Commercial Fishing

The Pounds Landed by Management Group data was generated using state agency fish ticket data from the PacFIN comprehensive fish ticket table and at sea observer data. It includes all U.S catch areas including the Puget Sound, and other inland areas where marine fish are caught. Shoreside reported catches have species and area composition samples applied. On board observers did not distinguish between retained and discarded catch prior to 1997, so at-sea data prior to 1997 is not included. Data that involve fewer than three vessels or dealers have been withheld to preserve confidentiality.

Historical landings are sourced from the Fisheries Statistical Reports that were published between 1935 and 1975. Common Names are not consistent between the Fisheries Statistical Reports and PacFIN data.