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Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf Stales, /95^— Continued 

 CATCU: By STATES— Continued 



• Excluding seed oyster fishery. The seed oyster fishery was prosecuted in this section only in North 

 Carolina where 12 regular fishermen using 6 motor boats and 12 dredges with an aggregate of 12 yards at 

 the mouth took 39,741 bushels of seed oysters, valued at $S,280, from public beds. None of thesp fishermen, 

 craft, or gear was duplicated among those in the fisheries for market oysters or other species. 



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

 6 pounds, in South Carolina and Georgia; 7.32 pounds, in Florida; 6.25 pounds, in Mississippi; 6 98 pounds, 

 in Alabama and Texas; and 6.45 pounds, in Louisiana. 



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

 States. 



« Statistics on market oysters used in this table are based on yields of 5.71 pounds of meats per bushel 

 In North Carolina; 4.76, in South Carolina; 5.69, in Georgia; 3.29, in Florida; 2.40, in Alabama; 2.19, in 

 Mississippi; 4.14, in Louisiana; and 5.05, in Texas. 



Note.— Of the total catch in North Carolina, 268,136 pounds of fishery products, valued at $5,925, were 

 taken in the winter trawl fishery off Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Of the total catch in 

 Florida, 942,791 pounds of fishery products, valued at $20,607, were taken in the same fishery. These prod- 

 ucts consisted principally of scup, sea bass, flounders, croakers, and gray squcteague. 



Industries related to the fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States 



OPERATING UNITS, SALARIES, AND WAGES, 1931 



