FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 959 



Indrhslries related to the fisheries of Louisiana, 1D28 — Continued 

 WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



Items 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors. _ 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



Jefferson 



$2, 400 

 5,780 



8,180 



Orleans 



33 

 23 

 104 



$101, 177 

 94, 015 



195. 192 



Plaque- 

 mines 

 and St. 

 Bernard 



$2,110 

 10, 040 



12, 150 



St. 

 Marys 



and 

 Iberia 



Terre- 

 bonne 



$1, 600 

 5,799 



$23, 454 

 39, 741 



7, 399 I 63, 195 



Total 



36 



58 

 36 

 230 



$130,741 

 155, 375 



286, 116 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



' Includes a small amount of shrimp bran prepared by one firm, whose activities were principally in the 

 wholesale fishery trade. 



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

 forty-eight 554-ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 



TEXAS 



The fisheries of Texas in 1928 employed 14 per cent of the total 

 number of fishermen and accounted for 8 per cent of the total catch 

 of the Gulf section. The fisheries and industries related to the 

 fisheries employed 2,881 persons, which is 8 per cent greater than the 

 number m 1927. Of the total, 2,347 were fishermen, 401 were em- 

 ployed in the wholesale trade, and 133 in the prepared-products and 

 by-products industries. 



The total catch amounted to 15,212,493 pounds, valued at $875,058. 

 This is a decrease of 28 per cent in the catch and 17 per cent in the 

 value of the catch, compared with the catch and its value for 1927. 

 Of the total value of catch, that for shrimp accounted for 30 per cent; 

 squeteagues or "sea trout," 17 per cent; oysters, 15 per cent; and red 

 drum or redfish, 13 per cent. Of the total production, that of shrimp 

 accounted for 51 per cent; oysters, 12 per cent; squeteagues or "sea 

 trout," 8 per cent; and red snapper and red drum or redfish, each, 

 7 per cent. 



OPERATING UNITS BY GEAR 



The catch of fishery products on the coast of Texas dming 1928 

 was taken by 2,347 fishermen, who used 45 motor vessels, 4 sailing 

 vessels, 1,401 motor and other boats, and 10 major types of gear. 

 The motor and sailing vessels had a combined capacity of 600 net 

 tons. The fisheries accounting for the greatest number of persons 

 were the hand-line fishery, employing 554 fishermen and the otter- 

 trawd fishery employing 547 fishermen. 



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