946 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



in salaries and wages. All of these establishments were located in 

 Mobile County. 



Prepared and by-products trade. — There were seven establishments 

 in Alabama in 1928 engaged primarily in the manufacture of prepared 

 fishery products or by-products. This is 7 per cent of the total 

 number in the Gulf section. They employed 217 persons, who 

 received S149,807 in salaries and wages. The products manufac- 

 tured, consisting principally of canned shrimp and oysters, were 

 valued at S640,772. Detailed statistics of most of the items manu- 

 factured may be obtained from Fishery Industries of the United 

 States, 1928, Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 1067. 



In addition to the above, 8,866 pounds of fishery products, valued 

 at $720, were prepared by the fishermen. These consisted mostly of 

 salted mullet and mullet roe. 



Industries related to the fisheries of Alabama, 1928 

 TRANSPORTING 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE FISHERMEN 



' Includes a small amount of salted and packaged products prepared by 4 firms whose activities were 

 principally in the wholesale fishery trade. 



» A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans of oysters, forty-eight 5-ouncc cans in the dry pack, or 

 forty-eight 5Ji-ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 



' Includes salted mullet roe and packaged grouper tenderloins. 



