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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  1902 
  was 
  $1,270,408, 
  an 
  increase 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  1897 
  

   of 
  $752,107, 
  or 
  145.11 
  per 
  cent. 
  Of 
  the 
  total 
  investment, 
  $160,200 
  

   represents 
  the 
  cash 
  capital 
  employed; 
  $724,807 
  the 
  amount 
  invested 
  

   in 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property; 
  $280,650 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  179 
  fishing 
  

   vessels 
  and 
  13 
  transporting 
  vessels, 
  with 
  their 
  outfits; 
  and 
  $65,800 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  590 
  boats 
  under 
  5 
  tons. 
  The 
  remainder 
  represents 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  used. 
  

  

  Products. 
  — 
  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  in 
  1002 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  23,426,965 
  pounds, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  

   $553,220, 
  an 
  increase 
  since 
  1897 
  of 
  15,597,280 
  pounds, 
  or 
  199.^0 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  in 
  quantity 
  and 
  $360,922, 
  or 
  187.68 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  value. 
  This 
  

   large 
  increase 
  was 
  principally 
  in 
  oysters 
  and 
  shrimp. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  present 
  b}^ 
  counties 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   employed, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  in 
  1902: 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  

  

  'in 
  1902. 
  

  

  Table 
  shouring, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  and 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   Mississippi 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  