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Cod, haddock, and hake landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., 

 by otter trawlers in various years, 190S to 1923 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



In the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., there Avas a decrease, as 

 compared with 1922, in the quantity but an increase in the value of 

 products landed l)y the fishing fleet and an increase in both the quan- 

 tity and value of products landed by collecting vessels, which was 

 due chiefly to an increase in the landings of salmon. Statistics of the 

 vessel fisheries at Seattle have been collected by the local agent and 

 published as monthly and annual statistical bulletins, giving the 

 quantity and value of fishery products landed by American fishing 

 and collecting vessels at that port. 



In 1923 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed 919 trips, amounting to 

 10,237,590 pounds of fish, having a value to tlie fishermen of 

 $1,321,587. The catch was taken chiefly from fishing grounds along 

 the «oast from Oregon to Yakutat grounds, Alaska. The fishing 

 areas from which the largest quantities of fish were taken were Flat- 

 tery Banks, west coast of Vancouver Island, and Hecate Strait. The 

 products included halibut, 7,804,990 pounds, valued at $1,188,878; 

 sablefish, 2,108,600 pounds, valued at $123,514; "lingcod," 194,100 

 pounds, valued at $4,355; and rockfishes, 129,900 pounds, valued at 

 $4,840. Compared with 1922 there was an increase of 83 trips by 

 fishing vessels but a decrease of 1,094,460 pounds, or 9.66 per cent, in 

 the quantity, and an increase of $71,765, or 5.74 per cent, in the value 

 of the products landed. There was a decrease in the catch of halibut 

 of 2,133,160 pounds, or 21.46 per cent, in quantity, and of $7,512, or 

 0.63 per cent, in value. There was an increase in the catch of sable- 

 fish of 1,094,500 pounds, or 107.93 per cent, in quantity and of $76,862, 

 or 164.76 per cent, in value. The catch of "lingcod" decreased 

 64,100 pounds, or 24.82 per cent, in quantity, and $154, or 3.42 per 

 cent, in value; and the catch of rockfishes increased 8,300 pounds, or 

 6.82 per cent, in quantity, and $2,569, or 113.12 per cent, in value. 



Tlie fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 

 by collecting vessels during the vear amounted to 17,387,478 pounds, 

 valued at $1,308,731. The products included salmon, 15,711,200 

 pounds, valued at $1,209,855; herring, 218,000 pounds, valued at 

 $1,900; sturgeon, 5,000 pounds, valued at $500; steelhead trout, 

 185,400 pounds, valued at $15,020; smelt, 229,500 pounds, valued at 

 $22,284; perch, 60,900 pounds, valued at $4,113; rockfishes. 88,700 

 pounds, valued at $4,694; ''Tingcod." 47,300 pounds, valued at $2,998: 

 flounders, 70,500 pounds, valued at $1,556; sole, 231,700 pounds, 

 valued at $8,443; and crabs, 539,278 pounds, valued at $37,368, 

 Compared with 1922 there was an increase in the products landed by 

 collecting vessels of 2,304,088 pounds, or 15.28 per cent, in quantity, 

 and $343,899, or 35.64 per cent, in value. 



