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Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1931 — Continued 

 CATCH: By States— Continued 



1 Statistics on hard crabs used in this table are based on yields of 3 pounds per dozen in North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, and Georgia; 4.104 pounds in Florida; 7 pounds in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas; and 

 6 pounds in Louisiana. 



2 Statistics on hard clams used in this table are based on yields of 8 pounds of meats per bushel in all 

 States. 



3 Statistics on market oysters used in this table are based on yields of 5.97 pounds of meats per bushel 

 in North Carolina, 5.07 in South Carolina, 6.24 in Georgia, 3.46 in Florida, 2.55 in Alabama, 2.53 in 

 Mississippi, 3.92 in Louisiana, and 5.18 in Texas. 



PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN SHELLFISH IN NUMBER AND BUSHELS 



Product 



Crabs: 



Hard number.. 



Soft do 



Clams, hard, public bushels.. 



Oysters: 



Market, public, spring. do 



Market, public, fall do 



Market, private, spring do 



Market, private, fall do 



Scallops, bay do 



North Carolina 



Quantity 



7, 407, 316 



1,242.376 



41, 543 



149, 756 

 101, 596 



90,000 



Value 



$25,211 



46, 586 



30, 775 



65, 037 

 37, 024 



50.250 



South Carolina 



Quantity 

 80,000 



179, 558 

 107, 564 

 148, 361 

 65, 464 



Value 

 $600 



22, 948 

 10, 826 

 17,797 

 9,105 



Georgia 



Quantity 

 837,000 



150 



33,768 

 15, 553 



Value 

 $3,139 



4,640 

 4,611 



