FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 



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Dans' absence from port of otter trawlers landing fish at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., 1925 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



In the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., in 1925, there was an in- 

 crease, as compared with 1924, in the quantity and value of the prod- 

 ucts landed by the fishing fleet but a decrease in the quantity and value 

 of products landed by collecting vessels. There was some falling off 

 in the quantity and value of salmon and some other species not wholly 

 compensated by the gains made by such species as herring, perch, 

 " lingcod," sole, and crabs. Statistics of the vessel fisheries at Seattle 

 were collected by the local agent and published as monthly and an- 

 nual statistical bulletins giving the quantity and value of fishery prod- 

 ucts landed by American fishing and collecting vessels at that port. 



In 1925 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed 838 trips, amounting to 

 12,996,550 pounds of fish having a value to the fishermen of $1,594,- 

 298. The catch w T as taken chiefly from fishing grounds along the 

 coast from Oregon to Portlock Bank, Alaska. The largest quan- 

 tities were taken from the Oregon coast, Flattery Banks, Hecate 

 Strait, and Portlock Bank. The products included halibut, 9,685,- 

 050 pounds, valued at $1,403,167; sablefish, 2,340,200 pounds, valued 

 at $160,499 ; " lingcod," 691,550 pounds, valued at $21,343 ; and rock- 

 fishes, 279,750 pounds, valued at $9,289. Compared with 1924 there 

 was a decrease of 16 trips by fishing vessels, but an increase of 2,930,- 

 540 pounds, or 29.11 per cent, in the quantity, and of $264,341, or 

 19.88 per cent, in the value of the products landed. 



The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 

 by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 17,397,910 pounds, 

 valued at $1,361,519. The products landed included salmon, 15,331,- 



