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The catch taken by boats under 5 tons net tonnage is not included 
in these statistics. 
HERRING, 
The catch of herring amounted to 6,997,984 pounds, valued at 
$166,301. Of this quantity, 3,900,960 pounds, valued at $56,144, 
were taken off the coast of the United States and landed fresh, and 
3,097,024 pounds, valued at $110,157, were salted Newfoundland 
herring. 
VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
In the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., there has been some 
increase in the total quantity and value of products landed by the 
fishing fleet, but considerable falling off in the products landed by 
collecting vessels as compared with the previous year. The in- 
crease in products landed by the fishing fleet was due to a larger 
catch of halibut, there being a marked decrease in the catch of 
sablefish, ‘‘lingcod,’”’ and rockfishes. Statistics of the vessel fish- 
eries at Seattle have been collected by the local agent and published 
as monthly and annual statistical bulletins, giving the quantity 
and value of fishery products landed by American fishing and 
collecting vessels at that port. 
In 1920 the fishing fleet at Seattle landed 822 trips, aggregating 
14,355,450 pounds of fish, having a value to the fishermen of $1,992,- 
759. This catch was taken from the various fishing grounds along 
the coast from Oregon to Portlock Bank, Alaska. The fishing areas 
from which the largest quantities of fish were obtained were Flattery 
Banks, west coast of Vancouver Island, and Hecate Strait. The 
products included halibut, 12,683,450 pounds, valued at $1,913,849; 
sablefish, 950,200 pounds, valued at $49,963; “lingcod,”’ 513,035 
pounds, valued at $21,153; and rockfishes, 208,765 pounds, valued 
at $7,794. Compared with the previous year there was an increase 
of 152 trips by fishing vessels, and of 704,430 pounds, or 5.16 per 
cent, in the quantity, and of $462,475, or 30.22 per cent, in the vale 
of the products landed. The catch of halibut increased 1,572,730 
pounds, or 14.15 per cent, in quantity, and $491,330, or 34.53 per 
cent, in value, but there was a decrease in the catch of other species 
landed by fishing vessels. Sablefish decreased 603,400 pounds, or 
38.83 per cent, in quantity, and $24,327, or 32.74 per cent, in value; 
“lingeod,”’ 209,965 pounds, or 29.04 per cent, in quantity, and 
$3,280, or 13.42 per cent, in value; and rockfishes, 54,935 pounds, 
or 20.83 per cent, in quantity, and $1,248, or 13.80 per cent, in value. 
The fishery products taken in Puget Sound and landed at Seattle 
by collecting vessels during the year amounted to 9,813,966 pounds, 
valued at $881,066. These products included salmon, 7,911,820 
pounds, valued at $765,145; herring, 345,100 pounds, valued at 
$5,714; sturgeon, 1,860 pounds, valued at $186; steelhead trout, 
139,882 pounds, valued at $19,094; smelt, 521,201 pounds, valued 
at $29,795; perch, 47,520 pounds, valued at $3,002; rockfishes, 
130,200 pounds, valued at $8,793; “lingcod,”’ 44,904 pounds, valued 
at $2,324; flounders, 86,065 pounds, valued at $1,720; sole, 128,920 
pounds, valued at $4,475; and crabs, 456,494 pounds, valued at 
$40,818. There was a decrease in the products landed by collecting 
vessels, compared with the previous year, of 1,995,484 pounds, or 
16.89 per cent, in quantity, and $102,753, or 10.44 per cent, in value. 
