FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 



919 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES ' 



Transporting trade. — During 1928 there were 48 persons in Florida 

 engaged in transporting the products from fishing grounds to the 

 market. In this trade 20 motor vessels, having total capacity of 311 

 net tons, were operated. 



Wholesale trade. — In 1928 there were 218 wholesale establishments 

 in Florida engaged chiefly in handling fresh and frozen products. 

 These establishments employed 1,277 persons, who received $908,280 

 in salaries and wages. Of the total number, 110 were on the west 

 coast, 101 on the east coast, and 7 on Lake Okeechobee. 



Prepared products and by-jjroducts.— There were 18 establishments 

 in Florida during 1928 engaged in canning and curing fishery prod- 

 ucts or in manufacturing fishery by-products. These employed 

 429 persons who received $331,568 in salaries and wages. The prod- 

 ucts manufactured were valued at $1,721,699. These products 

 consisted principally of canned shrimp and oysters, and menhaden 

 products. There was also a production of canned turtle and clam 

 products, salted mullet and mullet roe, oyster-shell products, 

 piclded shrimp, sawfish fins, and shark hides and oil. In addition, 

 428,554 pounds of salted mullet and mullet roe, valued at $25,467. 

 were prepared by .the fishermen. 



Industries related to the fisheries of Florida, 1928 



Items 



Transporting: 



Persons engaged. - 



Vessels, motor 



Net tonnage 



Wholesale trade: 



Establishments -. 



Persons engaged , 



Salaries and wages paid 



Prepared products and by-products industries: 



Establishments 



Persons engaged 



Salaries and wages paid 



Products - 



Products prepared by fishermen 



East coast 



West coast 



197 



$184, 547 



$1, 038, 089 



47 



19 



295 



101 I 110 



582 I 667 



$360, 562 ■ $528, 088 



10 



232 



$147, 021 



$683, 610 



$25, 467 



Lake 

 Okeechobee 



7 



28 



$19, 630 



Total 



48 



20 



311 



218 



1,277 



$908, 280 



18 



429 



$331, 568 



1, 721, 699 



$25, 467 



LAKE OKEECHOBEE 



In 1928 there were 304 persons engaged in fisheries or in the fishery 

 industries of Lake Okeechobee. This is an increase of 23 per cent 

 over the number of persons engaged during 1927. Of the total 

 number in 1928, 276 were fishermen and 28 were engaged in the 

 wholesale fishery trade. The catch amounted to 3,677,386 pounds, 

 valued at $169,043. This represents a decrease of 16 per cent both 

 in the catch and its value, as compared with the catch and its value 

 in 1927. The catch consisted of 2,519,539 pounds of catfish and 

 bullheads, valued at $105,581 ; 630,485 pounds of crappie, valued at 

 $18,916; 424,870 pounds of black bass, valued at $41,591; 96,492 

 pounds of sunfish, valued at $2,895; and 6,000 pounds of turtles, 

 valued at 



' See pp. 909 and 940, respectively, for detailed statistics on this subject, for the east and west coasts of 

 Florida and for I^ake Okeechobee on p. 920. 



