928 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of the Gulf States, 1928 



PRODUCT 



MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



Figure 23.— Yield of principal fishery products in the GuU States, 

 1928 



WEST COAST OF FLORIDA s 



The west coast of Florida in 1928 ranked second among the States 

 bordering on the Gulf of Mexico with respect to the volume of the 

 catch, employing 36 per cent of the total number of fishermen and 

 accounting for 32 per cent of the total catch. The fisheries and indus- 

 tries related to the fisheries employed 6,742 persons, which is 10 per 

 cent greater than the number in 1927. Of the total, 5,796 were 

 fishermen, 47 were employed on transporting vessels, 677 in the whole- 

 sale trade, and 232 in the prepared products and by-products indus- 

 tries. 



The total catch amounted to 61,120,555 pounds, valued at $3,866,- 

 478. This is a decrease of 17 per cent in the catch and 11 per cent in 

 the value of the catch, compared with the catch and its value for 1927. 

 Of the total value of the catch, that for mullet accounted for 26 per 

 cent; sponges, 22 per cent; red snapper, 17 per cent; and squeteagues 

 or "sea trout," Spanish mackerel, and oysters, each 6 per cent. Of 



« See pp. 914-923 for complete statistics for Florida. 



