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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 467 

Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Fishermen’s Terminal in the Port 

of Seattle and celebrating Seattle’s rich maritime heritage and its importance to the United States. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 4, 2014 

Ms. CANTWELL (for herself and Mrs. MURRAY) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Fishermen’s Terminal 

in the Port of Seattle and celebrating Seattle’s rich maritime heritage and its importance to the United States. 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal in the Port of Seattle was officially dedicated on January 10, 1914, becoming the 

first operational facility in the Port of Seattle; 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal was the first commercial 

property purchased by the Port of Seattle and is located 

just east of the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks on the Lake 

Washington Ship Canal; 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal is home to the North Pacific 

Fishing Fleet and provides moorage for 400 commercial 

fishing vessels and work boats; 


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Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal is critical to the operations of 

the Port of Seattle, the port of entry for 50 percent of 

the total seafood caught in the United States; 

Whereas there is a strong connection between the fishing and 

shipping industries of the Port of Seattle, and seafood exported out of the Port of Seattle was valued at more than 

$997,000,000 in 2012; 

Whereas the fishing fleets of Fishermen’s Terminal harvest 

a wide variety of fish including salmon, halibut, Pacific 

cod, Alaska Pollock, sablefish, rock fish, whiting, yellowfin, sole, albacore, crab, shrimp, and other shellfish; 

Whereas the fishing vessels that moor at Fishermen’s Terminal include crabbers, longliners, purse seiners, trawlers, and trollers, and often fish in Alaskan waters such 

as Southeast Alaska, Bristol Bay, and the Bering Sea; 

Whereas for the last century, Fishermen’s Terminal has 

played a critical role in the fishing and maritime industry 

in both Washington and Alaska; 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal directly contributes and supports maritime jobs, and is a major driver of the maritime economy of the Pacific Northwest, which generates 

$30,000,000,000 annually for the State of Washington; 

Whereas annually, the fishing industry at the Port of Seattle 

creates 15,600 jobs, has a total payroll of 

$1,900,000,000 per year, and generates $814,000,000 in 

annual revenue for private businesses; 

Whereas 34,500 Washington residents are employed by the 

Alaskan seafood industry; 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal contributes to the economic 

diversity and resilience of the Pacific Northwest due to 

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struction, maintenance, and repair activity that brings 

vendors and suppliers together with a network of bankers, insurers, and other businesses that support fishing 

and shipping; 

Whereas much of the infrastructure and businesses surrounding Fishermen’s Terminal have been in place as 

long as the Terminal, and make up the most important 

economic maritime cluster of fish processing, cold storage, vessel fabrication, and barge and tug operations 

businesses in the United States; 

Whereas the shore side support businesses surrounding Fishermen’s Terminal employ a wide range of machinists, 

trade workers, and artisans who are skilled in traditional 

maritime crafts such as wood-working, fiberglass repair, 

painting, sail making, brass brightworking, marine engineering, and naval architecture; 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal is more than just a place to 

moor, repair, and maintain boats, and gives the Seattle 

community a sense of identity as a place where people 

work with their hands in industries that help define the 

region; and 

Whereas Fishermen’s Terminal is a cultural resource that is 

always open to the public, is home to the Fishermen’s 

Memorial, a towering bronze sculpture that lists the 

names of 675 men and women who have lost their lives 

in their pursuit of the bounty of the sea, hosts thousands 

of people every September for the Fishermen’s Fall Festival to celebrate the homecoming of Washington fishermen after a summer at sea, and is surrounded by lively 

restaurants, shops, and businesses that support the community and those in the fishing industry: Now, therefore, 

be it 


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1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes that May 28, 2014 is the official 

3 centennial of Fishermen’s Terminal; and 

4 (2) praises the ongoing contributions of Fisher5 men’s Terminal to the welfare of countless individ6 uals, the fishing industry, the Port of Seattle, the 

7 State of Washington, and the United States. 

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