40 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OP FISHERIES. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 



Statistics of the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., have been col- 

 lected by the local agent and published as monthly and annual bul- 

 letins^ giving the quantity and value of fishery products landed by 

 Amencan fishing vessels at that port. ^ 



In 1916 there were landed at Seattle by American fishing vessels 

 517 trips aggregating 17,411,435 pounds of fish, having a value to 

 the fishermen o? $1,361,233. These fish were taken from the fishing 

 grounds don^ the coast from off the Columbia River northward tS 

 rortlock Bank Alaska. The products included 15,317,992 pounds of 

 halibut valued at $1,306,645; 2,039,200 pounds of sablefish; or black 



at $lTio ^^ '^^^' ^"""^ ^^'^^^ P^"""^' ^^ ^^^"^ 'P""^^'' ^^1^^^ 

 The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 



^Li^'SiQ '^1.''^'^^^^/"''''^*^? ^'^ 10,137,387 pounds, valued at 

 $471,259. Ihese products included 8,141,682 pounds of salmon 

 valued at $427,812; 1,425,989 pounds of herring, valued at $9 028'; 

 149,214 pounds of steelhead, valued at $12,405; 61,957 pounds of 

 T^fZ rS^^QV"^^^^"^ at $5,201; 41,274 pounds of smelt. Valued at 

 $2,130, 59 487 pounds of flounders, valued at $1,025; 47,071 pounds 

 ol sole, valued at $1,164; 127,388 pounds of crabs, valued at $8,890- 

 and a number of other species in smaller quantities. The quantitv 

 and value of fishery products landed at Seattle by fishing and coUect- 

 mg vessels m 1916 are given in detail in the foUowing fables* 



