FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 



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Fisheries of Florida, 1929 — ^Continued 

 CATCH: By districts— Continued 



Porgies 



Rockfish 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snapper: 



Mangrove 



Red 



Snook or sergeantfish. _ 



Spadefish 



Spanish mackerel.- 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout "-- 



Sturgeon 



Sunfish 



Tenpounder 



Tripletail 



Turbot... 



Yellowtail 



Crabs: 



Hard 



Stone 



Sea crawfish or spiny lobster _ 



Shrimp 



Clanis, hard 



Conchs 



Oysters: 



Market, public 



Market, private 



Scallops, bay 



Turtles 



Sponges: 



Grass 



Sheepswool 



Wire 



Yellow 



Total 69,801,795 2,076,718 



East coast 



Pounds 

 23,300 



69, 395 

 701, 226 



108, 632 



104, 978 



18, 581 



281, 325 



2,200 



2, 498, 178 



217,510 



989, 223 



282, 989 



50,900 



121, 400 

 93,000 



220, 766 



17, 265, 516 



14, 000 



302, 407 

 241, 780 



12, 050 



Value 



$789 



6,262 

 101, 303 



4,351 



8, 019 



1,486 



12,319 



66 



165, 128 



6,453 



80, 257 



8,490 



4,098 



3,474 



9,300 



22, 076 



820, 350 



2,966 



17, 442 

 10, 640 



West coast 



Pounds 



135, 183 



500 



19, 458 



176, 000 

 851, 637 



158, 278 



7, 700, 143 



298, 871 



77, 062 



3,466,913 



58, 730 



2, 942, 035 



13, 183 



278, 645 



10, 150 



200 



119, 350 



1,824 



133, 660 



192, 500 



1, 353, 048 



732, 040 



6,200 



2,517,431 



24, 094 

 12, 363 



85, 163 

 321, 884 



11, 060 

 110,614 



Value 

 $3, 907 

 15 

 929 



2,200 

 33, 678 



6,120 



618, 160 



11,910 



2, 343 

 201, 776 



2,037 

 259, 779 



2,137 



6,637 



406 



6 



8,601 



114 

 13,510 

 14, 605 

 58, 842 

 48, 383 



434 



195, 579 



7,687 

 964 



22, 234 



808, 622 



4,424 



44, 366 



72,322,974 3,863,722 3,828,309 



Lake Okeechobee 



Pounds 



220, 978 



3,075 



Value 



$6, 619 



179, 507 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting. — In 1929 there were 41 persons in Florida engaged 

 primarily in transporting fishery products by means of vessels. In 

 this trade 18 motor vessels, having a combined capacity of 296 net 

 tons, were operated. The size of vessel in most popular use ranged 

 from 11 to 20 net tons. 



Wholesale.— There were 246 wholesale establishments in Florida 

 engaged primarily in handling fresh and frozen products. These es- 

 tablishments employed 1,387 persons who received $747,243 in salaries 

 and wages. The greatest concentration of these estabUshments was 

 in Pinellas County, where 27 were operated. 



Manufacturing. — There were 21 establishments in Florida in 1929 

 engaged primarily in the manufacture of fishery products or by- 

 products. They employed 487 persons who received $327,694 in 

 salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting princi- 

 pally of canned shrimp and menhaden products, were valued at 

 $1,866,495. Detailed statistics of most of the production of canned 

 fishery products and by-products may be obtained from Fisheries 

 Document No. 1095 "Fishery Industries of the United States, 1929." 



Fishermen's prepared products. — In addition to the output of pre- 

 pared products by manufacturing firms there were 127 fishermen 

 employed who prepared fishery products. Their output, consisting 

 principally of salted mullet, amounted to 369,147 pounds, valued at 

 $27,387. 



