APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
development in 1946 of the Pacific Ocean perch fishery re- 
sulted in increased harvests of deepwater rockfishes. Pa- 
cific cod catches by trawlers increased rapidly following 
the development of "fish sticks." 
In 1973, the latest year for which complete fishing 
data was available by State, about 133 million pounds of 
groundfish were landed at Pacific coast ports with a value 
of $13.8 million (table 1). The California catch comprised 
a little more than 50 percent of the total volume of the 
four States. Table 2 shows the total tonnage and dollar 
value of Pacific Coast groundfish, excluding hake, between 
1960 and 1973. Table 3 contains the most current summary 
data showing the volume of groundfish caught on the west 
coast and the distance caught from shore. 
Table 1 
Landings of Groundfish by Statc 
for 1973 
Alaska Washington Oregon California Total 
Weight Weight Weight Weight Weight 
Species (note 4) Value (note a) Value (note a) Valuc (note a) Value (note a) Valuc 
Cod 158 $ 37 7,747 $ 703 514 $ 45 = > 8,419 $ 785 
Flounder 992 72 8,466 1,039 M2 A97) Li aa27, 32,550 3,913 54,505 6,451 
Hake - - 2,482 37 78 4 34 1 2,594 42 
Lingevod 91 21 2,402 253 2,326 212 3,559 389 2,378 875 
Pacific Ocean 
perch - = 5,862 500 566 50 = = 6,428 550 
Pollock - = 109 8 = = = = 109 8 
Rock fish 189 35 12,&73 983 4,924 361 22,216 2,310 40,202 3,689 
Sablefish Wwe at 473 578 111) 1,327 155 8,550 __ 661 12,366 1,400 
votal 3,34) 9638 40,519 $3,634 22,232 $2,254 66,909 $7,274 133,001 S13,800 
to in pounds. 
Sour loshery Stutisties of the United States, 1973 
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