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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Fisheries of the Gulf States, 1923— Continued 



Item 



Florida (west coast) 



PRODUCTS 



Pounds 



Amherflsh 13,845 



Angelfish ...- 28,664 



Barracuda 1, 600 



Bluefish 417,840 



Blue runner or hard tail 351,968 



Bonito 28,030 



Catfish 114,780 



Cero and kingfish 564, 128 



Crevalle._ 156,084 



Croaker 



Drum, black 95,294 



Drum, red, or redfish 1,398,291 



Elops or ten-pounder 353,736 



Flounders.... 71,315 



Groupers — 4,265,569 



Grunts 94,867 



Harvestfish or ' ' butterfish ". _ 1, 000 



Hogfish__ 9,448 



Jewfish 109, 188 



King whiting 77,021 



Leather jacket or "turbot" 1,450 



Menhaden. 10,955,825 



Moonfish 775 



Mullet, fresh ; 27,741,837 



Mullet, salted 445,023 



Mullet roe, fresh... 13,945 



Mullet roe, salted 20,765 



Permit.... 8,493 



Pigfish 6, 156 



Pinfish or sailor's choice - 77,390 



Pompano, fresh. 280,403 



Pompano, salted 1,000 



Porgies ----- 28,600 



Porkfish 2,500 



Sawfish 200,000 



Sea bass - 25, 100 



Sergeantfish or snook 103, /01 



Sharks 3,000,000 



Sheepshead 1,025,415 



Snapper, mangrove ----- 125, 179 



Snapper, mutton 28,225 



Snapper, red 9,471,267 



Spanish mackerel 3, 772, 028 



Spot 55,929 



Squeteagues or "sea trout" 1,590,523 



Sturgeon 7,400 



Sturgeon caviar 25 



Tang 600 



Yellowtail - 38,672 



Crabs, hard -- 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, stone 7,200 



Sea crawfish or spiny lobster 321,010 



Shrimp, green. 2,881,454 



Clams, hard 602,272 



Conchs 2,500 



Oysters, market, public 1,642, 144 



Oysters, market, private 



Oysters, seed, public. 



Terrapin 



Turtles - 54.200 



Sponges, grass 97,277 



Sponges, sheepswool 339,623 



Sponges, wire 16,028 



Sponges, yellow - 121,665 



Total 73,266,26 



Value 



$322 



915 



64 



39, 025 



16,176 



1,010 



5,313 



38. 086 



4,618 



2,878 



43, 249 



10, 628 



3,936 



110,689 



2,846 



45 



284 



2. 565 



5,574 



53 



78, 303 



22 



1,091,383 



30, 624 

 1,653 

 1,836 



266 



179 

 2, 333 

 51,446 



100 

 1,180 



138 



2,500 



2, 450 



3,184 



24, 000 



31, 963 

 4,221 

 1,013 



680, 232 



308. 829 



1,677 



157, 169 



1,088 



25 



24 



■ 2, 422 



Alabama 



1, 

 16. 

 114. 

 180, 



3, 



18, 



778, 



7, 



69, 



4, 026, 227 



Pounds 



1,940 



3, 500 

 1.200 



16. 220 



26, 600 

 9, 250 

 14, 765 



2,190 



304, 600 



2,975 



648, 200 



20, 640 



970, 000 



1,185 



15, 760 



48, 910 



84, 000 



3, 182, 000 



906, 227 



725, 375 



630, 000 



2,332 



7, 631, 237 



Value 



$72 



210 

 36 



638 



1,115 

 279 

 949 



178 



7,615 



73 



22, 473 



159 



1,389 



77, 600 

 119 



4,903 



2,750 



119,239 



32, 751 



53, 968 



13, 500 



933 



341, 569 



Mississippi 



Pounds 



5,900 



35, 440 



45,015 

 38, 989 

 176,760 



87,616 

 26. 137 



5,200 

 9,054 



400 

 'I~739*626~ 



7,156 

 ""466' 



7,940 



90, 768 



103, 618 

 10, 082 

 27, 245 



410, 294 



434, 644 

 8,800 



9, 879, 100 



9, 046. 002 

 2, 828, 952 



7,200 



25,031,738 



