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  REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  U.S. 
  COD 
  FISHERY 
  

  

  U.S. 
  fishermen 
  landed 
  56.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  cod 
  worth 
  $5.9 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  9 
  per- 
  

   cent 
  in 
  volume 
  but 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  17 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Otter 
  trawls 
  took 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings; 
  lines, 
  11 
  percent; 
  and 
  gill 
  nets, 
  almost 
  5 
  

   percent. 
  Less 
  than 
  1 
  percent 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  purse 
  seines, 
  pound 
  nets, 
  floating 
  traps 
  , 
  and 
  dredges. 
  

  

  Landings 
  at 
  Massachusetts 
  ports 
  (43.8 
  million 
  pounds) 
  were 
  78 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total. 
  Maine 
  

   was 
  next 
  with 
  5.4 
  million 
  pounds, 
  followed 
  by 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  3.0 
  million; 
  and 
  Washington, 
  2.7 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  . 
  Eight 
  other 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  accounted 
  for 
  the 
  remaining 
  1 
  . 
  1 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  . 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  COD 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  

  

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