FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 1017 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific const, 1929 — Continued 



CATCH OF HALIBUT: By United States and Canadian vessels and boats 



[Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 



' Estimated. 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1925-1929 

 [Expressai in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Note.— Statistics for Washington are furnished by the Seattle Halibut Exchange, those for British Co- 

 lumbia by the U. S. Consular Serv'ica and the Prinua Rupert Halibut Exchange, and those for Alaska by 

 bureau agents. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



During 1929 a total of 39,671,083 pounds of fishery products, valued 

 at $4,029,074, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers, exclusive 

 of amounts received by transporting vessels or rail from Alaska or 

 Canada. This is an increase over the previous year by 17 per cent 

 in amount, and 28 per cent in value and was due mainly to the larger 

 quantities of salmon handled. 



Of the total amount handled, 16,257,405 pounds of fish valued at 

 $1,996,468, were landed by fishing vessels which made 1,128 trips to 

 the fishing grounds. This is a decrease of 37 trips and 7 per cent in 



