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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of Mississippi, 192S — Continued 

 WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE FISHERMEN 



' Includes the salted mullet roe and canned shrimp prepared by three firms whose activities were princi- 

 pally in the wholesale fishery trade. 



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

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



3 Includes lime from oyster shells and canned crabs. 



LOUISIANA 



In 1928 the fisheries of Louisiana ranked first among the States 

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

 catch, employing 32 per cent of the total number of fishermen and 

 accounting for 36 per cent of the total catch. The fisheries and 

 industries related to the fisheries emplo5''ed 6,806 persons which is 

 4 per cent less than the number in 1927. Of the total, 5,152 were 

 fishermen, 28 were employed on transporting vessels, 324 in the whole- 

 sale trade, and 1,302 in the prepared-products and by-products indus- 

 tries. 



The total catch amounted to 69,506,979 pounds, valued at $3,477,- 

 866. This is an increase of 24 per cent in the catch and 21 per cent 

 in the value of the catch, compared with the catch and its value for 



