Table II. — U.S. fish and shellfish catch and value, hy U.S. regions, 1964 

 [Thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars] 



Source: Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1964, U.S. Department of the Interior. 



Table III. — U.S. catch of fish and shellfish, by species, 1964 



Species 



Thousand 

 pounds 



Value 



(thousand 



dollars) 



Record 



catch 



(thousand 



pounds) 



Year 



Menhaden 



Salmon 



Tuna -- 



Crabs - 



Industrial fish '.. 



Shrimp 



Flounders.- 



Haddock 



Herring 



Atlantic 



Pacific 



Whitmg 



Jack mackerel 



Ocean perch, Atlantic 



Clams— 



Oysters 



Alewives 



Cod 



Atlantic 



Pacific 



All others 



, 569, 965 



352, 321 



305, 829 



270,442 



262, 247 



211, 821 



176, 351 



133,498 



115,929 



(63,683) 



(52,246) 



94,233 



89,985 



89,268 



64,464 



60,534 



54,985 



45,160 



(38, 746) 



(6, 414) 



643, 590 



22,190 



55,995 



39,398 



23,813 



2,915 



70,376 



15,006 



11,845 



2,225 



(1,334) 



(891) 



2,067 



2,213 



3,781 



14,890 



27,926 



920 



3,020 



(2, 669) 



(351) 



90, 918 



2,347,944 

 790, 884 

 391, 454 

 270,442 

 262, 247 

 268,334 

 176, 798 

 293,809 



1962 

 1936 

 1950 

 1964 

 1964 

 1954 

 1963 

 1929 



1 Unclassified species for bait, reduction, and animal food. 



2 First year in which an oyster survey was made in all regions. 



Source: Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1964, U.S. Department of the Interior. 



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