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REVIEW OF CERTAIN MAJOR FISHERIES 



U.S. COD FISHERY 



U.S. fishermen landed 56.2 million pounds ol cod worth $5.9 million — a decline of 9 per- 

 cent In volume but an Increase of 17 percent in value compared with 1969. 



percent 



Otter trawls took 84 percent of the landings; lines, 11 percent; and gill nets, almost 

 . Less than 1 percent was taken in purse seines, pound nets, floating traps, and dredge 



almost 5 

 s. 



Landings at Massachusetts ports (43.8 million pounds) were 78 percent of the total. Maine 

 was next with 5.4 million pounds, followed by Rhode Island, 3.0 million; and Washington, 2.7 

 million pounds. Eight other Atlantic and Pacific Coast States accounted for the remaining 1.1 mil- 

 lion pounds . 



SUMMARY OF COD LANDINGS, 1970 



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