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5,765 pounds, or 2.76 per cent, in quantity and $225, or 2.88 per 

 cent, in value. There 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. These products included salmon, 10,349,700 

 pounds, valued at $679,171; herring, 560,000 pounds, valued at 

 $4,340; steelhead trout, 90,260 pounds, valued at $10,353; smelt, 

 370,805 pounds, valued at $24,081 • perch, 60,400 pounds, valued at 

 $3,476; rockfishes, 147,480 pounds, valued at $9,712; "lingcod," 

 32,000 pounds, valued at $1,650; flounders, 106,500 pounds, valued 

 at $2,086; sole, 207,080 pounds, valued at $6,724; and crabs, 

 504,300 pounds, valued at $37,285. Compared with the previous 

 year there was an increase 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. 



Quantities and Values op Certain Fresh Fishery Products Landed at Seattle, 

 Wash., by American Fishing Vessels, Calendar Year 1921. 



Number 

 of trips. 



Halibut. 



Sablefish. 



BY FISHING GROUNDS. 



Oregon coast 



Flattery Banks 



West coast, Vancouver Island 



Queen Charlotte Islands grounds. 



Hecate Strait 



Forrester Island grounds 



Coronation Island 



Cape Fairweather grounds 



Yakutat grounds 



Portlock Bank 



Total. 



BY MONTHS. 



January 



February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. 

 October . . . 

 November. 

 December . 



Total. 



5 



326 



299 



19 



186 



2 



3 



4 



20 



2 



Pounds. 



105,400 



2,635,600 



3,101,000 



367, 900 



4,158,600 



58,000 



68,000 



96,000 



786,500 



104,000 



11,481,000 



11 

 40 

 65 

 99 

 139 

 118 

 80 

 85 

 87 

 80 

 49 

 13 



377,000 



660, 900 



702,900 



1,083,000 



1,685,500 



1,387,800 



1,406,500 



1,664,800 



1,183,200 



699,600 



491,800 



238,000 



11,481,000 



Value. 



$14, 173 



325,913 



385, 272 



57, 481 



413, 107 



5,695 



7,683 



12,000 



103,984 



10,350 



Pounds. 

 21,200 

 791, 000 

 620, 200 

 26,500 

 18,500 

 40,000 



1,000 

 1,000 



1,335,658 



1,519,400 



61,533 

 82,851 

 97,588 

 154,049 

 182,353 

 156, 772 

 134, 461 

 146,240 

 115,954 

 115,508 

 61,534 

 26, 815 



1,335,658 



8,500 



51,700 



32,000 



8,000 



19,200 



129,500 



91,000 



103,500 



508,500 



484,000 



72,000 



11,500 



1,519,400 



Value. 



32,610 

 26,285 



1,420 

 800 



1,600 



63,685 



510 

 3,065 

 1,510 



430 



925 

 6,975 

 3,660 

 4,140 

 21,105 

 19,000 

 2,840 



525 



63,685 



