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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Ala- 
  

   bama 
  in 
  1902 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHOLESALE 
  FISHERY 
  TRADE. 
  

  

  The 
  wholesale 
  fisheiy 
  trade 
  of 
  Alabama 
  centers 
  at 
  Mobile, 
  this 
  being 
  

   the 
  only 
  city 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  state. 
  Shipments 
  of 
  products 
  are 
  

   received 
  there, 
  not 
  only 
  from 
  localities 
  in 
  Alabama, 
  but 
  also 
  from 
  

   Mississippi. 
  There 
  are 
  five 
  wholesale 
  fishery 
  establishments, 
  two 
  of 
  

   which 
  handle 
  both 
  fish 
  and 
  oysters, 
  two 
  deal 
  only 
  in 
  fish, 
  and 
  one 
  only 
  

   in 
  o3^sters. 
  The 
  oysters 
  are 
  handled 
  entireh' 
  in 
  a 
  raw 
  condition, 
  and 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  sold 
  fresh 
  as 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  Oysters 
  are 
  

   always 
  sold 
  by 
  number, 
  and 
  are 
  usually 
  shipped 
  in 
  cedar 
  buckets, 
  not 
  

   hermetically 
  sealed, 
  but 
  are 
  water-tight 
  and 
  holding 
  about 
  2i, 
  4, 
  and 
  

   8 
  gallons 
  each. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  in 
  a 
  bucket 
  is 
  from 
  600 
  to 
  

   2,000, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  kind 
  of 
  bucket 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  oysters. 
  The 
  

  

  