﻿SECTION 
  II 
  - 
  PUERTO 
  RICO 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  395 
  

  

  Landings 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  are 
  not 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  U.S, 
  

   or 
  Review 
  of 
  Certain 
  Major 
  Fisheries 
  sections. 
  

  

  landings 
  table 
  in 
  the 
  General 
  Review 
  

  

  Puerto 
  Rico 
  landings 
  of 
  83.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $15.4 
  million 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  declined 
  

   16.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $520,000 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Landings 
  were 
  the 
  smallest 
  since 
  1966. 
  

  

  A 
  sharp 
  decrease 
  in 
  landings 
  of 
  skipjack 
  and 
  yellowfin 
  tuna 
  was 
  the 
  principal 
  cause 
  of 
  the 
  

   decline. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  landings 
  of 
  skipjack 
  tuna 
  (23.9 
  million 
  pounds) 
  declined 
  15 
  percent 
  

   and 
  yellowfin 
  tuna 
  {53.8 
  million) 
  declined 
  21 
  percent. 
  However, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  production 
  of 
  

   bluefin 
  tuna 
  (1.0 
  million 
  pounds) 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  since 
  1967. 
  Total 
  tuna 
  landings 
  of 
  78.8 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $13.7 
  million 
  were 
  94 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  89 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   Puerto 
  Rico 
  landings. 
  

  

  Landings 
  made 
  by 
  local 
  fishermen, 
  consisting 
  largely 
  of 
  marine 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish, 
  were 
  

   4 
  .8 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  38 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Fishermen 
  used 
  various 
  gear 
  — 
  

   principally 
  gill 
  nets, 
  haul 
  seines, 
  hooks 
  (troll, 
  hand, 
  and 
  long 
  or 
  set 
  lines), 
  cast 
  nets, 
  fish 
  pots 
  , 
  

   and 
  weirs 
  . 
  

  

  PUERTO 
  RICO 
  LANDINGS, 
  1953-70 
  

  

  SKIPJACK 
  

  

  1953. 
  . 
  

  

  1954. 
  . 
  

  

  1955. 
  . 
  

  

  1956. 
  . 
  

  

  1957. 
  . 
  

  

  1958. 
  . 
  

  

  1959. 
  . 
  

  

  1960. 
  . 
  

  

  1961. 
  . 
  

  

  1962. 
  . 
  

   1963 
  3/ 
  

  

  1964. 
  . 
  

  

  1965. 
  . 
  

  

  1966. 
  . 
  

  

  1967. 
  . 
  

  

  1968. 
  . 
  

  

  1969. 
  . 
  

  

  1970. 
  . 
  

  

  1,676 
  

   2,494 
  

   4,324 
  

   2,346 
  

   1,285 
  

   1 
  ,360 
  

  

  1 
  ,004 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

   DOLLARS 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

  

  254 
  

   476 
  

   287 
  

   176 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  ( 
  1) 
  

  

  5,692 
  

   10,392 
  

   20,086 
  

   30,454 
  

   30,447 
  

   42,064 
  

   37,962 
  

   77,702 
  

   46 
  , 
  672 
  

   28,014 
  

   23 
  , 
  948 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  2,966 
  

   2,816 
  

   4,417 
  

   4,881 
  

   7,343 
  

   6,096 
  

   3,847 
  

   3,835 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

  

  15,218 
  

   20,658 
  

   7,028 
  

   4,078 
  

   13,622 
  

   10,166 
  

   25,450 
  

   18,820 
  

   60,988 
  

   68,254 
  

   53,802 
  

  

  DO 
  LLARS 
  

  

  1 
  ^) 
  

   1 
  

  

  l) 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  l) 
  

  

  1 
  

   1 
  l) 
  

  

  500 
  

   1,669 
  

   1,398 
  

   4,337 
  

   2,456 
  

   9,526 
  

   11,041 
  

   9,719 
  

  

  POUNDS 
  

  

  2,704 
  

   6,388 
  

   9,549 
  

   12,000 
  

   18,393 
  

   16,652 
  

   22,090 
  

   20,910 
  

   31 
  ,050 
  

   28,790 
  

   37,026 
  

   48,393 
  

   54,576 
  

   64,698 
  

   97,882 
  

   107,660 
  

   96 
  , 
  268 
  

   78,754 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

   DOLLARS 
  

  

  3,720 
  

  

  4,961 
  

  

  6,102 
  

  

  9,394 
  

  

  9,949 
  

  

  15,622 
  

  

  14,888 
  

  

  13,731 
  

  

  OTHER 
  

  

  FRESH 
  -WATER 
  

   FISH 
  

  

  UNCLASSIFIED 
  

   FISH 
  

  

  CRUSTACEANS 
  

  

  1953. 
  . 
  

  

  1954. 
  . 
  

  

  1955. 
  . 
  

  

  1956. 
  . 
  

  

  1957. 
  . 
  

  

  1958. 
  . 
  

  

  1959. 
  . 
  

  

  1960. 
  . 
  

  

  1961. 
  . 
  

  

  1962. 
  . 
  

   1963 
  3/ 
  

  

  1964. 
  . 
  

  

  1965. 
  . 
  

  

  1966. 
  . 
  

  

  1967. 
  . 
  

  

  1968. 
  . 
  

  

  1969. 
  . 
  

  

  1970. 
  . 
  

  

  441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

   441 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

  

  DOLLARS 
  

  

  97 
  

   110 
  

   110 
  

   132 
  

   132 
  

   132 
  

   132 
  

  

  POUNDS 
  

  

  4,409 
  

   4,630 
  

   4,630 
  

   4,850 
  

   4,850 
  

   5,071 
  

   5,291 
  

   5,512 
  

   5,952 
  

   6,614 
  

   7,496 
  

   8,378 
  

   9,039 
  

   9,039 
  

   8,598 
  

   8,598 
  

   2,866 
  

   3,748 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

   DOLLARS 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

  

  357 
  

   843 
  

   079 
  

   079 
  

   934 
  

   T71 
  

   654 
  

   069 
  

  

  441 
  

  

  441 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  661 
  

  

  1,102 
  

  

  1,102 
  

  

  1,323 
  

  

  1 
  ,323 
  

  

  1,984 
  

  

  1,764 
  

  

  220 
  

  

  441 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

   DOLLARS 
  

  

  431 
  

   551 
  

   727 
  

   760 
  

   1,300 
  

   1,330 
  

   229 
  

   400 
  

  

  POUNDS 
  

  

  2) 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  220 
  

  

  THOUSAND 
  

   DOLLARS 
  

  

  98 
  

   25 
  

   72 
  

  

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