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Industries related to the fisheries of Mississippi, 1929 — Continued 



WHOLESALE 



Items 



Harrison 

 County 



Jackson 



and 

 Hancock 

 Counties 



Total 



Establisliments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners ^ 



Paid to salaried employees. __.- 

 Paid to wage earners 



Total, salaries and wages 



27 



4 



230 



$21, 898 

 81,853 



$10, 650 

 13, 095 



23, 745 



25 



34 



9 



274 



$32, 548 

 94. 918 



127. 493 



MANUFACTURING 



1 Includes the production of 2 firms whose activities were principally in the wholesale trade. 



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

 of forty-eight 5?i -ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 



3 Includes salted mullet, canned crabs, and shrimp meal. 



LOUISIANA 



The fisheries and industries related to the fisheries of Louisiana in 

 1929 employed 5,918 persons, which is 13 per cent less than the num- 

 ber employed in 1928. Of the total number of persons employed, 

 3,709 were fishermen, 472 were engaged on transporting vessels and 

 boats, 372 in the wholesale trade, and 1,665 in manufacturing indus- 

 tries. Of the number employed on transporting vessels and boats, 

 300 represent a duplication of those persons shown as fishermen. Of 

 the fishermen, 3 also were engaged in the manufacture of prepared 

 fishery products. 



The total catch amounted to 61,919,905 pounds, valued at $2,764,- 

 673, which is a decrease of 11 per cent in the catch and 21 per cent in 

 the value of the catch, as compared with the catch and its value in 

 the previous year. Of the total value of the catch, that of shrimp 

 accounted for 73 per cent; oysters, 16 per cent; and crabs, 4 per cent. 

 Of the total weight of the catch, shrimp accounted for 80 per cent; 

 oysters, 13 per cent; and crabs, 4 per cent. 



OPERATING UNITS BY GEAR 



The catch of fishery products in Louisiana during 1929 was taken 

 by 3,709 fishermen who used 103 motor vessels, 2,305 motor and other 

 small boats, and 7 major types of gear. The vessels had a combined 



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