FISHERY INDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1921. 



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Vessel Landings of Cod, Haddock, and Halibut at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., for Each Month of 1921, Shown by Apparatus 

 AND Fishing Banks — Continued. 



TOTAL, JANUARY TO DECEMBER— Continued. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



In the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., there has been a decrease 

 in the total quantity and value of products landed by the fishing 

 fleet but an increase in the quantity, with a decrease in the value, 

 of products landed by collecting vessels, as compared with the 

 previous year. The decrease in the products landed by the fishing 

 fleet was due chiefly to a decrease in the catch of halibut. There 

 was an increase in the catch of sablefish, but some decrease in that 

 of "lingcod" and rockfishes. Statistics of the vessel fisheries at 

 Seattle have been collected by the local agent and published as 

 monthly and annual statistical bulletins, giving the cjuantity and 

 value of fishery products landed by American fishing and collecting 

 vessels at that port. 



In 1921 the fisliing fleet at Seattle landed 866 trips, amounting to 

 13,666,700 pounds of fish, having a value to the fishermen of $1,423,- 

 303. This catch was taken from fishing grounds along the coast 

 from Oregon to Portlock Bank, Alaska. The fishing areas from 

 which the largest quantities of fish were obtained were 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, valued at $63,685; ''Imgcod," 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 by fishing 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 landed. 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 ''Imgcod" 

 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 



