﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  403 
  

  

  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  SALMON 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Landings 
  of 
  410.1 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $98.7 
  million 
  were 
  142.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   (53 
  percent) 
  and 
  $35.8 
  million 
  (57 
  percent) 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  harvest 
  was 
  the 
  largest 
  since 
  

   1949. 
  A 
  sharp 
  increase 
  in 
  red 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  Alaska 
  and 
  near-record 
  silver 
  salmon 
  landings 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  were 
  the 
  principal 
  reasons 
  for 
  the 
  greater 
  production. 
  

  

  Landings 
  increased 
  in 
  all 
  States. 
  Alaska 
  landings 
  were 
  346.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $68.0 
  

   million— 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  127.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $25.5 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Alaska 
  accounted 
  

   for 
  84 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  salmon 
  landings 
  and 
  69 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  value. 
  Red 
  salmon 
  landings 
  

   in 
  Alaska 
  were 
  150.8 
  million 
  pounds— 
  79.1 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  harvest 
  since 
  

   1938. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  Washington 
  (37.6 
  million 
  pounds) 
  increased 
  18 
  

   percent, 
  and 
  in 
  Oregon 
  (19.4 
  million) 
  84 
  percent. 
  Sharply 
  increased 
  silver 
  salmon 
  landings 
  in 
  both 
  

   States 
  were 
  the 
  principal 
  reason 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  California 
  landings 
  of 
  chinook 
  and 
  silver 
  salmon 
  

   vyrere 
  6.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $5. 
  1 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  7 
  percent 
  in 
  volume 
  and 
  33 
  percent 
  in 
  value 
  

   compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  accounted 
  for 
  204.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (50 
  percent); 
  purse 
  seines, 
  171.7 
  million 
  (42 
  

   percent); 
  and 
  lines, 
  32.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  (nearly 
  8 
  percent). 
  Less 
  than 
  1 
  percent 
  was 
  taken 
  with 
  

   reef 
  nets, 
  floating 
  traps, 
  dip 
  nets, 
  haul 
  seines, 
  pound 
  nets, 
  wheels, 
  and 
  otter 
  trawls. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  SALMON 
  

   PURSE 
  SEINE 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS, 
  1970 
  

  

  1/ 
  INCLUDES 
  SOME 
  HAUL 
  SEINES. 
  

  

  NOTE:— 
  PURSE 
  SEINE 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS 
  WERE 
  CONFINED 
  TO 
  ALASKA 
  AND 
  WASHINGTON. 
  

  

  