FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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Fishery products, by months, taken in Paget Sound and landed at Seattle, Wash., 



by collecting vessels, 1923 



Species 



Sturgeon 



Herring 



Salmon: 



King or spring. 



Sockeye or red - 

 Trout: Steelhead- 



Smelt- 



Perch 



Rockflshes- 



"Lingcod" 



Flounders 



Sole 



Crabs 



January- 



February 



Pounds 



24,000 



35,500 

 6,000 

 5,000 



28,000 

 2,600 



24, 500 



98,000 



Vah;e Pounds 



$600 34, 000 



4,200 

 360 

 400 



1,960 



78 



980 



7,760 



9. 500 

 4,100 

 16, 300 

 4,000 

 17. 800 

 68, 640 



Value 



$340 



665 

 328 

 978 

 80 

 712 

 4,680 



March 



Pounds 



32.000 



2,750 

 8,200 

 7,000 



4,100 

 26,000 

 57. 200 



Total 223,600 16,338 154,340 7, 783 1 162, 000 8,744 318,004 12,445 549,284 56,995 



Value 



$320 



2,750 



492 

 420 



82 



780 



3,900 



April 



May 



Pounds 



128,000 



16,000 

 11,800 

 6,400 



5, 000 

 32, 000 

 1 18. 804 



Value 



$640 



1,600 

 690 

 512 



420,000 

 4,000 

 64,000 



100 

 1,280 

 7,623 



Pounds 

 1,400 



12, 600 

 6,000 



21, 000 

 20, 284 



Value 

 $140 



50, 400 



400 



2,880 



882 

 120 



840 

 1,333 



Species 



Sturgeon 



Salmon: 

 Humpback or pink- 

 Chum or keta 



King or spring 



Coho or silver 



Sockeve or red 



Trout: Steelhead...... 



Smelt -... 



Rockflshes 



"Lingcod" 



Flounders 



Sole 



Crabs 



Total 2,461,140 



June 



Pounds 



2, 235, 200 

 88,300 

 24,900 

 65, 600 



$268. 224 

 4.415 



6. 560 



8,200 

 3,000 



10, 500 

 6,300 



19, 140 



164 

 60 

 210 

 252 

 1,305 



July 



Pounds 



27, 000 

 16, 300 

 2, 777, 800 

 178, 000 

 26.400 

 19. 000 

 18. 400 

 8.600 



13.400 

 7.000 



Value 



$1,080 



326 



I", 780 



8,900 



1,320 



1,900 



2,208 



602 



268 

 245 



August 



Pounds 

 3,600 



1. 633. 400 



271. 200 



1, 620. 000 



1,015.000 



36, 800 



28, 800 



8,700 



6,000 

 20,600 



284, 188 3, 091, 900 294, 629 4, 644, 100 294, 782 1, 633, 000 



Value 

 $360 



65, 336 



8, 136 



162, 000 



50. 750 

 3,680 

 2,880 



120 



824 



September 



Pounds 



86, 000 



22. 000 



237, 500 



1, 230, 000 



31,600 

 7,400 



6,000 

 12,500 



Value 



$3. 440 



660 



23, 750 



73.800 



1,476 

 144 



120 

 490 



103, 880 



Species 



Sturgeon 



Herring 



Salmon: 

 Humpback or pink- 

 Chum or keta 



King or spring 



Coho or silver- - 



Sockeye or red 



Trout: Steelhead 



Smelt 



Perch- _. 



Rockflshes 1 



"Lingcod" 



Flounders 



Sole 



Crabs --- 



Total 2,634,350 142,72' 



October 



Pounds Value 



898,000 



41,400 



1, 620, 000 



8,000 

 17, 500 



6,500 



$35, 920 

 4,140 

 97. 200 



800 

 1.750 



520 



4,000 SO 



12,000 480 



26,950 ! 1,837 



November 



Pounds Value 



410,000 

 32,000 

 760, 000 



$16, 400 



3,200 



45,600 



18,000 1,800 



11,500 



230 



6,000 i 240 8,900 

 6,000 180 46,000 



68,000 \ 4.635 62,260 



December 



Pounds 



65,000 

 12,800 

 9,300 



1,311,500 72,285 204,260 



Value 



$6. 500 



1,024 



558 



178 

 1,380 

 4,295 



Total 



Pounds 



5,000 



218,000 



1, 746, 400 



1, 617, 500 



7, 363. 900 



4, 891, 300 



92, 100 



185, 400 



229, 500 



60, 900 



88,700 



47, 300 



70, 500 



231, 700 



' 539, 278 



13.935 !17, 387,478 



Value 

 $500 

 1,900 



69, 856 



61, 442 



789, 494 



280, 665 



8,398 



15, 020 



22, 284 



4,113 



4,694 



2,998 



1,556 



8,443 



37, 368 



1, 308, 731 



' 23,459 dozen. 



FISHERIES OF CALIFORNIA, 1923 



Through the courtesy of the California Fish and Game Com- 

 mission the bureau has received copies of its monthly sheets showin<j 

 the catch of fish, by species and by counties, for California, and 

 also the quantity of fish imported into California from Mexico, 

 during the calendar year 1923. These statistics have been com- 

 piled by species and liy months, as shown in the appended tables. 



In 1923 the catch of fLsh taken in the waters of California amounted 

 to 230,830,942 pounds, an increase of 61,801,209 pounds, or 37 per 

 cent, over the catch of 1922. The species taken in largest c|uantities 

 were pilchard, 159,197,006 pounds; albacore and tuna, 16,562,351 

 pounds; ilounders, 10,485,431 pounds; barracuda, 5,135,824 pounds; 



