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the most important on the Pacific coast and as a fishing port is ex- 

 ceeded only by Boston and Gloucester, Mass. In quantity of fish 

 handled, its growth has been unusual, increasing fourfold in the past 

 25 years. From landings in 1895, amounting to less than 12,000,000 

 pounds, the industry has grown until to-day the annual arrivals run 

 in excess of 45,000,000 pounds. Even greater than its increase in 

 quantity received has been its increase m rail shipments, which at 

 present are almost seven times what they were 25 years ago. In 

 1895 the quantity reshipped from Seattle by rail amounted to 4,252,- 

 000 pounds, or 37 per cent of the total quantity received, while in 

 1921 the quantity reshipped by rail amounted to 28,612,000 pounds, 

 or 63 per cent of the quantity received, an increase of 26 per cent in 

 the proportion reshipped, in spite of a large increase in consumption 

 within the city itself. 



COMMERCIAL SPECIES OF FISH. 

 TRADE NAMES. 



A nomenclatural conflict exists in this market, as in others, so the 

 following explanatory list is included for the reader's guidance. 



Standard and local names of species offish, sold. 



IMPORTANT SPECIES. 



Salmon and halibut constitute the backbone of the Seattle trade, 

 the combined landings of these two species during 1921 amounting 

 to slightly over 83 per cent of all fresh and frozen fishery products 

 reachmg this market. Of this amount 44 per cent is credited to salmon 

 and 39 per cent to halibut. 



Aside from halibut and salmon, several other species are of con- 

 sequence, some of which have come into prominence within very 

 recent years. Perhaps the most notable of these is the sablefish, 

 or black cod, the out-of-town demand for which has dropped off 

 materially since the war period, at which time its sale attained 

 considerable proportions. In the local market, however, sablefish 

 is considered a steady seller and finds particular favor among the 

 Scandinavian population. Smelts, red rockfish, and filleted fish are 

 also regarded as regular sellers in the city proper. 



