﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  U.S. 
  CRAB 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Crab 
  landings 
  of 
  277.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $39.2 
  million 
  increased 
  19.9 
  million 
  pounds, 
  

   but 
  declined 
  $3.9 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  The 
  harvest 
  was 
  greater 
  in 
  all 
  areas 
  and 
  increased 
  sharply 
  in 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  and 
  Pacific 
  

   Coast 
  States. 
  Chesapeake 
  blue 
  crab 
  landings 
  of 
  59.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  were 
  15 
  percent 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  

   1969. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  gain 
  was 
  in 
  Virginia 
  where 
  landings 
  of 
  43 
  . 
  3 
  million 
  pounds 
  increased 
  22 
  percent 
  . 
  

   The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  harvest 
  was 
  125.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  8 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  compared 
  

   with 
  1969. 
  Record 
  landings 
  of 
  dungeness 
  crabs 
  (58.5 
  million 
  pounds) 
  and 
  snow 
  crabs 
  (14.5 
  mil- 
  

   lion) 
  accounted 
  largely 
  for 
  the 
  gain. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  Oregon 
  landings 
  of 
  dungeness 
  crabs 
  

   (14.9 
  million 
  pounds) 
  increased 
  53 
  percent 
  and 
  California 
  landings 
  (15.4 
  million) 
  nearly 
  doubled. 
  

   Alaska 
  and 
  Washington 
  landings 
  of 
  dungeness 
  crabs 
  declined 
  moderately 
  however, 
  and 
  Alaska 
  land- 
  

   ings 
  of 
  king 
  crabs 
  (52. 
  1 
  million 
  pounds) 
  declined 
  for 
  the 
  fourth 
  consecutive 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  led 
  in 
  volume 
  with 
  125.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (45 
  percent) 
  followed 
  by 
  

   the 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  with 
  69.8 
  million 
  (25 
  percent); 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  42.9 
  million(15 
  per- 
  

   cent); 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States, 
  35.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (13 
  percent) 
  . 
  The 
  rest 
  was 
  landed 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   and 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  and 
  in 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  crab 
  dredge 
  operating 
  units 
  was 
  confined 
  to 
  Virginia. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  465 
  fishermen 
  

   operated 
  324 
  crab 
  dredges 
  measuring 
  554 
  yards 
  at 
  mouth. 
  Of 
  this 
  number, 
  447 
  fishermen 
  were 
  on 
  

   173 
  vessels 
  and 
  18 
  fishermen 
  were 
  on 
  18 
  motor 
  boats. 
  Fifty 
  vessels 
  were 
  5 
  to 
  9 
  tons; 
  67, 
  10-19 
  

   tons; 
  34, 
  20-29 
  tons; 
  13, 
  30-39 
  tons; 
  5, 
  40-49 
  tons; 
  1, 
  50-59 
  tons; 
  2, 
  60-69 
  tons; 
  and 
  1, 
  70-79 
  

   tons. 
  The 
  total 
  tonnage 
  was 
  3,007 
  gross 
  tons. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  CRAB 
  POT 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS, 
  1970 
  

  

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