FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 281 



ALABAMA 



The fisheries of Alabama in 1923 employed 568 persons, of whom 

 88 were on fishing vessels, 34 on transporting vessels, and 446 in the 

 shore and boat fisheries. The investment, amounting to $295,420, 

 included 17 fishing vessels with a total net tonnage of 250 tons, valued 

 at $57,485 and with outfits to the value of $16,425; 14 transporting 

 vessels with a total net tonnage of 147 tons, valued at $26,130 and 

 with outfits to the value of $1,620; 196 power boats, valued at $165,- 

 150: 225 rowboats, valued at $4,405; fishing apparatus on vessels 

 to the value of $1,430; fishing apparatus in the shore and boat fish- 

 eries to the value of $15,150; and shore and accessory property 

 valued at $7,625. The products of the fisheries amounted to 7,631,237 

 pounds, valued at $341,569. Shrimp was the most important prod- 

 uct, yielding 3,182,000 pounds, valued at $119,239; oysters were next 

 with 2,261,602 pounds, valued at $100,219; red snappers followed 

 with 970,000 pounds, valued at $77,600 ; mullet with 648,200 pounds, 

 valued ait $22,473; and 18 varieties, aggregating 569,441 pounds, 

 valued at $22,038, made up the remainder of the catch. 



Fisheries. — The vessel fisheries of Alabama employed trammel nets, 

 lines, and otter trawls and produced 1,560,860 pounds of fishery prod- 

 ucts, valued at $96,065. The yield by lines was most important, 

 amounting to 1,274,600 pounds, valued at $85,215, of which 970,000 

 pounds, valued at $77,600, were red snappers and 304,600 pounds, 

 valued at $7,615, were groupers. Otter trawls were next, with a 

 yield of 245.500 pounds of shrimp, valued at $9,227. Trammel nets 

 produced 8 varieties of fish that aggregated 40,760 pounds, valued 

 at $1,623, of which mullet was most important. 



The shore and boat fisheries employed haul seines, trammel nets, 

 lines, otter trawls, and tongs that produced 6,070,377 pounds, valued 

 at $245,504. The catch by otter trawls, consisting of 2,711,500 pounds 

 of shrimp, valued at $101,674, was most important. Tongs were 

 next, producing 2.261,602 pounds of oysters, valued at $100,219. The 

 yield by trammel nets was 718,350 pounds, valued at $27,414, consist- 

 ing mostly of mulled ; by haul seines, 269,125 pounds, valued at $10,- 

 957, consisting mostly of shrimp ; and by lines 109,800 pounds, valued 

 at $5,240, mostly hard crabs and squeteagues or "sea trout." 



Wholesale trade and industries. — The wholesale fishery trade was 

 conducted in 9 establishments, valued at $32,300, with cash capital 

 of $11,750, that employed 70 persons to whom $30,207 was paid in 

 wages. 



The fish canning and by-products industries were conducted by 10 

 establishments, valued at $277,731, with cash capital amounting to 

 $54,000 and employing 574 persons, to whom $153,881 was paid in 

 wages. The total output was valued at $541,706 and consisted of 

 61,630 cases of canned shrimp, valued at $384,618; 11,522 cases of 

 canned oysters valued at $57,396; and 11,208 tons of by-products, 

 valued at $99,692. 



The following tables and summary statements present the detailed 

 statistics of the fisheries of Alabama in 1924. 7 



7 For statistics on persons engaged, vessels, boats, gear, and investment in the fisheries 

 refer to page 2<i<>. 



