400 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHEEIES 



Halibut fishery of the Pacific coast, 1936 — Continued 

 CATCTT OF ALL SPECIES: By UNITED States vessels and boats— Continued 



CATCH OF HALIBUT: 

 [Expressed in thousands 



By United States and Canadian vessels and boats 

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



> Less than $500. 



Note.— Ip addition to the above it is estimated that about 1,212.000 pounds of halibut, sableflsh, "lingcod," 

 and rockfish livers, valued at approximately $545,000 were landed by the combined fleets at Pacific coast 

 ports during 1936. 



The tabulation does not include landings at ports south of Seattle, Wash., which are normally less than 

 4 percent of the annual Pacific coast catch. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



A total of 49,831,417 pounds of fishery products, valued at $3,254,- 

 514, were handled by Seattle wholesale dealers during 1936, exclusive 

 of quantities received by transporting vessels or by rail from Alaska 

 or Canada. This represents an increase of 3 percent in volume and 

 8 percent in value as compared with the volume and value of the 

 products handled during the preceding year. Of the total quantity 

 27,059,529 pounds, valued at $2,201,774, were landed by fishing 

 vessels — an increase of 8 percent in volume and 18 percent in value 

 as compared with the previous year. Receipts by wholesale dealers 

 from sources other than Alaska or Canada or from vessels in the halibut 

 fleet, amounted to 22,771,888 pounds, valued at $1,052,740, which is 

 a decrease of 2 percent in volume and 8 percent in value. 



