Table 6 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH, 1967' 



Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 

 Preliminary. 



Less than 500,000 pounds. 



As indicated in Table 8, direct employment in 

 the United States marine fisheries was only about 

 133,000 in 1967 and a large, though unknown, 

 proportion of these fishermen are only part-time 

 participants. The number of fishermen has de- 

 clined since 1950, as a result of a slight but 

 persistent tendency toward larger and more 

 capital-intensive fishing units with a stable total 

 catch. 



Figure 3. Relative volume of the catch by 

 States, 1965. Source: Bureau of Commercial 

 Fisheries, Department of the Interior. 



Continental Shelf. It is estimated that total non- 

 shelf production accounts for no more than 10 per 

 cent by weight and 15 per cent by value, most of 

 it consisting of tuna and tuna-like species. 



Figure 4. Relative value of the catch by 

 States, 1965. Source: Bureau of Commer- 

 cial Fisheries, Department of the Interior. 



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