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lished as monthly and annual statistical bulletins, giving the quan- 
tity of fishery products landed by American fishing vessels at that 
port. 
In 1917 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed at that port 620 trips, 
aggregating 16,553,944 pounds of fish, having a value to the fisher- 
men of $1,788,802. This catch was taken from the various fishing 
grounds along the coast from off the Columbia River northward to 
Portlock Bank, Alaska. The localities from which the largest quan- 
tities of fish were taken were the Destruction Island Grounds, Flat- 
tery Banks, Hecate Strait, Yakutat Grounds, and Portlock Bank. 
The products included halibut, 13,949,683 pounds, valued at 
$1,625,409; sablefish or black cod, 2,480,105 pounds, valued at 
Nae and other species amounting to 174,156 pounds, valued at 
6,043. 
The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 
by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 12,821,353 pounds, 
valued at $988,559. The products included salmon, 10,869,193 pounds, 
valued at $935,915 ; steelhead trout, 165,024 pounds, valued at $16,238 ; 
herring, 1,211,224 pounds, valued at $6,393; smelt, 211,799 pounds, 
valued at $13,004; and other fishery products amounting to 364,113 
pounds, valued at $17,014. These products included 3,909 pounds of 
whale meat, valued at $195. 
Compared with the previous year there was an increase of 103 
trips by fishing vessels, with a decrease of 857,491 pounds, or 4.92 per 
cent, in the quantity, and an increase of $377,569, or 27.73 per cent, in 
the value of the products landed. In the products landed by collect- 
ing vessels there was an increase of 2,683,966 pounds, or 26.47 per 
cent, in the quantity, and of $517,300, or 109.76 per cent, in the value. 
The quantity and value of fishery products landed at Seattle by fish- 
ing and collecting vessels in 1917 are given in detail in the following 
table: 
