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  REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  U.S. 
  SHRIMP 
  FISHERY, 
  1970 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  landings 
  were 
  a 
  record 
  367.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  (heads-on) 
  worth 
  a 
  record 
  $129. 
  8 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  48.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  and 
  $5. 
  3 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Shrimp 
  retained 
  its 
  

   position 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  valuableU.S. 
  fishery. 
  The 
  exvessel 
  value 
  of 
  landings 
  increased 
  in 
  all 
  areas 
  

   except 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  

  

  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  the 
  shrimp 
  harvest 
  declined 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  and 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  

   States. 
  This 
  decline 
  was 
  offset, 
  however, 
  by 
  record 
  landings 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States 
  and 
  

   near-record 
  landings 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  . 
  For 
  the 
  fourth 
  consecutive 
  year 
  landings 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  States 
  

   exceeded 
  200 
  million 
  pounds. 
  The 
  Gulf 
  States 
  accounted 
  for 
  230.5 
  million 
  pounds 
  (63 
  percent 
  of 
  

   the 
  total); 
  Pacific 
  Coast, 
  92.9 
  million 
  {25 
  percent); 
  New 
  England, 
  23.5 
  million 
  (6 
  percent); 
  and 
  

   South 
  Atlantic, 
  20.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (6 
  percent). 
  A 
  negligible 
  amount 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  

   River 
  States 
  and 
  in 
  Hawaii. 
  

  

  The 
  otter 
  trawl 
  fleet 
  took 
  366.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  99.7 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total. 
  An 
  additional 
  

   1.2 
  million 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  bag 
  nets, 
  beam 
  trawls, 
  pots 
  and 
  traps, 
  and 
  brush 
  traps. 
  

  

  boats 
  , 
  

  

  The 
  U.S. 
  otter 
  trawl 
  fishery 
  employed 
  19, 
  179 
  fishermen 
  on 
  4,614 
  vessels 
  and 
  5,526 
  motor 
  

   Texas 
  led 
  in 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  (5 
  net 
  tons 
  or 
  more) 
  with 
  1,723. 
  

  

  SUMAAARY 
  OF 
  SHRIMP 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  

  

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