FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



119 



Following are statistics of the quantity in pounds based on the 

 above conversion figures of the different kinds of sponges sold at the 

 exchange at Tarpon Springs in 1919 and 1920: 



Sponges Sold at the Exchaxge, Tarpon Springs, Fla., 1919 and 1920. 



Kind. 



Pounds. Value. 



Large wool 205, 402 $aU, 222 



Small wool 7»), 309 1 95, 386 



Yellow 73,051 39,161 



Grass ! 62, .547 25, 171 



Wire 6, 706 ; 4, 024 



Total 424,075 



707,964 



Pounds. 

 176, 722 

 60,902 

 72, 648 

 92,880 

 6,594 



Value. 



$522, 399 



79, 172 



43, 499 



29, 722 



3,417 



409, 746 678, 209 



SUMMARIES OF THE FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES FOR VARIOUS 



YEARS. 



In the appended table are given comparative statistics showing 

 the number of persons engaged, investment, and quantities and 

 values of the products of the fisheries of the Gulf States for various 

 years from 1880 to 1918. A similar summary of the fisheries of the 

 South Atlantic States for the same j^ears appears on page 65 of this 

 report. In view of the increasing attention which the fisheries of 

 these regions are receiving, these will serve to indicate the relative 

 rate of growth and development of these fisheries. 



Extent ok Fisheries of the Gvi.v State.s, Various Years, 1880 to 1918.' 



Item. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



Florida (west coast ) 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Louisiana 



Texas 



Total . 



9,543 



INVE.STMENT. 



Florida (west coast) ' $.362, 563 



Alabama > 38, 2(X) 



Missi.ssippi , x, ,soo 



Louisiana 93,021 



Texas 42, 400 



Total .54.5, 584 I 



(') 

 (») 

 $284,760 

 633,007 

 206, .591 



$613, 736 

 61,904 

 329,632 

 664,927 

 214, .511 



11,319 



$1,281,190 

 126,925 

 455, 300 

 700, 5.57 

 256, 431 



^ PRODUCTS.' I 



Pounds: ^ 



Florida (west coast) 8, 376,335 



Alabama I 3, 541, 500 



Missi.ssippi \ 788, 500 



Louisiana | 6, 99t), 000 



Texas 3, S58, 875 



Total 



Valtic: 



Florida (west coast j 



23, .561, 210 



.\labama. 

 .Mississippi . 

 Louisiana. . 

 Texas 



Total 1,227,544 



$564,819 

 119,275 

 22, .5-10 

 392,610 

 128,300 



(») 



(') 



(») 



6, 548, 175 



18, 45.5, 489 



6, 282, 4,S9 



1, m-i, 710 



2, 826, 403 



(») 

 1, 633, 589 

 7,833,010 

 19,121,056 

 6,609,161 



(=) 



(') 



$189, 716 

 .579, oO'l 

 256,250 



(>) 



$628, 396 



75,560 



231, 712 



612, 820 



271, 257 



1,819,745 



23, .597, 240 



4, .5(>0, 269 



5, 933, 3.39 

 20, 947, 239 



7, 357, 800 



65, 39.5, 8S7 



$948, 845 

 146, 841 

 2.50, H84 

 621,018 

 297,258 



2, 264, 876 



' Statistics for \<M)H are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 



' Statistics not available. 



•Theriiiantilyaiid % nine of products given for Florida for 1888 in the report of the Division of Statistics 

 and .VIethfKis of the Fisheries for 1919, page 137, include both coasts of the State, and those for Alabama 

 for 1908 include the Tennessee River district. 



