APPENDIX III APPENDIX III 
In 19732/the Atlantic herring fishery ranked fifth in 
volume and 19th in value (uSing exvessel price) among Atlantic 
coast fisheries. Pacific herring ranked sixth in pounds 
caught and eighth in dollar value in 1973 among west coast 
fisheries. 
1972 Atlantic Coast Herring Landings by State 
State Pounds Value 
(millions) 
Maine 44.7 Sawa2 
Masschusetts BAe 275 
Rhode Island Soul EL 
Other States in New England, 
Middle Atlantic, and Chesapeake 
Bay combined 9 ~03 
Additional updated landings not 
available by individual State 1.8 a) 
Total 9028 $2430 
avalue was not available. 
1972 Pacific Coast Herring Landings by State 
State Pounds Value 
(millions) 
Alaska 34.87 $2.66 
Washington 6.90 1.24 
California Doe Sell: 
Oregon .04 -003 
Total 44.63 345013 
11973 is the latest year for which data on all the fisheries 
was available; later data was not available for the Atlantic 
herring fishery. 
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