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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Comparative Statistics of the Oyster Industry of the Gulf States, Various 



Years. 1880 to 1918.' 



Years. 



1880 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1895 

 1897 

 1902 

 1908 

 1911 

 1918 



Florida. 



Bushels. 

 58, (iOO 



181,445 

 294,871 

 371,081 

 170, 518 

 179, 715 

 579, 587 

 538,000 

 187, 462 

 373, 706 



Value. 

 $10,950 



44, 448 

 75, 189 

 93, 692 

 46, 308 

 50,258 

 124, 108 

 187,000 

 109, 472 

 121, 820 



Alabama. 



Bushels. 

 104, 500 



(') 



76, 125 

 438, 425 

 481,070 



255, 053 

 347, 460 

 590, 400 

 441,917 

 147,413 



Value. 

 $44, 950 



(2) 



32, 174 



96, 758 

 107, 812 



(') 



00,207 

 119,773 

 172, 940 



72, 742 



39, 670 



Mississippi. 



Bushels. 

 26,000 

 581, 100 

 767, 205 

 84o, 503 

 806, 478 



629, 713 

 2, 405, 132 

 1,0<;7,600 



657, 670 

 3 1,272,389 



Value. 

 $10,000 

 118,974 

 157,463 

 167, 713 

 166, 672 

 (=) 



110,904 

 426, 222 

 295,340 

 140, 420 

 307, 326 



Years. 



1880 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1895 

 1897 

 1902 

 1908 

 1911 

 1918 



Louisiana. 



Bushels. 

 295,000 

 678, 227 

 719, 992 

 835,520 

 841, 585 



959, 190 

 1,198,413 

 3, 623, 800 

 4, 504, 402 

 1, 122, 203 



Value. 



$200,000 

 215, U3 

 230, 820 

 269, 057 

 299, 896 



432, 668 



493, 227 



702, 800 



1,022,723 



^ 494,299 



Texas. 



Bushels. 

 67, 054 



256. 199 

 341,275 

 3(iO, 600 

 440, 800 



355,910 

 343,113 



497. 200 

 434, 690 



< 477, 784 



Value. 

 $47,300 

 88,275 

 109, f:33 

 111,400 

 127, 990 



94, 063 

 100, 359 

 167,880 

 131,009 

 143, 610 



Total. 



Bushels. 

 550, 154 



2, 08(i, 042 

 2,774,919 

 2,941,014 



(2) 

 2,379,581 

 4,873,705 

 6,317,000 

 6, 22(i, 141 

 3,393,495 



Value. 

 $313,200 

 (') 



574, 538 

 720,117 

 796, 062 

 (») 



748,760 

 1,263,689 

 1,585,960 

 1,476,966 

 1,106,725 



' The statistics for 1908 are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 

 > Statistics not available. 



' Includes 506,(j39 bushels, valued at $118,328, from private beds in Louisiana and 188,514 busliels, valued 

 at $44,l(i<). from public beds in Louisiana, all taken by Mississippi men. 

 * Includes 11,250 bushels, valued at $3,000, taken from Louisiana public beds by Texas men. 



FISHERIES OF FLORIDA. 



The statistics of the fisheries of Florida here presented are for the 

 west or Gulf coast only. The fisheries of this part of Florida were 

 more extensive than those of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana 

 combined. The number of persons employed was 5,161, of whom 

 623 were on vessels fishing, 70 on vessels transporting fishery products, 

 3,600 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 8()8 on shore in the wholesale 

 fish establishments, in canneries, and other fishery industries. 



The investment amounted to $2,404,245, which includes 95 fishing 

 vessels, valued at $402,430, with a net tonnage of 2,429 tons, and out- 

 fits valued at $9S,5()3; 84 transporting vessels, valued at $186,450, 

 with a net tonnage of 1,480 tons, and outfits valued at $22,444; 

 1,018 power boats, valued at $438,9()2; 2,019 sail and other boats, 

 valued at $128,900; fishing apparatus employed on vessels to the 

 value of $8,151; fishing apparatus employed on boats to the value of 

 $279,008; shore and accessory property valued at $619,987; and cash 

 capital amounting to $219,350. 



The products amounted to 54,753,639 pounds, valued at $3,420,363. 

 This represents 41.82 per cent of the total quantity and 52.53 per 

 cent of the total value of the products of the fisheries of the Gulf 

 Coast States in 1918. Compared with 1902, there was an increase of 

 13.78 per cent in quantity and 133.92 per cent in value to the fisher- 

 men for the west coast of Florida. Among the products of special 



