APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
Products and processing 
The leading.U.S. halibut ports on the Pacific coast, for 
1974 were Kodiak, Petersburg, and Seward, Alaska. During 
the 1930s, Seattle received 40 percent of the total halibut 
landings. Since then, the number of vessels in the Seattle 
fleet has declined, and vessels are selling more of their 
catch in northern ports. In 1974 Seattle received only 2 
percent of the total landings. The pattern of landings 
changed principally because Alaska firms began paying fisher- 
men prices that competed with the higher prices traditionally 
offered at Seattle. Most fishermen preferred to deliver hali- 
but to ports near the fishing areas and to make additional 
fishing trips in the time formerly lost in the long run to 
Seattle. Table 9 shows the distribution of landings by ports 
thro, ILS)7/s) fennel US) y/ZA 
Table 9 
U.S. Halibut Landings by Port 
Dressed Weight (note a) 
Port 1973 1974 
(000 omitted) 
Kodiak Ay ow 6) al 
Petersburg 2 ile: 3) OAT, 
Seward 2,850 1,686 
Pelican 657 878 
Juneau 937 769 
Ketchikan 706 465 
Sitka 862 463 
Seattle 508 432 
Others 3/082 2,997 
2 Total UTZ 0 133,193'8 
‘Expressed in pounds. 
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