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Westport 



Commercial fishing . Commercial fishing and fish processing generated a total 

 of $46.7 million in 1988, $33 million in sales and $13.7 million in income, 

 and accounted for 758 jobs at the peak of the season, or 76% of all marina 

 jobs (CH2M Hill-Northwest 1989). However, salmon was only 2.6 percent (0.9 

 million pounds) of the total seafood landed (28.7 million pounds), which 

 consisted primarily of crab, shrimp, and rockfiah (CH2M-Hill Northwest 1989). 

 The personal income impact of the j»en-Indian troll ocean salmon fishery for 

 Westport was $770,000 in 1991 (Pacific Fishery Management Council 1992). 



Recreational Activities . Charter boat and recreational fishing and other 

 tourism generated $6.6 million, $4.7 million in sales and $1.9 in personal 

 income, and provided 132 jobs in 1988 (Lattin 1992). Virtually all 

 recreational income came from outside the Westport area; 90 percent of the 

 visitors were non-local Washington residents and 10% were from out of state 

 (CH2M-H111 Northwest. 1989). Salmon played a larger role in the sport fishery 

 than in the Westport commercial fishery. In 1988 roughly 50% of the charter 

 trips were for salmon fishing; 40% for bottom fishing, and 10% for whale- or 

 bird-watching (CH2M-Hill Northwest 1989). The economic impact of an estimated 

 66 private, recreation boats in the Westport Marina was not documented (CH2M- 

 Hill Northwest 1989). 



Trends in Economic Impact 

 Washington State 



The combined ocean troll and recreational income in 1991 was 67% less than the 

 1976-1990 average (PFMC 1992). The estimated total state personal income 

 generated in Washington by the non-Indian troll fleet was $2.5 million, an 84 

 percent decline from the 1976-1990 average, and the decrease was similar for 

 the coastal areas, and spread evenly across Neah Bay, Westport, and Ilwaco 

 (PFMC 1992). 



Washington Coast 



Non-Indian troll-caught coho landed in Grays Harbor have declined from an 

 average of 207,500 fish for 1976-1980 to 19,300 fish for 1986-1991; Westport 

 recreational ocean salmon fishing effort declined from 210,300 trips to 52,600 

 trips over the same period (PFMC 1992). 



Westport 



In 1980 there were 250 charter fishing vessels moored at the Westport Marina; 

 over the next 11 years, it dropped to 65 (Stevens 1992). Estimates of 

 personal income from the recreational ocean salmon fishery declined from the 

 1976-1990 average of $9.8 million (1991 dollars) to $4.1 million in 1991 (PFMC 

 1992). 



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