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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Statistics of the Oyster Industry of the Gulf States, 1911 — Continued. 



GRAND TOTAL. 



Persons employed: 



On vessels fishing 



On vessels transporting. 

 Inshore or boat fisheries 



Dredging 



Tonging 



Transporting 



Planting and transplant- 

 ing 



Protecting oysters from 

 natural enemies 



Wholesale trade 



Total. 



Vessels, boats, apparatus, 

 and other property: 



Vessels fishing 



Net tonnage 



Vessels transporting 



Net tonnage 



Gasoline boats 



Sail and row boats 



Apparatus— vessel fish- 

 eries- 

 Dredges 



Tongs 



Apparatus— shore fish- 

 eries- 

 Dredges 



Tongs 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty 



Cash capital 



Total. 



Planting operations: 



Oyster grounds owned 



or leased acres.. 



Oyster grounds under 



culture acres.. 



Grounds planted during 



the year acres.. 



Materials planted during 

 the year— 

 Seed oysters, 



bushels 



Oyster shells, 

 bushels 



Number. Value 



1,050 



258 



4,026 



3,207 



8,541 



251 

 2,531 



301 

 2,844 



10 

 4,114 



36,699.00 

 15,460.19 

 5,039.00 



1,622,905 

 491,780 



$140,893 

 765, 138 

 61,192 



5,100 

 521,352 



293,320 

 'i64,'9.56 



122,235 

 315,746 



945, 187 

 573,000 



2,442,826 



243,244 

 9,628 



Planting operations— Contd. 



Materials planted during 



the year— Contd. 



Broken stone, etc., 



cubic yards 



Total. 



Expenses of planting and 

 transplanting 



Oysters on private areas 

 at the end of the year, 

 bushels 



Products: 



Vessel fisheries- 

 With dredges- 

 Market oysters, 

 bushels. 



> e e d oysters, 

 bushels 



With tongs- 

 Market oysters, 



bushels 



Seed oysters, 

 bushels 



Total. 



Shore fisheries— 

 With dredges- 

 Market oysters, 



bushels 



With tongs- 

 Market oysters, 



bushels 



Seed oysters, 

 bushels 



Total 



Grand total.... 



Wholesale trade: 



Market oysters sold in 



the shell bushels . 



Oysters sold opened, 



gallons 



Oysters canned cans. 



Oyster shells sold 



Total 



Expenses of wholesale trade. 



Number. Value 



4,365,275 



991,482 

 15,000 



283,311 

 300 



3,367,594 

 1,563,978 



1,342,717 

 10, 105, 986 



253, 



13,650 

 1,121,449 



3,855 

 720 



963,495 

 236,088 



175,621 



1,507,853 

 712,447 



1 Statistics not available. 



Note.— In Florida the revenue from the oyster industry In taxes, license fees, and rentals of oyster 

 grounds in 1911 was $718, and the cost of administration was $175. In Alabama the revenue from these 

 sources was $4,731, and the cost of administration $3,347. In Mississippi the revenue, not including com- 

 modity tax, was $12,907. In Louisiana the revenue was $45,503, and in Texas, $6,347. 



In the middle Atlantic region, which supports the most extensive 

 oyster industry, the canvass of New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl- 

 vania, and Delaware has been completed. Of these States, New 

 York has the largest output — over 3,000,000 bushels in 1911 — and 

 receives the Ixighest average price per bushel — over 86 cents. New 

 Jersey has the next largest product, 2,778,000 bushels in 1911, and 

 gives employment to the largest number of persons and of vessels. 

 Wliilc New York obtains over 86 per cent of market and seed oysters 



