REVIEW 



IMPORTANT SPECIES 



PACIFIC SALMON . U.S. commercial landings of 

 salmon were 889.0 million pounds valued at $423.5 

 million-an increase of 1 72.3 million pounds (24 per- 

 cent), but a decrease of $ 159.3 million (27 percent) 

 compared with 1992. Alaska and Washington ac- 



Trend in Commercial Landings, 1984-1993 

 Pacific Salmon 



Millions (lbs and $) 



1000 



1984 198S 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 

 HPounds rvalue ♦Deflated Value 



counted for 95 percent and 4 percent of the total 

 landings, respectively. Red salmon landings were 

 394.9 million pounds valued at $281.5 million-an 

 increase of 48.4 million pounds (14 percent), but a 

 decrease of $139.8 million (33 percent) compared 

 with 1992. King salmon landings increased to 18.6 

 million pounds~up 868,000 pounds (5 percent) from 

 1992. Pinksalmon landings were 343.1 million pounds- 

 -an increase of 139.4 million pounds (68 percent); 

 chum salmon,90.4 million pounds wereunchanged; 

 and silver salmon, 41 .0 million pounds~a decrease 

 of 16.3 million pounds (28 percent) compared with 

 1992. 



Alaska landings were 846.9 million pounds 

 valued at $39 1.1 million~an increase of 159.7 million 

 pounds (23 percent), but a decrease of $153.4 

 million (28 percent) compared with 1992. The distri- 

 bution of Alaska salmon landings by species in 1 993 

 was: sockeye, 381.1 million pounds (45 percent); 

 pink, 335.0 million pounds (39 percent); chum, 80.7 

 million pounds (10 percent), coho, 38.5 million 

 pounds (5 percent), and Chinook, 1 1.6 million pounds 

 (1 percent). The exvessel price per pound for all 



species in Alaska was 46 cents in 1 993- a decrease 

 of 33 cents from 1992. 



Washington salmon landings were 36.4 mil- 

 lion pounds valued at $24. 1 million~an increase of 

 12.0 million pounds (49 percent), but a decrease of 

 $6.1 million (20 percent) compared with 1992. The 

 biennial fishery for pink salmon went from 2,000 

 pounds in 1992 to 8.2 million pounds in 1993. 

 Washington landings of red salmon were 13.9 million 

 pounds-on increase of 10.4 million pounds (up 302 

 percent); followed by chum, 9.7 million pounds 

 (down 33 percent); silver, 1.7 million pounds (down 

 38 percent); and Chinook, 3.0 million pounds (down 

 20 percent) compared with 1992. The overage 

 exvessel price per pound for all species in Washing- 

 ton decreased from $ 1 .24 in 1992 to $0.66 in 1993. 



Oregon salmon landings were 1.7 million 

 pounds valued at $2.4 million~a decrease of 428,000 

 pounds (20 percent) and $1.2 million (33 percent) 

 compared with 1992. Landings of Chinook salmon 

 were 1 .5 million pounds (down 1 1 percent); silver, 

 208,000 pounds (down 53 percent); and chum, less 

 than 1,000 pounds down from the 3,000 pounds 

 reported in 1992. The overage exvessel price per 

 pound for all species in Oregon decreased from 

 $1.66 in 1992 to $1.38 in 1993. 



California salmon landings were 2.6 million 

 pounds valued at $5.8 million-an increase of 940,0CO 

 pounds (58 percent) and $1.3 million (30 percent) 

 compared with 1992. Chinook salmon was the only 

 species landed in 1 993. No landings of silver salmon 

 were reported in 1993, though 1 1 ,000 pounds val- 

 ued at $ 1 8 ,000 were reported in 1 992. The overage 

 exvessel price per pound paid to fishermen in 1993 

 was $2.25 compared with $2.72 in 1992. 



SABLEFISH . U.S. commercial landings of sablefish 

 were 77.5 million pounds valued at $83.9 million-an 

 Increase of 2.0 million pounds (3 percent) and $4.2 

 million (5 percent) compared with 1992. Landings 

 increased in Alaska to 58.9 million pounds, an in- 

 crease of 9 percent compared with 1992. Landings 

 decreased in Washington to 4.5 million pounds (2 

 percent), but increased in value to $6. 1 million (up 

 31 percent). The 1993 Oregon catch was 8.7 million 



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