﻿SECTION 
  7 
  - 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  The 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  (Alaska, 
  Washington, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  

   California) 
  yielded 
  landings 
  of 
  1.5 
  billion 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $235.0 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  283.8 
  million 
  

   pounds 
  (24 
  percent) 
  and 
  $57.6 
  million 
  (32 
  percent) 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Landings 
  of 
  anchovies, 
  

   salmon, 
  tuna, 
  Dungeness 
  crabs, 
  and 
  shrimp 
  increased 
  sharply, 
  and 
  landings 
  of 
  halibut 
  and 
  snow 
  

   crabs 
  had 
  smaller 
  gains. 
  Landings 
  of 
  bonito, 
  sea 
  herring, 
  jack 
  and 
  Pacific 
  mackerel, 
  king 
  crabs, 
  

   and 
  sea 
  scallops 
  declined 
  compared 
  with 
  1959. 
  Prices 
  were 
  generally 
  higher 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  

  

  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  had 
  30 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  38 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  U.S. 
  

   landings, 
  and 
  exceeded 
  all 
  other 
  areas 
  in 
  value. 
  California 
  with 
  landings 
  of 
  702.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   had 
  47 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  production, 
  followed 
  by 
  Alaska 
  with 
  545.3 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  (37 
  percent). 
  Alaska 
  with 
  $96.1 
  million 
  had 
  41 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  

   Coast 
  landings, 
  followed 
  by 
  California 
  ($86.4 
  million) 
  with 
  37 
  percent. 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  

   supplied 
  the 
  remaining 
  231.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $52.5 
  million. 
  

  

  Fishermen 
  and 
  vessels 
  . 
  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  had 
  42,142 
  fishermen 
  using 
  5,446 
  vessels 
  (5 
  

   net 
  tons 
  or 
  more) 
  and 
  15,959 
  motor 
  boats--a 
  gain 
  of 
  2,115 
  fishermen 
  and 
  302 
  vessels, 
  but 
  a 
  de- 
  

   cline 
  of 
  1,455 
  motor 
  boats 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Processed 
  products 
  . 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  processed 
  seafood 
  items 
  was 
  $579.7 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   $134.1 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  California 
  led 
  with 
  products 
  valued 
  at 
  $299.8 
  million, 
  fol- 
  

   lowed 
  by 
  Alaska 
  with 
  $185.9 
  million; 
  Oregon, 
  $47.8 
  million; 
  and 
  Washington, 
  $46.2 
  million. 
  

   There 
  were 
  15,606 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  510 
  wholesaling 
  and 
  processing 
  plants 
  in 
  the 
  four 
  States, 
  

  

  Salmon. 
  Landings 
  of 
  410.1 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $98.7 
  million 
  were 
  142.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   (53 
  percent) 
  and 
  $35.8 
  million 
  (57 
  percent) 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1959. 
  The 
  harvest 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  since 
  

   1949. 
  A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  red 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  Alaska 
  and 
  near-record 
  silver 
  salmon 
  landings 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  were 
  the 
  principal 
  reasons 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  

  

  Alaska 
  landings 
  were 
  346.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $58.0 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  127.3million 
  

   pounds 
  and 
  $25. 
  5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Alaska 
  accounted 
  for 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  salmon 
  

   landings 
  and 
  59 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  value. 
  Biologists 
  had 
  predicted 
  a 
  run 
  of 
  50 
  to 
  50 
  million 
  Bris- 
  

   tol 
  Bay 
  red 
  (sockeye) 
  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  run 
  was 
  about 
  47 
  million 
  fish. 
  The 
  pink 
  salmon 
  run 
  

   also 
  fell 
  somewhat 
  short 
  of 
  expectations. 
  Despite 
  the 
  smaller 
  than 
  anticipated 
  runs, 
  red 
  salmon 
  

   landings 
  in 
  Alaska 
  were 
  150.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  79.1 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  since 
  1938. 
  Bristol 
  Bay 
  fishermen 
  caught 
  more 
  red 
  salmon 
  than 
  the 
  processing 
  plants 
  

   could 
  handle 
  at 
  the 
  Bay. 
  As 
  a 
  result, 
  an 
  airlift 
  was 
  devised 
  to 
  fly 
  the 
  extra 
  salmon 
  to 
  processing 
  

   plants 
  in 
  Anchorage 
  and 
  other 
  Alaska 
  cities. 
  Fishermen 
  took 
  their 
  salmon 
  20 
  miles 
  upriver 
  where 
  

   the 
  fish 
  were 
  iced 
  and 
  packed 
  into 
  plastic-lined 
  containers, 
  and 
  then 
  trucked 
  to 
  aircraft 
  waiting 
  

   nearby. 
  Airplanes 
  flew 
  about 
  20,000 
  air 
  miles 
  carrying 
  an 
  estimated 
  1.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  sock- 
  

   eye 
  salmon. 
  Landings 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  salmon 
  species 
  in 
  Alaska 
  increased 
  significantly 
  compared 
  

   with 
  1969; 
  pink 
  salmon, 
  117.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  (up 
  11 
  percent); 
  chum, 
  54.5 
  million 
  (up 
  140 
  per- 
  

   cent); 
  silver, 
  11.9 
  million 
  (up 
  48 
  percent); 
  and 
  chinook 
  salmon, 
  11.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  (up 
  7 
  per- 
  

   cent) 
  . 
  

  

  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  Washington 
  (37 
  .6 
  million 
  pounds) 
  increased 
  18 
  

   percent, 
  and 
  in 
  Oregon 
  (19 
  .4 
  million) 
  , 
  84 
  percent. 
  Sharply 
  increased 
  silver 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  

   both 
  States 
  accounted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  The 
  silver 
  salmon 
  production 
  in 
  Washington 
  was 
  17.4 
  

  

  