﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  

  

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  red 
  snapper 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  handled 
  b}^ 
  these 
  

   firms 
  and 
  is 
  shipped 
  over 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  country. 
  

   Amon^ 
  other 
  important 
  species 
  handled 
  are 
  mullet, 
  groupers, 
  bufi'alo- 
  

   fish, 
  trout, 
  channel 
  bass 
  or 
  red-fish, 
  Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  spots, 
  sheeps- 
  

   head, 
  croakers, 
  and 
  flounders. 
  The 
  only 
  wholesale 
  fishery 
  trade 
  car- 
  

   ried 
  on 
  outside 
  of 
  Mobile 
  is 
  at 
  Coden 
  and 
  Bayou 
  Labatre. 
  In 
  1902 
  

   one 
  firm 
  handling 
  opened 
  oysters 
  was 
  located 
  at 
  Coden. 
  At 
  Bayou 
  

   Labatre 
  there 
  was 
  one 
  oyster 
  cannery, 
  and 
  four 
  firms 
  handling 
  opened 
  

   oysters, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  also 
  dealing 
  in 
  fresh 
  fish. 
  As 
  there 
  was 
  only 
  

   one 
  oyster 
  canner}^ 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  the 
  products 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  statistics 
  

   as 
  opened 
  oysters, 
  with 
  the 
  value 
  received 
  for 
  them 
  after 
  being 
  canned. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  wholesale 
  fishery 
  trade 
  in 
  Alabama 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  the 
  estimated 
  number 
  of 
  oysters 
  opened 
  by 
  the 
  cannery 
  at 
  Bayou 
  Labatre 
  for 
  canning 
  

   purposes, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  received 
  when 
  sold 
  as 
  canned 
  goods. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  MISSISSIPPI. 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  Mississipi, 
  including 
  indentations, 
  is 
  about 
  180 
  

   miles 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  the 
  prosecution 
  of 
  fishing. 
  Of 
  

   the 
  three 
  counties 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  Jackson, 
  Harri- 
  

   son, 
  and 
  Hancock, 
  Harrison 
  has 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  times 
  

   as 
  important 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  counties 
  combined. 
  Biloxi, 
  a 
  

   town 
  of 
  about 
  5,000 
  inhabitants, 
  is 
  located 
  in 
  this 
  county 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  oyster 
  center 
  on 
  the 
  gulf 
  coast. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  leading 
  town 
  

   in 
  the 
  state 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  both 
  oysters 
  and 
  shrimp, 
  but 
  is 
  surpassed 
  

   by 
  Scranton, 
  in 
  Jackson 
  County, 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  fish. 
  Ocean 
  Springs, 
  

   also 
  in 
  Jackson 
  County, 
  ranks 
  next 
  to 
  Biloxi 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  fish 
  

   caught. 
  Of 
  the 
  other 
  towns 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  

  

  