U.S. Dept Commerce/NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC/Publications

NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-31: Data Collection -- Groundfish (cont):

Table 2.4.
Washington groundfish landings (in pounds) by species and gear, 1992. Catches from Alaska and Canada are not included.


Shrimp Other hook Other
Species* Trawl trawl Longline and line gear

Pacific halibut 0 0 293,018 28,707 7,772
Flathead sole 52,539 21 0 0 0
Dover sole 2,883,055 17,850 1,816 0 0
English sole 933,532 63 1 1 0
Petrale sole 552,727 134 119 4 0
Rex sole 226,246 593 1 0 0
Rock sole 12,755 96 10 4 19
Sand sole 121,217 0 0 3 36
Sanddab 64,068 68 0 0 0
Starry flounder 104,751 0 0 31 45
Arrowtooth flounder 3,112,710 900 1,995 0 6
Groundfish, miscellaneous 515 16 0 0 0
Sablefish 797,679 72,692 3,058,540 620 16,595
Lingcod 1,035,724 7,045 34,841 159,488 31,248
Pacific cod 2,982,147 5,217 13,573 2,038 275
Walleye pollock 22,585 0 0 0 0
Pacific hake 4,931,653 0 0 0 0
General rockfish 8,627,107 732,730 448,379 340,253 124,808
Nominal Pacific ocean perch 896,033 0 980 0 0
Surfperch, unidentified 0 0 0 0 257
Sculpins, unidentified 234 0 16 499 0
Sharks, unidentified 5,531 0 17 0 55
Blue shark 0 26 42 0 0
Dogfish 1,911,309 0 389,066 0 188
Soupfin shark 608 24 26 0 0
Thresher shark 1,139 0 0 0 0
Skate, unidentified 40,508 0 20,292 69 0
Pacific hagfish 0 0 0 0 42,181

*Species presented in table are those listed on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Fish Receiving Ticket.