﻿ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  in 
  this 
  edition 
  of 
  "Fishery 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States" 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  co- 
  

   operation 
  with 
  the 
  various 
  States 
  and 
  tabulated 
  by 
  the 
  staff 
  of 
  the 
  Statistics 
  and 
  Market 
  News 
  Di- 
  

   vision 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  HoytA. 
  Wheeland. 
  The 
  material 
  was 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication 
  by 
  Thelma 
  

   I. 
  Bell 
  and 
  Susan 
  Flint. 
  Field 
  surveys 
  were 
  supervised 
  by 
  the 
  various 
  regional 
  and 
  area 
  offices. 
  

   Program 
  leaders 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  field 
  surveys 
  were: 
  Francis 
  Riley 
  for 
  the 
  New 
  England, 
  Middle 
  Atlan- 
  

   tic, 
  Chesapeake, 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  and 
  northern 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  States; 
  George 
  Snow 
  for 
  the 
  South 
  

   Atlantic, 
  Gulf, 
  and 
  southern 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  States; 
  James 
  R. 
  Bybee, 
  California; 
  Victor 
  J. 
  Samson, 
  

   Washington 
  an,d 
  Oregon; 
  Henry 
  Jimmie, 
  Alaska; 
  and 
  Robert 
  Iverson, 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  The 
  cooperation 
  of 
  the 
  many 
  contributors 
  is 
  gratefully 
  acknowledged. 
  Contributors 
  are 
  given 
  

   credit 
  for 
  their 
  information 
  in 
  the 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  data 
  appear. 
  

  

  PREFACE 
  

  

  This 
  report 
  contains 
  a 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  statistics 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1970. 
  These 
  statistics 
  

   include 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  landings 
  of 
  fishery 
  products, 
  employment 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  gear 
  operated, 
  number 
  of 
  fishing 
  craft 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  fishery 
  products, 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  on 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  processed 
  fishery 
  products, 
  data 
  on 
  freez- 
  

   ings 
  and 
  cold 
  storage 
  holdings 
  , 
  and 
  on 
  foreign 
  trade 
  in 
  fishery 
  commodities 
  . 
  

  

  Data 
  on 
  employment 
  of 
  fishermen, 
  fishing 
  craft 
  and 
  gear 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  land- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  fish, 
  shellfish, 
  and 
  other 
  aquatic 
  plants 
  and 
  animals, 
  are 
  shown 
  for 
  States 
  having 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  fisheries. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  canned 
  tuna 
  and 
  industrial 
  products 
  for 
  

   Puerto 
  Rico 
  and 
  American 
  Samoa 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  processed 
  products 
  tables. 
  In 
  Section 
  11, 
  Puerto 
  

   Rico 
  landings 
  data 
  are 
  also 
  shown. 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  landings 
  tables 
  in 
  this 
  report, 
  except 
  the 
  one 
  on 
  page 
  42 
  entitled, 
  "U.S. 
  Land- 
  

   ings, 
  1970-Live 
  Weight 
  Basis," 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  fish, 
  crustaceans, 
  and 
  such 
  moUusks 
  as 
  squid 
  is 
  

   shown 
  in 
  round 
  (live) 
  weight. 
  However, 
  the 
  weights 
  shown 
  for 
  univalve 
  and 
  bivalve 
  mollusks 
  

   (cohchs, 
  clams, 
  oysters, 
  scallops, 
  etc.) 
  represent 
  the 
  weights 
  of 
  meats, 
  excluding 
  the 
  shell. 
  

   The 
  weight 
  of 
  shells 
  omitted 
  from 
  the 
  catch 
  in 
  1970 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  1.2 
  billion 
  pounds 
  . 
  It 
  should 
  

   be 
  noted, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  data 
  in 
  the 
  table 
  on 
  page 
  43 
  "World 
  Landings 
  of 
  Fish, 
  Crustaceans, 
  

   Mollusks, 
  etc. 
  , 
  by 
  Countries" 
  are 
  shown 
  on 
  a 
  live 
  weight 
  basis. 
  

  

  All 
  appropriate 
  records 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  various 
  State 
  fishery 
  agencies 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  assem- 
  

   bling 
  data 
  on 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  In 
  certain 
  areas, 
  information 
  complete 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  sta- 
  

   tistical 
  agents 
  was 
  available 
  from 
  State 
  agencies, 
  and 
  in 
  these 
  States, 
  only 
  partial 
  surveys 
  were 
  

   conducted. 
  Information 
  on 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  collecting 
  the 
  data 
  and 
  an 
  explanation 
  of 
  terms 
  used 
  may 
  

   be 
  found 
  in 
  Section 
  13 
  of 
  this 
  publication. 
  

  

  Complete 
  statistical 
  surveys 
  covering 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  were 
  conducted 
  in 
  

   all 
  areas 
  for 
  1970. 
  The 
  first 
  complete 
  survey 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  the 
  Census 
  for 
  1908. 
  Others 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  and 
  the 
  Fish 
  and 
  Wild- 
  

   life 
  Service 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1931, 
  1950, 
  1954-60, 
  and 
  1962-69. 
  

  

  