GENERAL REVIEW 



39 



RELATIVE VOLUME OF THE LANDINGS, BY SPECIES, 1970 



SPECIES 



PERCENT 



OF 



TOTAL 



RECORD LANDINGS 



AND YEAR 



MENHADEN 



SALMON 



TUNA 



SHRIMP 



CRASS 



ANCHOVIES 



FLOUNDERS 



INDUSTRIAL FISH 1/. 

 CLAMS 



HERRING, SEA: 

 ATLANTIC. . 

 PACIFIC . . 



TOTAL HERRING 



ALEWIVES. . 



COD; 



ATLANTIC. 

 PACIFIC . 



TOTAL COD 



OCEAN PERCH, ATLANTIC . . 



OYSTERS 



JACK MACKEREL 



WH I T I NG 



CATFISH 4 BULLHEADS . . . 



HALIBUT, PACIFIC 



LOBSTERS, AMERICAN. . . . 



MULLET 



ROCKFISHES 



MACKERELS 



HADDOCK 



CARP 



BUFFALOFISH 



OCEAN PERCH, PACIFIC. . . 



STRIPED BASS 



CHUBS 



SCUP OR PORGY 



LOBSTERS, SPINY 



SPOT 



SHAD 



BON I TO 



POLLOCK 



SNAPPER, RED 



HAKE, PACIFIC 



CROAKER 



GROUPERS 



SEA TROUT OR WEAKFISH, 



GRAY 



SCALLOPS, SEA 



BLUEFISH 



SHEEPSHEAD, FRESH-WATER . 



SABLEFISH 



SEA TROUT OR WEAKFISH, 



SPOTTED 



LINGCOD 



MUSSEL SHELLS 



SMELT 



HERRING, THREAD 



YELLOW PERCH 



SEA BASS, BLACK (ATLANTIC) 



HAKE, WHITE ' 



8UTTERFISH 



I R I SH MOSS 



K I NG WH I T I NG OR K I NGF I SH 

 ALL OTHER 



TOTAL 



THOUSAND 

 POUNDS 



1 ,837,493 

 412,424 

 393,494 

 367,466 

 277,218 

 192,939 

 168,545 

 160,952 

 99,204 



66,741 

 21 ,818 



08,559 



69,539 



53 . 225. 

 2,964 



56.209 



55,290 



53,602 



47,747 



44,516 



35,217 



34,547 



34,152 



31 ,324 



27,610 



27,502 



26,889 



26,562 



22,089 



15,266 



11 ,186 



11 ,053 



10,504 



10,345 



10,067 



9,437 



9,375 



9,216 



9,140 



9.019 



8,449 



8,202 



7,627 

 7,304 



7,203 

 6,991 

 6,474 



6,126 

 5,911 

 5,764 

 5,755 

 5,681 

 4,762 

 4.311 

 4,086 

 3,949 

 3,898 

 3,851 

 105,153 



4,917.220 



PERCENT 



37.4 

 8.4 

 8.0 

 7.5 

 5.6 

 3.9 

 3.4 

 3.3 

 2.C 



YEAR 



1962 



1936 

 1950 

 1970 

 1966 

 1970 

 1965 

 1965 

 1970 



1902 



1937 



1 .0 

 .1 



1 .1 

 1 .0 

 .9 

 .7 

 .7 

 .7 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 

 .6 

 .5 

 .4 

 .3 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 

 .2 



2.3 



100.0 



1880 



1 Q15 



1951 

 2/ 1908 

 1952 

 1957 

 1963 

 1915 

 1970 

 1902 

 1945 

 (3) 

 1929 

 1908 

 1950 

 1965 

 1969 

 1960 

 1960 

 1970 

 1952 

 1890 

 1967 

 1938 

 1902 

 1967 

 1945 

 1965 



1945 

 1961 

 4/ 1897 

 1959 

 1945 



1936 

 1944 

 1908 

 1958 

 1967 

 1934 

 1952 

 1898 

 1939 

 1968 

 1968 



POUNDS 



2,347,944 

 643 ,700 

 403 ,372 

 367,468 

 372,425 

 192,939 

 180,121 

 265,438 

 99,204 



200,598 

 263,200 



101 ,127 



294.351 

 32,681 



258,320 



152,046 



146,522 



133,041 



38,614 



66,696 



34,152 



43 ,385 



57,686 



(3) 



293,809 



43,659 



25,873 



28,352 



12,437 



16,854 



49,229 



10,345 



15,863 



43,000 



21 ,268 



40,694 



23,457 



28,818 



64,668 



9,570 



41,420 



27,461 

 22,673 

 13,644 

 17,750 



8,800 

 14,262 

 81 ,869 

 13,303 

 18,963 

 16,282 

 21 ,997 

 39,824 

 17,151 

 7,300 

 5,708 



1/ UNCLASSIFIED SPECIES FOR BAIT, REDUCTI ON, AND ANIMAL FOOD. 



2/ FIRST YEAR IN WHICH AN OYSTER SURVEY WAS MADE IN ALL REGIONS. 



3/ DATA NOT AVAILABLE. 



4/ INCLUDES DATA ON NEW ENGLAND LANDINGS IN 1898. 



