﻿REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  U.S. 
  OYSTER 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  The 
  U.S. 
  oyster 
  fishery 
  yielded 
  53.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  meats 
  worth 
  $29.5 
  million 
  — 
  an 
  in- 
  

   crease 
  of 
  1.4 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $1 
  .9 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Landings 
  increased 
  in 
  all 
  areas 
  

   except 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States. 
  In 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  landings 
  of 
  1.6 
  

   million 
  pounds 
  declined 
  1 
  1 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Gulf 
  States 
  landings 
  of 
  17.7 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   declined 
  10 
  percent 
  — 
  reflecting 
  the 
  damage 
  inflicted 
  by 
  hurricane 
  Camille 
  in 
  1969. 
  

  

  The 
  Chesapeake 
  States 
  led 
  in 
  production 
  with 
  24 
  .7 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  oyster 
  meats, 
  followed 
  

   by 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States, 
  17.7 
  million, 
  and 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States, 
  8.0 
  million 
  pounds. 
  The 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States 
  accounted 
  for 
  79 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings. 
  

  

  Dredges 
  took 
  29 
  .8 
  million 
  pounds 
  (56 
  percent) 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  landings 
  , 
  and 
  tongs 
  ,23.2 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  (43 
  percent) 
  . 
  The 
  rest 
  was 
  taken 
  with 
  rakes 
  and 
  forks, 
  or 
  gathered 
  by 
  hand. 
  

  

  In 
  Section 
  13 
  of 
  this 
  digest 
  is 
  a 
  table 
  which 
  gives 
  the 
  volume 
  of 
  the 
  bushel 
  measures 
  used 
  

   for 
  oysters 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  yield 
  per 
  bushel. 
  Supplementary 
  

   shellfish 
  tables 
  appear 
  after 
  the 
  summary 
  tables 
  for 
  each 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  Gulf 
  regional 
  section. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  OYSTER 
  DREDGE 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS, 
  1970 
  

  

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  NEXT 
  PAGE) 
  

  

  