PACIFIC COD FISHERIES 



463 



PRODUCTS 



The total quantity of cod landed in 1924 amounted to 8,805,705 

 pounds, valued at $543,496. This represents 2,784,857 fish, a com- 

 paratively small production for this coast. As the companies pre- 

 pare and market their own fish in a dried, boneless, or pickled 

 condition, the ultimate returns received by the companies will be 

 much larger than is shown in this table. 



The vessel fisheries produced 7,155,520 pounds, valued at $433,963, 

 while the shore fisheries produced 1,650,185 pounds, valued at 

 $109,533. The frozen cod reported was landed by halibut vessels. 



Washington leads in the total quantity produced and is second in 

 value of same, while California is second in quantity produced and 

 first in value of same. 



Products of the cod fisheries of the Pacific coast in 1924 



SUMMARY OF CATCH 



The following table gives a complete summary of all the codfish 

 secured in the vessel and shore fisheries from the inception of the 

 industry and carried to the home ports in Washington and Cali- 

 fornia. No effort has been made to include the cod consumed 

 locally in Alaska, which, in the aggregate, amounts to considerable, 

 as it forms the principal article of diet along a considerable stretch 

 of Alaska's coast line. This table shows that 72,706,620 fish were 

 secured in the vessel fishery and 38,226,218 in the shore fishery, or a 

 grand total of 110,932,838 fish. 



