Table 4.6 — Numbers of fish species and major subspecies of recreational and commercial impor- 

 tance associated with forest and rangelands in the United States, by type of water and section 



Type of 



Total 



North- 



North 



South- 



South 



Great 



Rocky 



Pacific 



Alaska 



Pacific 



Caribbean 



water' 



U.S. 



east 



Central 



, east 



Central 



Plains 



Mountains 



Coast 



Islands 



Islands 





All species 





Marsh 



289 



45 



88 



105 



32 



133 



104 



11 



10 



8 



35 



Lake 



475 



113 



151 



228 



158 



158 



130 



100 



28 



17 



31 



River 



720 



195 



241 



383 



374 



156 



185 



132 



51 



28 



68 



Estuary 



449 



29 







120 



29 







1 



139 



42 



5 



171 



Ocean 



460 



17 







158 



24 











124 



31 



8 



185 



Total 



1.067 



208 



262 



505 



382 



167 



199 



236 



53 



32 



215 







Recreationally important species 



Marsh 



208 



41 



42 



46 



19 



50 



71 



4 



5 



5 



25 



Lake 



288 



95 



71 



79 



95 



57 



89 



56 



16 



11 



26 



River 



373 



130 



73 



106 



162 



53 



113 



62 



26 



16 



42 



Estuary 



185 



23 







57 



7 







1 



48 



21 



3 



57 



Ocean 



195 



16 







87 



3 











44 



15 



6 



63 



Total 



488 



139 



80 



158 



163 



57 



122 



95 



26 



19 



80 







Commercially important species 



Marsh 



134 



19 



30 



16 



6 



53 



19 



3 



2 







23 



Lake 



175 



40 



49 



37 



37 



55 



29 



16 



8 



1 



20 



River 



223 



62 



48 



60 



52 



56 



32 



23 



16 



1 



40 



Estuary 



182 



17 







54 



4 











57 



15 







46 



Ocean 



183 



12 







80 



3 











55 



10 







49 



Total 



330 



65 



55 



108 



55 



56 



34 



64 



16 



1 



64 



'A given species can be found in several types of water and all species included 

 fiave been judged to be directly influenced by the management of forest and/or 

 range ecosystems. Type of water follows classification of palustrine, lacustrine, 

 riverine, estuarine. and marine suggested by L. M Cowardin. F, C Golet. and E. 



T LaRoe. Classification of wetlands and deep water habitats of the United States. 

 US, Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.. p. 100, 

 1977, Reservoirs and impoundments are excluded. 

 Source: See source note table 4.1. 



Table 4.7 — Percentages of fishing days in the 



United States, by species group and type of 



water, 1975 







Species c 



roup 





Type of water 



Cold- 



Warm 



Anad- 







water 



water 



romous 



All 





fish 



fish 



fish 



fish 



Great Lakes 



5 



2 



11 



3 



Other lakes and 











ponds 



27 



31 







28 



Impoundments, 











reservoirs, 











and tailwaters 



26 



48 







41 



Streams and rivers 



42 



19 



31 



25 



Estuaries 











26 



1 



Saltwater 











32 



2 



Total 



100 



100 



100 



100 



Fishing days for 











species group as 











percent of total 



21 



74 



5 



100 



period.'' The Alaskan share of the total U.S. harvest 

 has varied from 62 percent (in 1973) to 91 percent (in 

 1977) and has averaged about three-quarters of the 

 total. 



About 570,000 sport anglers annually caught 1.4 

 million steelhead in the Northwest in the mid-1970's. 

 A third of the land-based steelhead fishing was on the 

 National Forests, with most of the rest split between 

 State and private lands. State lands were most impor- 

 tant for salmon fishing, accounting for nearly half of 

 all land-based fishing; private land accounted for 

 most of the rest. 



Source; See source note table 4.3. 



"The greatest catches in history, of well over 600 million 

 pounds, were taken in the middle and late 1930's. There was a 

 continuing decrease in annual catches to an average of less than 

 half that total during the I950's. Department of Agricultural and 

 Resource Economics, Oregon State Univ. Socio-economics of the 

 Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and California coho and chinook 

 salmon industry. Report to the Pacific Fishery Management 

 Council. Vols. A and B. Corvallis, Oregon. 1978. 



Council on Environmental Quality. 1978. Wash.. D.C. p. 314. 

 1978. 



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