﻿SECTION 
  10 
  - 
  HAWAII 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  Landings 
  of 
  commercially 
  caught 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Hawaii 
  were 
  11.1 
  million 
  

   pounds 
  worth 
  $3. 
  9 
  million 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen--an 
  increase 
  of 
  1 
  . 
  5 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $417,000 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Tuna 
  landings 
  increased 
  from 
  7.1 
  million 
  pounds 
  in 
  1969 
  to 
  8.5 
  million 
  in 
  1970, 
  

   and 
  accounted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  The 
  principal 
  increase 
  was 
  in 
  skipjack 
  tuna 
  landings 
  of 
  7 
  . 
  3 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  — 
  1.4 
  million 
  (23 
  percent) 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  landings 
  of 
  

   yellowfin 
  tuna 
  (683,000 
  pounds) 
  increased 
  66 
  percent 
  but 
  albacore 
  , 
  bluefin, 
  and 
  little 
  tuna 
  de- 
  

   clined. 
  

  

  Landings 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  crab 
  ( 
  Portunus 
  sanguinolentus 
  ) 
  called 
  "kuahonu" 
  by 
  native 
  Hawaiians 
  

   were 
  40 
  ,800 
  pounds--l 
  12 
  percent 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  marked 
  increase 
  followed 
  a 
  change 
  from 
  

   using 
  nets 
  in 
  shallow 
  inshore 
  waters 
  to 
  using 
  traps 
  in 
  deeper 
  waters 
  . 
  

  

  Hawaii 
  State 
  biologists 
  continued 
  investigations 
  intended 
  to 
  develop 
  a 
  mariculture 
  industry 
  

   for 
  prawns 
  . 
  Assisted 
  by 
  a 
  Federal 
  Aid 
  to 
  States 
  cooperative 
  program 
  administered 
  by 
  NMFS, 
  they 
  

   began 
  production-type 
  experiments 
  designed 
  to 
  culture 
  the 
  giant 
  Malaysian 
  prawn 
  in 
  ponds. 
  Pre- 
  

   vious 
  research 
  had 
  led 
  to 
  successful 
  rearing 
  of 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  prawns 
  from 
  fertilization 
  through 
  

   the 
  various 
  juvenile 
  stages. 
  

  

  Fishery 
  products 
  were 
  landed 
  at 
  six 
  of 
  the 
  eight 
  principal 
  islands 
  that 
  form 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Hawaii. 
  Oahu 
  led 
  the 
  islands 
  with 
  a 
  production 
  of 
  9 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  . 
  The 
  Island 
  of 
  Hawaii 
  was 
  

   next 
  with 
  830,500 
  pounds, 
  followed 
  by 
  Maui 
  with 
  806,400 
  pounds. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  landings 
  were 
  

   made 
  at 
  Kauai, 
  Lanai, 
  and 
  Molokai. 
  In 
  1970, 
  1,436 
  fishermen 
  operated 
  82 
  vessels 
  of 
  5 
  net 
  tons 
  

   or 
  more, 
  637 
  motor 
  boats, 
  and 
  49 
  other 
  boats. 
  

  

  The 
  data 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  were 
  assembled 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  publication 
  by 
  the 
  NMFS's 
  area 
  

   office, 
  Honolulu, 
  Hawaii, 
  largely 
  from 
  information 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Hawaii 
  Department 
  of 
  Land 
  and 
  

   Natural 
  Resources, 
  Division 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  contain 
  summarized 
  and 
  detailed 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  1970 
  operating 
  

   units 
  and 
  landings 
  by 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

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