19. What is the annual fish take by the United States? 



According to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, commercial fish- 

 ermen in the United States caught 4.3 billion pounds of fish in 1966. 

 This was a decrease of nearly 10 percent from the 4.7 billion pound 

 catch landed in 1965. However, the 1966 catch sold for 454.4 million 

 dollars, nearly 21 percent over the 

 average for the preceding 1 years. The 

 1963 catch of 4.6 billion pounds sold 

 for only 390 million dollars. 



Cromie, William J. 



The Living World of the Sea, Prentice-Hall, 1966. 

 U. S. Department of the Interior 



Fisheries of the United States, published annually. 



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