FISHEEY INDrSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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• From data published by the Bureau of the Census. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE AND CANNING INDUSTRY. 



In 1918 there were 77 wholesale fishery estahlishments on the 

 west coast of Plorida handlino: fresh and salt fish and oysters, valued 

 at $250,877, with a cash capital amounting to 8157,650, in which 

 455 persons were engaged and 8240,030 paid in wages. There were 

 in audition 7 estahlishments, vahied at S.300,510, engaged in canning 

 shrimp, oysters, etc., and the preparation of by-products. The num- 

 ber of persons employed in these estal)lishments was 451, and the 

 wages paid amounted to 8123,80.3. 



The following table shows the extent of the canning industry, 

 including by-products, on the west coast of Florida in 1918: 



Shrimp and Oyster Canning Industry, Including By-Products, on the West 

 Coast of Florida in 1918. 



Items. 



Establishments. . 



Cash cai)ital 



Persons enRaped. 

 Wages paid 



PRODUCTS. 



Shrimp, canned: 



No. 1 — li ounces cans. 



No. 1 — 5 ounces do. . . 



No. li— HJ ounces do... 



Total 2,979,200 325,198 



Number. 



7 

 '451' 



1,922,912 



973, OOM 



83,2S0 



Value. 



$300,510 

 61,700 



123, «03 



208,423 



101,355 



15,420 



Items. 



PRODUCTS— continued . 



Oysters, canned: 



No. 1 — 5 ounces cans. 



Clams, fish, and turtles, 



cans and l)ottles. 



By-products pounds. , 



Number. 



795, 

 44G, 



Value. 



$40,972 



100, 9S6 

 15,611 



FISHERIES OF ALABAMA. 



Tile coastal fisheries of Alabama are less extensive tlian those of 

 the other Gulf States. In 1918 the number of persons employed in 

 the fisheries of this State was 783, of whom 85 were on fishing vessels, 

 33 on vessels transporting fishery products, 365 in the shore and boat 

 fisheries, and 300 shoresmen in the wholesale fish establishments and 

 other fiishery industries. Compared with 1902, there was a decrease 

 of 315 men, or 28.68 per cent. 



The total investment in the fisheries of the State amounted to 

 S334,741, as compared with $328,285 in 1902, representing an increase 

 of 1.96 per cent. The items making up this total included 15 fishing 

 vessels, valued with their outfit at $57,590; 16 transporting vessels, 

 with a value, including outfit, of $21,625; 290 power, sail, and row- 

 boats, valued at $38,190; fishing apparatus in the vessel and shore 



