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 Summary of the yield 



Species 



Vessel fisheries 



Shore fisheries 



Total 



Bluefish 



Catfish 



Croaker 



Drum, black __ 



Drum, red, or redfish 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Jewfish 



King whiting_. 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Pompano 



Porgies 



Sea bass 



Sheepshead _ 



Snapper, red..- 



Span ishmackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout' 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Shrimp 



Ojsters, market: 



Public, Mississippi 



Private, Mississippi.. . 



Public, Louisiana 



Private, Louisiana 



Terrapin 



Total. 



Pounds 



3, 122, 700 



2, 620, 527 



15, 750 



3,275,811 



2,177,343 



Value 



$111,816 



88, 382 



1, 125 



116,306 



77, 066 



Pounds 



5, 900 



35,440 



45,015 



38, 989 



176, 760 



87, 616 



26, 137 



5,200 



9,054 



400 



1, 739, 026 



7,156 



400 



7,940 



90, 768 



103,618 



10, 082 



27, 245 



410, 294 



434, 644 



8,800 



6, 756, 400 



2, 007, 873 



87,486 



1,141,791 



548,373 



7,200 



11,212,131 394,695 13,819,607 



Value 



$414 



1,278 



1,881 



1,263 



12, 979 



8,919 



784 



156 



541 



20 



52,719 



1,462 



12 



595 



5,771 



912 



37, 327 



11,431 



2,180 



247, 270 



104, 560 



7,280 



53, 099 



24,834 



3,585 



591,046 



Pounds 



5,900 



35, 440 



45,015 



38, 989 



176, 760 



87, 616 



26, 137 



5, 200 



9,054 



400 



1,739,026 



7,156 



400 



7,940 



90, 768 



103,618 



10,082 



27,245 



410, 294 



434,644 



8,800 



9, 879, 100 



4,628,400 



103, 236 



4,417,602 



2, 725, 716 



7,200 



25, 031, 738 



Summary by counties 



Value 



$414 



1,278 



1,881 



1,263 



12, 979 



8,919 



784 



156 



541 



20 



52, 719 



1,462 



12 



595 



5,771 



912 



37, 327 



11,431 



2,180 



359, 086 



192, 942 



8,405 



169, 405 



101,900 



3, 585 



5,741 



LOUISIANA 



The coastal fisheries of Louisiana in 1923 employed 2,611 persons, 

 of whom 144 were on fishing vessels, 146 on transporting vessels, and 

 2,321 in the shore and boat fisheries. The investment amounted to 

 $1,385,696. Included in this investment were 59 fishing vessels, with 

 a total net tonnage of 394 tons, valued at $109,100 and with outfits 

 valued at $15,046; 71 transporting vessels, with a total net ton- 

 nage of 554 tons, valued at $149,100 and with outfits to the value 

 of $10,070; 1,141 power boats, valued at $919,400; 577 rowboats. 

 valued at $18,310; fishing apparatus on vessels valued at $2,529: 

 fishing apparatus in the shore and boat fisheries, valued at $101,361 ; 

 and shore and accessory property valued at $60,780. The total pro- 

 duction of the fisheries amounted to 34,835,194 pounds, valued at 

 $1,961,100. In this production shrimp was the most important item, 

 consisting of 24,881,985 pounds, valued at $984,069; oysters followed 

 with 7,154,763 pounds, valued at $770,434; squeteagues or " sea trout " 

 were next with 783,214 pounds, valued at $73,031 ; red drum or red- 

 fish with 665,067 pounds, valued at $55,941 ; and 19 other less impor- 

 tant varieties of fish and shellfish. 



Fisheries. — The vessel fisheries employed otter trawls, dredges, 

 and tongs, which yielded 3,093,132 pounds of shrimp and oysters, 



