Table 2. Economic value (1976 dollars) of principal 

 shellfish, fish, and furbearer resources in the MDPR, 1976 

 (Larson et al. 1980). 



Resource 



Mississippi 

 (Gulf coast counties) 



Louisiana 

 (MDPR parishes) 



Oyster 

 Shrimp 

 Menhaden 

 Blue crab 

 Muskrat pelts 

 Muskrat meat 

 Nutria pelts 

 Nutria meat 



1,015,165 



8,417,899 



6,839,342 



267,775 



15,410,921 



50,002,348 



5,274,017 



2,952,415 



43,367,528 



1,600 



14,781,397 



158,400 



TOTAL 



16,540,181 



131,948,863 



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