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Bank, Alaska. The largest quantities were taken from Flattery- 

 Banks, west coast of Vancouver Island, and Hecate Strait. The 

 products included halibut, 11,481,000 pounds, valued at $1,335,658; 

 sablefish, 1,519,400 pounds, A^alued at $63,685; " lingcod," 463,300 

 pounds, valued at $16,391 ; and rockfishes, 203,000 pounds, valued at 

 $7,569. Compared with the previous year there was an increase of 

 44 trips b}^ fishino; vessels, but a decrease of 688,750 pounds, or 4.79 

 per cent, in the quantity and of $569,456, or 28.57 per cent, in the 

 value of the products. There was a decrease in the catch of halibut 

 of 1,202,450 pounds, or 9.48 per cent, in quantity and of $578,191, 

 or 30.21 per cent, in value. The catch of " lingcocl " decreased 49,735 

 pounds, or 9.69 per cent, in quantity and $4,762, or 22.51 per cent, in 

 value ; and the catch of rockfishes decreased 5,765 pounds, or 2.76 

 per cent, in quantity and $225, or 2.88 per cent, in value. Therei 

 was an increase in the catch of sablefish of 569,200 pounds, or 59.90 

 per cent, in quantity and of $13,722, or 27.46 per cent, in value. 



The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 

 by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 12,428,525 pounds, 

 valued at $778,878. This quantity included 10,349,700 pounds of 

 salmon, valued at $679,171, and the remainder consisted of herring, 

 steelhead trout, smelt, perch, rockfishes, '* lingcod," flounders, sole, 

 and crabs. Compared with the previous year, there was an in- 

 crease in the products landed by collecting vessels of 2,614,559 

 pounds, or 26.64 per cent, in quantity, but a decrease of $102,188, or 

 11.59 per cent, in value. 



FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA. 



Through the courtesy of the California Fish and Game Commis- 

 sion, the bureau has received statistics of the catch of fish taken in 

 the waters of that State by species and localities for the calendar 

 year 1921. The catch taken during the year amounted to 127,728,623 

 pounds, as compared with 212,635,075 pounds the previous year, a 

 decrease of 84,906,452 pounds, or 39.93 per cent. The principal 

 species were pilchards, 59,332,305 pounds; albacore and tuna, 19,831,- 

 680 pounds; flounders, 8,429,595 pounds; salmon, 7,990,932 pounds; 

 rockfishes, 4,641,156 pounds; barracuda, 4,588,900 pounds; mackerel, 

 2,914,613 pounds; yellowtail, 2,139,626 pounds; white sea bass or 

 squeteague, 2,069,544 pounds; anchovies, 1,946,881 pounds; abalones, 

 1,481,170 pounds; bonito or skipjack, 1,376,712 pounds; sablefish, 

 1,022,556 pounds; and shad, 862,897 pounds. Compared with 1920, 

 the catch of pilchards decreased 59,185,424 pounds, or 49.93 per cent; 

 albacore and tuna, 16,312,660 pounds, or 45.13 per cent; and bonito 

 or skipjack, 7,237,869 pounds, or 84 per cent. There was an increase 

 in the catch of anchovies of 1,376,195 pounds, or 241.15 per cent, and 

 in the catch of sablefish of 241,524 pounds or 30.92 per cent. 



The imports of fresh fish from Mexico in 1921 amounted to 

 6,699,817 pounds, as compared with 8,121,225 pounds the previous 

 year. The principal species imported were barracuda, 3,036,262 

 pounds; flounders, 1,314.918 pounds; sea crawfish or spiny lobster, 

 943,547 pounds ; and white sea bass or squeteague, 500,075 pounds. 



FISHERIES OF MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. 



A canvass of the fisheries of Maryland and Virginia for the cal- 

 endar year 1920 was completed the latter part of 1921, and the results 



