FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products op the Fisheries op Alabama 

 IN 1918, BY Counties — Continued. 



Items 



Baldwin. 



Mobile. 



Total. 



PEO DUCTS— continued . 



Redfish or red drum 



Sea bass 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon roe 



Squeteagues or " sea trout " 



Shrimp 



Crabs, hard 



Terrapin 



Oysters: 



Market, public 



Market, private - 



Pounds. 

 16,6.50 



400 

 15.400 



1,934 

 21,300 



2,938 



60 



36,875 



25,800 

 763 



15,750 

 27,300 



Seed, public ISO, 600 



Total 1,331,3.53 



Value. 

 $755 



12 

 725 



112 



822 



125 



45 



1,746 



PouTids. 



6,600 



600 



200 



12,6.^.0 



798,400 



2,3.50 



20,400 



96.5 

 224 



775 

 1,900 

 1,290 



101,7.55 



1,265,612 



70, 050 



2,175 



Value. 



$372 



30 



5 



740 



49,075 



165 



601 



4,865 



3S,828 



2,327 



880 



635,376 1 21,915 



163,275 1 13,. 585 



9,. 590 205 



Pounds. 



23,250 



600 



600 



28,050 



798,400 



4,284 



41,700 



2,938 



60 



138,630 



1,265,612 



195,8.50 



2,938 



'651,126 

 s 190, ,575 

 4 190,190 



47,916 



4,277,866 182,651 15,609,219 



Value. 



$1,127 



30 



17 



1,465 



49, 075 



277 



1,423 



125 



45 



6,611 



38,, 828 



3,292 



1,104 



22,690 



15,48,5 



1,495 



230,567 



' Represents 287,.550 in number. 

 2 Re|)resents 93,018 biLshels. 



3 Represents 27.225 bushels. 

 * Represents 27,170 bushels. 



FISHERIES, BY APPARATU.*!. 



Tlie total yield of all forms of apparatus cm ployed in the vessel 

 fisheries, which included lines, trammel nets, otter trawls, and tongs, 

 amounted to 1,3.35,173 pounds, valued at $75,963. The greater part 

 of this total consisted of r(>d snapjicr and groupei's taken with lines. 



In the shore or hoat fisheries the catch amounted to 4,204,596 

 pounds, valued at SI 52,300. The most prochictive form of appa- 

 ratus was the trammel net, the catch consisting of various s])ecies, 

 chiefly mullet, amomiting to 1,704,510 pounds, valued at $63, SI 5. 

 Otter trawls used in the capture of shrimp ranked second, with a 

 catch of 1.224,574 pounds, valued at S.']7,616, and tongs used for 

 taking oysters tliird, with a catch of 1,000,391 pounds, or 142.913 

 bushels, valued at $38,695. 



The following tables give the products of the vesscil and shore fish- 

 eries, by counties, in 191S: 



Yield op Vessel Fisheries op Alabama in 1918, by Apparatus and Species.' 



Vessel fisheries wae conducted only in Mobile County in 1918. 



