﻿PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  LANDINGS 
  BY 
  THE 
  HALIBUT 
  FLEET 
  AT 
  SEATTLE, 
  WASHINGTON 
  

  

  Halibut 
  landings 
  at 
  Seattle 
  were 
  3.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  (dressed 
  weight) 
  worth$1.4 
  million 
  — 
  

   a 
  decline 
  of 
  46 
  percent 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  49 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Fishing 
  grounds 
  

   west 
  of 
  Cape 
  Spencer 
  yielded 
  3. 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  47 
  percent; 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  south 
  

   of 
  Cape 
  Spencer 
  yielded 
  542,000 
  pounds 
  — 
  42 
  percent 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  Sablefish 
  landings 
  from 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  off 
  Cape 
  Spencer 
  (13,000 
  pounds) 
  were 
  28,000 
  

   pounds 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  contain 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  landings 
  of 
  dressed 
  halibut 
  and 
  sablefish 
  at 
  

   Seattle 
  by 
  the 
  U.S. 
  halibut 
  fleet. 
  These 
  data 
  are 
  not 
  directly 
  comparable 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  sec- 
  

   tional 
  tabulations, 
  as 
  the 
  weights 
  in 
  those 
  tables 
  represent 
  the 
  round 
  weight 
  of 
  fish 
  landed. 
  

  

  1/ 
  LESS 
  THAN 
  $500. 
  

  

  SEE 
  NOTE 
  AT 
  END 
  OF 
  NEXT 
  TABLE. 
  

  

  1/ 
  LESS 
  THAN 
  $500. 
  

  

  NOTE: 
  --THE 
  1970 
  HALIBUT 
  FISHERY 
  SEASON 
  OPENED 
  MARCH 
  17 
  IN 
  AREAS 
  3C 
  , 
  4C 
  AND 
  4D. 
  AREA 
  4C 
  CLOSED 
  APRIL 
  11, 
  AND 
  

   AREAS 
  3C 
  AND 
  4D 
  CLOSED 
  NOVEMBER 
  15. 
  AREAS 
  4A 
  AND 
  4B 
  WERE 
  OPEN 
  FROM 
  MARCH 
  22 
  TO 
  APRIL 
  4; 
  AREA 
  4B 
  REOPENED 
  

   SEPTEMBER 
  1 
  AND 
  CLOSED 
  SEPTEMBER 
  14. 
  AREA 
  38 
  WAS 
  OPEN 
  FROM 
  APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  6. 
  REOPENED 
  APRIL 
  25, 
  AND 
  CLOSED 
  SEPTEM- 
  

   BER 
  30. 
  AREAS 
  2 
  AND 
  3A 
  OPENED 
  APRIL 
  25 
  AND 
  CLOSED 
  SEPTEMBER 
  21. 
  

  

  