FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 



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were operated. The size of vessel in most popular use ranged from 5 

 to 10 net tons. 



Wholesale. — There were 10 wholesale establishments in Alabama 

 engaged primarily in handling fresh and frozen products. These 

 establishments employed 95 persons, who received $85,153 in salaries 

 and wages. All of the wholesale establishments were located in 

 Mobile and Baldwin Counties. 



Manufacturing. — There were seven establishments in Alabama in 

 1929 engaged primarily in the manufacturing of fishery products or 

 by-products. They employed 207 persons, who received $87,404 in 

 salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting princi- 

 pally of canned shrimp and oysters, and salted mullet, were valued at. 

 $442,002. Detailed statistics of most of the production of canned 

 fishery products and by-products may be obtained from Fisheries 

 Document No. 1095, entitled "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 two fishermen in 

 Alabama preparing fishery products. Their output, consisting en- 

 tirely of sturgeon roe, amounted to 109 pounds, valued at 



Industries related to the fisheries of Alabama, 1929 



TRANSPORTING 



Items 



Persons engaged: On transporting vessels 



Transporting vessels: 

 Motor— 



5 to 10 tons - 



11 to 20 tons 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage.- _ 



Number 



WHOLESALE 



Items 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 

 Wage earners 



Mobile 



and 

 Baldwin 

 Counties 



Items 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



Mobile 



and 

 Baldwin 

 Counties 



$50, 210 

 34, 943 



85, 153 



MANUFACTURING 



Items 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried emploj'ees. 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages. 



Number 



191 



$20, 175 

 67, 220 



87, 401 



Products ' 



Salted mullet pounds.. 



Canned: 



Oysters standard cases '-. 



Shrimp — 



Dry pack, tins -do — 



Wet pack, tins do 



other products ' 



Total ---. 



Quantity Value 



308, 000 

 11,521 



36, 366 



18,848 



$17. 400 



74, 845 



203, 492 

 106.919 

 39, 346 



442, 002 



' Includes a small amount of salted products prepared by 4 firms whose activities were principally in the 

 wholesale fishery industry. 



2 A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans of oysters, forty-eight 5-ounce cans in the dry pack or 

 forty-eight 554-ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 



' includes salted mullet roc, shrimp meal, and oyster-shell products. 



