FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933 



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FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 



(South Atlantic, area XXIV; Gulf, area XXV ») 



The yield of the commercial fisheries in the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georo:ia, Florida, Ala- 

 bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) during 1932 amounted to 

 299,91(3,728 pounds, valued at $6,428,385 to the fishermen, represent- 

 ing an increase of 4 percent in volume but a decrease of 20 percent in 

 value as compared with the catch in the previous year. In addition 

 there was a production of 39,741 bushels of seed oysters, valued at 

 $8,280. These fisheries gave employment to 21,560 fishermen. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1932 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



OPERATING UNITS: Bt States 



* These are the numbers given to these areas by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. 

 It should be observed that the persons engaged, gear and craft employed, and catch of the seed oyster 

 fishery are not included among the statistics of the fishery for market oysters and other species but are 

 shown in footnotes or in separate tables in this section. 



