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Summary of the yield 



Species 



Angelfish _ . 



Bluefish 



Blue runner or hardtail . 



Catfish 



Croaker 



Drum, black 



Drum, red or redfish 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Grunts 



King whiting 



Mullet 



Pompano 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red __. 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot. 



Squeteagues or "sea trout" 



Crabs, hard... 



Shrimp 



Oysters, market, public 



Oysters, market, private..- 



Oysters, seed, public 



Terrapin 



Vessel fisheries 



Pounds 

 200 



1,650 

 ~2~366' 



304, 600 



180 



32, 500 



50 



1,200 



970, 000 



Total 1,560,860 96,065 



2,680 



245, 500 



Value 

 $20 



66 



'l84 



7,615 



13 



975 



13 



84 



77, 600 



9,227 



Shore fisheries 



Pounds 



1,740 



3, 500 



1,200 



16, 220 



34, 950 



9,250 



12, 465 



2,190 



1,185 



15, 760 



46, 230 



84,000 



2, 936, 500 



906, 227 



725, 375 



630, 000 



2,332 



6, 070, 377 



Value 

 $52 

 210 

 36 

 638 

 1,049 

 279 

 765 

 178 



119 



486 



4,635 



2,750 



110,012 



32, 751 



53, 968 



13, 500 



933 



245, 504 



Total 



Pounds 

 1,940 

 3,500 

 1,200 

 16, 220 

 36, 600 

 9,250 



14, 765 

 2, 190 



304, 600 



2,975 



2,598 



648, 200 



770 



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 



134 



22, 473 



159 



1,389 



77, 600 



119 



486 



4,903 



2,750 



119,239 



32, 751 



53, 968 



13, 500 



933 



341, 569 



Summary by counties 



MISSISSIPPI 



The coastal fisheries of Mississippi in 1923 employed 1,700 per- 

 sons, of whom 712 were on fishing vessels, 46 on transporting ves- 

 sels, and 942 in the shore and boat fisheries. The investment 

 amounted to $676,573 and included 143 fishing vessels with a total 

 net tonnage of 1,992 tons, valued at $259,485 and carrying outfits 

 valued at $22,028; 14 transporting vessels with a total net tonnage 

 of 218 tons, valued at $22,500 and carrying outfits valued at $1,590; 

 379 sail and power boats, valued at $275,800; 479 rowboats, valued 

 at $11,230; fishing apparatus on vessels valued at $33,987; fishing 

 apparatus in the shore and boat fisheries valued at $32,503; and 

 shore and accessory property valued at $17,450. The production of 

 the fisheries amounted to 25,021,738 pounds, valued at $985,741. 

 Oysters were the most important item in the yield, amounting to 

 11,874,954 pounds, valued at $472,652. Shrimp were next, amount- 

 ing to 9,879,100 pounds, valued at $359,086. The production of 

 mullet was 1,739,026 pounds, valued at $52,719, and that of squetea- 

 gues or "sea trout" was 410,294 pounds, valued at $37,327. Nine- 

 teen varieties of fish and shellfish of lesser importance made up the 

 remainder of the yield. 



