FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1935 



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Fisheries of Alabama, 1934 — Continued 

 OPERATING UNITS: By counties 



Item 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore: 



Regular.. , 



Casual... 



Total. 



Vessels, motor 



Net tonnage 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other. 



Apparatus: 



Haul seines 



Length, yards.. 



Gill nets, stake. 



Square yards.. 



Trammel nets.. 



Square yards 



Lines: 



Hand 



Hooks 



Trot with baits or snoods. 



Baits or snoods 



Trot with hooks 



Hooks 



Fyke nets.. 



Otter trawls, shrimp 



Yards at mouth.. 



Pots, fish 



Spears 



Dredges, oyster 



Yards at mouth.. 



Tongs, oyster 



Baldwin 



Number 

 14 



7 

 72 



24 

 37 



1 



500 



16 



2,450 



22 



8,390 



15 

 15 



4 

 750 



15 

 189 



26 



Mobile 



Number 

 108 



371 

 92 



571 



27 

 267 



160 

 123 



7 

 3,850 



35 

 10, 355 



111 



189 



38 



7,640 



108 



10, 800 



10 



145 



1,878 



78 



38 



9 



9 



80 



CATCH: Bt counties 



Species 



Baldwin 



Mobile 



Blueflsh 



Blue runner or hardtail 



Buffalofish 



Catfish and bullheads 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum: 



Black 



Red or redflsh... 



Flounders 



Groupers 



King whiting or "kingfish". 



Mullet 



Paddlefish or spoonbill cat.. 



Pompano 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot.. 



Squeteagues or "sea trout": 



Spotted.. 



White. - 



Sturgeon 



Tenpounder 



Crabs: 



Hard 



Soft 



Shrimp 



Oysters: 



Market, public, spring.. 



Market, public, fall 



Market, private, spring. 



Market, private, fall 



Terrapin, diamond back 



Pounds 

 3,900 

 600 



6,500 



"5," 700" 



200 



27, 700 



3,600 



300 

 283, 000 



1,600 

 3,700 



10, 600 

 2,000 



44,200 

 "8," 460' 



Total. 



392, 000 



8,500 

 17,000 



5,400 



26, 300 



800 



852, 000 



Value 



$177 

 12 



370 

 "164' 



6 



1,012 



269 



6 

 7,085 



240 

 144 



442 

 38 



3,184 

 ""912' 



8,976 



500 

 1,000 



450 

 2,190 



203 



27, 320 



Pounds 



24, 700 



2,300 



18, 600 



114, 100 



2,600 



15, 500 



500 



37, 000 



32, 300 



151,200 



4, 500 



885, 200 



600 



200 



4,300 



950, 500 



1,300 



5,700 



93, 300 

 7,600 



1,200 



257, 400 



1,600 



, 164, 600 



187, 000 

 147, 600 



600 

 7, 112, 000 



Value 



$577 



46 



744 



7,266 



58 



282 



14 



1,430 



2,449 



3,356 



84 



21,302 



36 



30 



161 



51, 850 



91 



103 



5,969 

 176 



12 



3,677 



312 



106, 200 



11,000 

 8,685 



15S 

 226, 08» 



