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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND GULF STATES 



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



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 

 1934 amounted to 447,913,900 pounds, valued at $9,993,660, to the 

 fishermen, representing an increase of 49 percent in volume and 55 

 percent in value as compared with the catch in 1932, the most recent 

 year for which catch statistics are available. These fisheries gave 

 employment to 24,898 fishermen as compared with 21,560 in 1932. 



There were 591 fishery wholesale and manufacturing establish- 

 ments in these States in 1934, as compared with 585 in 1931, when the 

 most recent previous survey of these establishments was made. In 

 1934, these establishments employed 14,354 persons, paid $2,873,812 

 in salaries and wages and produced manufactured products (canned, 

 cured, packaged, and byproducts), valued at $9,906,595. In 1931, 

 the wholesale and manufacturing firms employed 13,635 persons, 

 paid $2,821,543 in salaries and wages and produced manufactured 

 products valued at $8,374,588. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1934 

 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 under- 

 standing of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the section in the latter p art of 

 this document entitled "Statistical survey procedure." 



