Islands grounds., 



Hecate Strait 



Noyes Island grounds 



Forrester Island grounds... 



Coronation Island 



Yakutat prouuds 



Portlock B ank 



Total. 



BY MONTHS. 



January... 

 February.. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . , 



Total. 



2 



342 



19.5 



38 



237 



5 



2 



2 



10 

 3 



20 

 34 

 53 

 94 

 118 

 113 



Pounds. 



12,000 



2,455,500 



1,849,500 



512,000 



4,385,150 



74,000 



36,000 



43,000 



420,000 



151,000 



Value. 



$2,430 



326,059 



226,752 



67,061 



500,507 



7,120 



2,981 



4,350 



47,950 



11,180 



Pounds. 



3,500 



805,400 



99,000 



10,500 



93,200 



2,500 



836 9,938,150 1,196,390 1,014,100 



493,500 



379,000 



543,200 



844,500 



1,252,300 



1,720,500 



1,423,000 



910,200 



947,600 



853,000 



345,600 



195,750 



50,720 

 50, 190 

 72,059 

 101, 153 

 141,967 

 162,373 

 149,834 

 113,681 

 127,321 

 137,841 

 59, 121 

 30, 130 



836 9,938,150 I 1,196,390 



22,000 

 18,000 

 7,000 



7,500 

 20,000 

 69,700 

 234,000 

 128,200 

 291,200 

 155,000 

 61,500 



1,014,100 



Value. 



37,962 



4,635 



450 



3,285 



125 



46,652 



740 

 700 

 340 



375 

 940 

 2,481 

 8,270 

 6,721 

 13,815 

 8,855 

 3,415 



46,652 



