FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 951 



Fisheries of Mississippi, 79^5— Continued 

 CATCH: By counties— Continued 



Species 



Shecpshead, salt-water - 



Snapper, red 



Spadofish 



Spanish maclierel 



Spot...- - 



Squeteagues 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft - 



Shrimp 



Ovstsrs' 



Marlcet, public, Mississippi-. 



Market, public, Louisiana. .- 

 - Market, private, Mississippi. 



Seed, public, Mississippi 



Terrapin 



Hancock 



Pounds 

 18, 100 



500 

 7,700 

 77, 240 

 04, 800 

 3,456 

 12, 500 



141, 120 



Total - — 440,326 



Value 

 $1. 810 



100 



385 

 8,872 

 4,320 

 1,290 

 1,000 



8,400 



Harrison 



Pounds 

 28, 524 



35, 175 



1,400 



6, 542 



16, 900 



195, 198 



1, 164, 400 



60, 960 



10, 848, 720 



5, 596, 255 



7, 661, 248 



159, 180 



709, 149 



1,398 



Value 

 $2, 672 



Jackson 



26, 814, 050 



52 



834 



555 



21,810 



29, 660 



9,820 



348, 239 



210, 897 



228, 348 



15,610 



4,654 



452 



Pounds 



33,645 



97,328 



2,020 



2,200 



1,300 



215,059 



288, 439 



2,400 



905, 305 



635, 271 



307, 398 



897, 112 



Vnhie 



$2, 002 



8,036 



63 



230 



52 



16, 168 



5,809 



900 



28,009 



26, 968 



1,858 



3, 440, 293 127, 779 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting trade.-ln 1928 there were 4 persons in Mississippi 

 en'a^rd in transporting the catch of fish. In this trade 2 motor 

 vessels having a total capacity of 19 net tons were opei'ated 



Wholesale Lrf..-There were 26 wholesale estabhshments on he 



coast of Mississippi engaged chiefly i^ A^^'^l'^'f /'' vf nf ^noh 

 fisherv products This is 10 per cent of the total number of such 

 itabllhmenTs in the Gulf section. These establishments employed 

 233 persons who received $121,295 in salaries and wages. Iheie 

 were 19 of these estabhshments located in Harrison County. 



Prepared and by-products trade.-Theve were 23 estabhshments on 

 the coast of Mississippi during 1928 engaged P™f^%^JJ. ^^^ ^.^l^: 

 facture of prepared fishery products or by-products. This is 24 pe 

 cent of the total number in the Gulf section. They employed 791 

 persons who received $499,794 m salaries and wages The Products 

 manufactured, consisting principally of canned oysters and sh m^, 

 were valued at $1,899,999. Detailed statistics of most of the items 

 manufactured may be obtained from Fishery Industries of the 

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



In addition to the above, 84,824 pounds of salted mullet and mullet 

 roe valued at $4,723 were prepared by the fishermen. 



Industries related to the fisheries of Mississippi, 1928 

 TRANSPORTING 



Items 



Men on transporting vessels. 



Transporting vessels: 

 Motor — 



5 to 10 tons 



11 to 20 tons 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage. 



Numbor 



