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Fisheries of Mississippi, 1929 — Continued 

 CA.TCH: By COUNTIES— Continued 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting. — In 1929 there were 6 persons in Mississippi engaged 

 primarily in transporting fishery products by means of vessels. In 

 this trade 2 motor vessels and 1 sailing vessel, having a combined 

 capacity of 36 net tons, were operated. 



Wholesale. — There were 25 wholesale establishments in Mississippi 

 engaged primarily in handling fresh and frozen products. These 

 establishments employed 317 persons who received $127,496 in 

 salaries and wages. Harrison County alone accounted for 19 of these 

 establishments. 



Manufacturing. — There were 29 establishments in Mississippi in 

 1929 engaged primarily in the manufacture of fishery products or 

 by-products. They employed 1,084 persons, who received $528,089 

 in salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting prin- 

 cipally of canned shrimp and oysters, and oyster-shell products, were 

 valued at $2,533,466. 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." 



Industries related to the fisheries of Mississippi, 1929 

 TRANSPORTING 



