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FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 



(South Atlantic, Area XXIV; Gulf, Area XXV) » 



The yield of the commercial fisheries of the marine areas of the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States (North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas) during 

 1936 amounted to 556,992,700 pounds, valued at $13,542,301 to the 

 fishermen, representing an increase of 24 percent in volume and 36 

 percent in value as compared mth the catch in 1934, the most recent 

 year for which catch statistics are available. These fisheries gave 

 employment to 29,006 fishermen as compared with 24,898 in 1934. 



There were 703 fishery wholesale and manufacturing establish- 

 ments in these States in 1936, as compared with 591 in 1934, when the 

 most recent previous survey of these establishments was made. In 

 1936 these establishments employed 17,095 persons, paid $3,296,241 

 in salaries and wages and produced manufactured products (canned, 

 cured, packaged, and byproducts), valued at $11,445,674. In 1934, 

 the wholesale and manufacturing firms employed 14,354 persons, paid 

 $2,873,812 in salaries and wages and produced manufactured products 

 valued at $9,906,595. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1936 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



' These are the numbers given to these areas by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. 

 The catch in the Mississippi River and tributaries is not included in this section. For a clearer understand- 

 ing of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the section in the latter part of this 

 document entitled "Statistical survey procedure." 



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