40? 



REVIEW OF CERTAIN MAJOR FISHERIES 



SUMMARY OF UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN HAUBUT LANDINGS, 1970 



1/ IN ADDITION THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 POUNDS OF "NORTHERN" HALIBUT LANDED IN CALIFORNIA. MOST OF THIS 

 CATCH WAS INCLUDED. UNDER "CALIFORNIA HALIBUT" AND "UNCLASSIFIED FLOUNDERS". 



NOTE:-^ALIBUT STATISTICS IN THESE TABLES WERE COMPILED FROM DATA COLLECTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL PACIFIC HALIBUT 

 COMMISSION. STATISTICS FOR OTHER SPECIES WERE FURNISHED BY THE STATES. 



HALIBUT SCHOONER 



ATLANTIC OCEAN PERCH FISHERY, 1970 



Landings of Atlantic ocean perch declined for the tenth consecutive year. The harvest of 

 55.3 million pounds was 528,000 pounds less than in 1969, and 203.0 million pounds less than the 

 record production of 1951. However, the value of $2.7 million increased $358,000 compared with 

 1969. 



Maine landings of 46.7 million pounds worth $2. 3 million were 84 percent of the volume and 

 83 percent of the value. Massachusetts accounted for the rest, except for small landings in New 

 Hampshire and Rhode Island. Maine and Massachusetts otter trawlers accounted for most of the 

 production, with only small amounts taken by handlines and longlines . 



Most of the catches were made in waters off New England and in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 Some catches were also taken off Nova Scotia. 



