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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 



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



The most recent complete catch statistics for the fisheries of the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States are those collected for the year 1932 

 and the most recent complete statistics on fisheries wholesale and 

 manufacturing industries in the same region are for 1931. The yield 

 of the commercial fisheries in the marine areas of these States, com- 

 prised of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 

 Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, during 1932, amounted to 299,- 

 916,728 pounds, valued at $6,428,385, to the fishermen, representing 

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

 value as compared with the catch in 1931. Detailed statistics of the 

 operating units and catch of these fisheries for 1932 appear in 

 "Fishery Industries of the United States, 1933", Appendix I to the 

 Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1934, 

 wliile data on wholesale and manufacturing industries for 1931 are 

 published in "Fishery Industries of the United States, 1932", Appen- 

 dix III to the Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal 

 year 1933. A summary of these fisheries appears in the following 

 tables. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1932 

 OPERATING UNITS: By states 



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

 For a clearer understanding of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the section 

 in the latter part of this document entitled ''Statistical survey procedure." 



