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U S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Louisiana, 1928 — Continued. 

 CATCH: By parishes— Continued 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting trade. — In 1928 there were 28 persons in Louisiana 

 engaged primarily in transporting the catch of fish. In this trade 

 there were 12 motor vessels having a combined capacity of 135 net 

 tons, and 1 sailing vessel having a capacity of 16 net tons. The size 

 of vessel in most popular use ranged from 5 to 10 net tons. 



Wholesale trade. — There were 36 establishments in Louisiana en- 

 gaged chiefly in handling fresh and frozen fish. This is 14 per cent of 

 the total number of such establishments in the Gulf section. These 

 establishments employed 324 persons who received $286,116 in 

 salaries and wages. Orleans Parish accounted for 18 of these 

 establishments. 



Prepared and by-products trade. — -There were 48 establishments in 

 Louisiana in 1928 engaged primarily in the manufacture of prepared 

 fishery products or by-products. This is 49 per cent of the total 

 number in the Gulf section. They employed 1,302 persons who 

 received $677,510 in salaries and wages. The products manu- 

 factured, consisting principally of canned shrimp and oyster-shell 

 products, were valued at $4,577,468. 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. 



Industries related to the fisheries of Louisiana, 1928 

 TRANSPORTING 



Items 



Number 



Men on transporting vessels 



Transporting vessels: 

 Motor— 



5 to 10 tons 



11 to 20 tons 



41 to 50 tons 



Total 



Net tonnage 



28 



12 

 1.35 



Items 



Transporting vessels— Contiuued 



Sail 



Net tonnage 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage 



Number 



13 



151 



