FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1920 945 



Fisheries of Alabama, 1928 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By counties 



CATCH: By counties 



Species 



Angelflsh 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Blue runner or hardtail. 



ButTaloflsh 



Catfish and bullheads... 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum, black 



Drum, red, or redflsh... 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Jewflsh. 



Baldwin 



Mobile 



Pounds 

 1,222 



4,365 

 3,312 



5,834 



920 



22, 517 



3,189 

 20, 517 



9,186 



King whiting or "kingflsh". 



Mullet.... 



Paddlefish 



Pompano . 



Sheepshead, salt-water 



Snapper, red 



Snook or sergeantflsh... 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteague or "sea trout".. 



Sturgeon 



Sunflsh- 



400 

 661, 057 



4,280 

 25, 612 



Tripletail 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, hard 



Shrimp 



Oysters, market, private. 

 Oysters, market, public, 

 "^errapin 



2,400 



6,009 



33, 855 



5,666 



Total - 



32, 000 



478,711 



328, 933 

 342 



1, 650, 317 



Value 



261 

 132 



306 



27 



682 



122 



1,661 



1,029 



12 

 26, 590 



675 

 2,054 



192 



180 



3,463 



1,700 



2,000 

 14, 362 



26,290 

 114 



Pounds 



1,968 



1,067 



27, 099 



18, 768 



37, 686 



105, 223 



4,880 



23,811 



4,514 



28, 890 



24, 645 



198, 501 



3,400 



500 



1, 457, 284 



2,641 



1,234 



11, 916 



1, 300, 522 



22 



1,939 



4,824 



91, 403 



4,000 



1,725 



1,600 



3,200 



69, 836 



5, 493, 778 



143, 976 



3, 745, 224 



87 



81, 900 12, 816, 163 



Value 



$79 



127 



1,827 



750 



1,507 



6,232 



146 



775 



200 



2,297 



2,465 



7,124 



121 



15 



58, 288 



158 



306 



952 



118,655 



2 



211 



107 



9,243 



400 



69 



160 



800 



2,226 



164, 812 



10,284 



114, 533 



24 



504,895 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting trade. — In 1928 there were six persons in Alabama 

 engaged in transporting the catch of fishery products. In this trade, 

 two motor vessels having a total capacity of 32 net tons, and one 

 sailing vessel having a capacity of 7 net tons were operated. 



Wholesale trade. — There were 17 wholesale establishments in 

 Alabama engaged chiefly in handhng fresh and frozen fishery products. 

 This is 7 per cent of the total number of such establishments in the 

 Gulf section. These employed 143 persons, who received $167,110 



