170 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



FISHERIES OF LOUISIANA. 



Louisiana ranked second among the Gulf States in 1918 in the 

 number of persons engaged, in the investment, and in the value of its 

 fishery products. There were 65 persons employed on fishing vessels, 

 128 on vessels transporting fishery products, 2,093 in the shore or 

 boat fisheries, and 1,905 on shore in fresh-fish establishments, can- 

 neries, etc., totaling 4,191 persons engaged in the fisheries, compared 

 with 5,027 persons in 1902. The decrease was largely in the shore 

 fisheries. 



There were 88 fishing and transporting vessels, representing a net 

 tonnage of 765 tons, with a value, including their outfit, of $187,610, 

 and 1,762 power, sail, and row boats, valued at S350,140. The value 

 of the fishing apparatus used in the vessel and shore fisheries amounted 

 to $95,317; the value of the shore and accessory property to $671,621, 

 and the cash capital to $170,500, representing a total investment in 

 the fisheries of the State of $1,475,188, an increase of $685,465, or 

 86.79 per cent, as compared with 1902. 



The products of the fislieries in 1918 aggregated 24,953,876 pounds, 

 valued at $1,419,367. Compared with 1902, there was an increase 

 in the quantity of 199,741 pounds, or 0.80 per cent, and $561,053, or 

 65.36 per cent, in the value of the products. Amon^ the species of 

 importance mention may be made of the following: Sln^imp, 13,315,- 

 407 pounds, valued at $649,805; oysters, 7,855,421 pounds, or 

 1,122,203 bushels, valued at $494,299; squeteagues or "sea trout," 

 1,190,357 pounds, valued at $110,474; redfish or red drmn, 565,899 

 pomids, valued at $46,945; catfish, 480,420 pounds, valued at 

 $18,955; and croaker, 383,035 pounds, valued at $28,862. 



FISHERIES, BY PARISHES OR COUNTIES. 



The number of persons employed, the number and valuo of 

 vessels, boats, and fishing apparatus used, the amount of capital 

 invested, and the quantity and value of tlie products of the fisheries 

 of Louisiana in 1918 are shown, by counties, m the following table: 



