FISHEEY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



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FISHERIES OF GEORGIA 



The fisheries of Georgia in 1923 gave employment to 2,019 persons, 

 of whom 186 were on vessels fishing, 29 on vessels transporting fishery 

 products, 620 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 1,184 were shoremen 

 in the wholesale fishery trade and oyster and shrimp canning 

 industries. 



The investment amounted to $1,378,704, which includes 42 fishing 

 vessels and transporting vessels, valued at $202,275, with a net ton- 

 nage of 679 and outfits valued at $36,443; 492 power and other boats, 

 valued at $137,765; fishing apparatus employed on vessels and boats 

 valued at $19,832; shore and accessory property valued at $859,889; 

 and cash capital amounting to $122,500. 



The products amounted to 39,896,386 pounds, valued at $668,129. 

 The most important species, arranged in the order of their value, 

 were shrimp, 10,668,380 pounds, valued at $373,303; menhaden, 

 26,973,000 pounds, valued at $149,850; oysters, 1,720,334 pounds 

 or 245,762 bushels, valued at $86,771; shad, 133,750 pounds, valued 

 at $27,890; sea bass, 104,090 pounds, valued at $8,327; red snapper, 

 104,970 pounds, valued at $7,347; and hard crabs, 120,000 pounds, 

 valued at $7,000. 



Compared with 1918 there was an increase of 339, or 20.18 per cent, 

 in the number of persons engaged in the fisheries and fishery indus- 

 tries; $608,706, or 79.05 per cent, in the investment; and 2,742,433 

 pounds, or 7.38 per cent, in the quantity and $252,086, or 60.59 per 

 cent, in the value of the products. There was an increase in the 

 catch of shrimp of 4,874,915 pounds and $199,313 in value and a 

 considerable increase in the catch of shad and oysters. The catch 

 of menhaden decreased 2,511,600 pounds in quantity but increased 

 $61,397 in value. There was a decrease in the catch of red snapper 

 and sea bass but a large increase in the catch of hard crabs. 



The following tables give, by counties, the number of persons 

 employed, investment, and the quantity and value of the products 

 of the fisheries in 1923 : 



Persons engaged in the fisheries of Georgia in 1923, by counties 



