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U. S. BUREAU OF 1'ISHERIES 

 Summary of cod catch of Alaska 



Year 



Vessel 

 fishery 



1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 

 1877 

 1878 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 

 1882 

 1883 

 1884. 

 1885 

 1886 

 1887. 

 1888 

 1889. 

 1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 



Nu mber 



7,100 



54,500 



225,000 



724,000 



943, 400 



580,000 



1 , 032, 000 



1.467,000 



926,000 



305,000 



563,000 



369,000 



362, 000 



814,000 



779, 000 



902,000 



1,301,000 



1,002,000 



907, 000 



1,038,000 



1,485,000 



1,373,000 



988, 000 



800, 00C 



830,000 



674,000 



327,000 



365,000 



583,000 



775, 000 



666,000 



698,000 



765, 000 



Shore 

 fishery 



Number 



30, 000 

 101,000 

 227, 000 

 198,000 

 201,000 

 154,000 

 203,000 

 235,000 

 249,000 

 386, 000 

 383,000 

 299,000 

 372, 000 

 489, 000 

 773,000 

 662, 000 

 700,000 

 660,000 

 305, 000 

 286, 000 



Total 



Number 



7,100 



54,500 



225, 000 



724, 000 



943, 400 



580, 000 



1,032,000 



1,467,000 



926, 000 



305, 000 



563, 000 



369, 000 



362, 000 



844, 000 



880,000 



1,127,000 



1,499,000 



1,203,000 



1,061,000 



1,241,000 



1,720,000 



1,622,000 



1,374,000 



1,183,000 



1,126,000 



1,046,000 



816, 000 



1,138,000 



1,245,000 



1,475,000 



1,326,000 



1,003,000 



1,051,000 



Year 



1896 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 

 1902 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916 

 1917 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 



Vessel 

 fishery 



Shore 

 fishery 



Number 



837,000 



850, 000 



342, 000 



783,000 



817,000 



787, 000 



1,229,000 



1,463,800 



1,546,524 



2, 332, 133 



2, 492, 618 



1,490,230 



2, 028, 000 



1,748,155 



1,291,500 



1,542,000 



1,348,000 



1,481,260 



2, 283, 202 



2, 733, 571 



2,733,400 



2, 492, 960 



2,379,347 



2, 013, 537 



1,680,867 



608,000 



1,161,000 



1,754,468 



1,938,207 



2, 055, 875 



Number 



511,000 



450, 000 



722,000 



909, 000 



727,000 



1,140,000 



985,000 



1,002,000 



1,282,000 



1,020,632 



1,518,951 



1,146,403 



910,361 



683, 475 



992, 000 



997, 934 



804, 097 



1,585,600 



1,068,015 



1,159,107 



1,348,000 



1,446,410 



1,596,802 



1,925,182 



1,642,000 



838,300 



1,170,375 



846, 650 



884, 924 



Total... i 72,706,620 



38,226,218 



Total 



Number 



837,000 

 1,361,000 



792,000 

 1,505,000 

 1,726,000 

 1,514,000 

 2, 369, 000 

 2, 448, 800 

 2, 548, 524 

 3, 614, 133 

 3,513,250 

 3, 009, 181 

 3,174,403 

 2,658,516 

 1,974,975 

 2, 534, 000 

 2,345,934 

 2,285,357 

 3, 868, 802 

 3,801,586 

 3,892,507 

 3, 840, 960 

 3,825,757 

 3,610,339 

 3,606,049 

 2, 250, 000 

 1,999,300 

 2, 924, 843 

 2, 784, 857 

 2, 940, 799 



110,932,838 



SUMMARY OF VESSEL-FISHING DATA 



The following table shows, in summarized form, the available data 

 covering the vessel fishery for cod on the Pacific coast from its incep- 

 tion in 1863 to 1925, inclusive. In this table is shown, by years, the 

 number of vessels from the States fishing on the various grounds, and 

 the catch made on each ground. As after 1909 none of the vessels 

 visited the Okhotsk Sea, while a little later the vessels visiting the 

 banks off the Alaska coast often fished in the same season on both 

 the North Pacific and Bering Sea banks, it was decided to combine 

 these last-named two areas under the head of North Pacific banks. 

 Up to 1915 the Alaska local fleet was so small, and separate data were 

 so difficult to gather, that they were combined with those of the shore- 

 station catch. Since then, however, an effort has been made to sepa- 

 rate this. The total catch of the fleet since 1863 amounts to 72,706,620. 



