PACIFIC FISHERMAN 



Halibut Review 



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1914— PACIFIC HALIBUT 

 CATCH— 1914 



Pounds 



American vessels* 48.902,.")?.") 



Canadian vessels 15.956,800 



Total 64,859,375 



Catch in 1913 ...... .. 55,421,805 



Increase in 1914..... 9,437,570 



* Includes the catches landed in 

 Alaska and frozen there, and the 

 catches of American vessels landed in 

 Canada. 



Despite the fact that the year just 

 closed was the most productive of any 

 since the industry began on this coast, 

 it proved far from a financial success 

 to either fishermen or dealers. 



The last half of 1913 there was a 

 considerable increase in the cold stor- 

 age facilities of this coast and as hali- 

 but were abundant large quantities 

 were frozen. Thinking this condition 

 of affairs would continue a number of 

 new power vessels of a generally larg- 

 er and more efficient type were built 

 and most of these went into commis- 

 sion during the early part of 1914. 



Frozen halibut are generally mar- 

 keted during the winter months, when 

 storms in the North very materially re- 

 duce the number of fishing days, while 

 a number of the vessel owners select 

 this season for the repairing of their 

 vessels, thus causing a heavy falling 

 off in the receipts of fresh halibut. 

 The weather, however, proved fairly 

 good and considerable quantities of 

 fish were brought in fresh, and this 

 almost killed the sale of frozen fish, 

 most of which had either to be car- 

 ried over at a heavy continuous cost 

 or else sold for what they would bring. 



As the weather became more set- 

 tled, and the whole fleet began to 

 operate on the banks, such immense 

 quantities of fish were brought to this 

 market that occasionally the price 

 dropped below a point where the fish- 

 ermen could make a profit, and fre- 

 quently the crews were in debt when 

 the catch had been sold. 



The real fact of the matter is that 

 the business has been overdone. Re- 

 ports of immense profits to be made 

 in catching halibut were so common 

 that it was an easy matter for masters 

 and fishermen to secure capital for 

 vessels of their own, and this, together 

 with the removal of the duty on fresh 

 fish, which caused an increased output 

 by Canadian fishermen, most of which 

 found a market in this country, 

 resulted in such a large increase in 

 the catch that the consuming market 

 was unable to take care of it, and the 

 only hope for relief is in the extension 

 of the markets for halibut or a reduc- 

 tion in the fleet. 



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