﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  

  

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  Table 
  shoimng, 
  by 
  counties 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  in 
  1903. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  Value. 
  

  

  Black 
  bass 
  

  

  Blue-fish 
  

  

  Buffalo-fish 
  

  

  Cat-fish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass 
  or 
  red-fish 
  

  

  Crappie 
  

  

  Croaker 
  

  

  Drum, 
  salt-water 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  salted 
  

  

  Pin-fish 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Spade-fish 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel. 
  

  

  Spot 
  

  

  Strawberry 
  bass. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Sturgef)n 
  

  

  Caviar 
  

  

  Sun-fish 
  

  

  Trout 
  

  

  Warmouth 
  

  

  Whiting 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  

  

  Crab, 
  hard 
  

  

  Crab, 
  soft 
  

  

  Terrapin 
  

  

  Oyster, 
  natural 
  ... 
  

   Oyster, 
  private 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  14,460 
  

   11,645 
  

  

  4,250 
  

   31,500 
  

   61,200 
  

   900 
  

   44, 
  600 
  

   11,040 
  

   32, 
  400 
  

   446, 
  200 
  

  

  6,000 
  

  

  6, 
  495 
  

  

  3,395 
  

  

  55,450 
  

  

  2,450 
  

  

  6,755 
  

  

  31,400 
  

  

  900 
  

  

  24, 
  100 
  

  

  414 
  

  

  2,900 
  

  

  315, 
  275 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  20, 
  450 
  

  

  590, 
  900 
  

  

  28,300 
  

  

  4,500 
  

   994, 
  420 
  

   204, 
  750 
  

  

  «723 
  

   313 
  

   54 
  

   578 
  

   2,535 
  

   33 
  

   822 
  

   301 
  

  

  &', 
  200 
  

  

  148 
  

  

  458 
  

  

  175 
  

  

  2, 
  285 
  

  

  68 
  

  

  356 
  

  

  538 
  

  

  33 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  310 
  

  

  79 
  

  

  11,033 
  

  

  44 
  

  

  2,600 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  30, 
  900 
  

  

  31,160 
  

  

  700 
  

  

  216,100 
  

  

  620 
  

  

  46, 
  460 
  

  

  131, 
  050 
  

  

  6, 
  000 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  14, 
  240 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  44,900 
  

  

  700 
  

  

  8,257 
  

   460 
  

  

  3,' 
  

  

  8141 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  689 
  

  

  1,593 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  7,010 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  1,822 
  

  

  3,517 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  910 
  : 
  139 
  

  

  160 
  I 
  9 
  

  

  12,300 
  I 
  741 
  

  

  700 
  

   118,500 
  

   3,000 
  

   31,660 
  

   ("68, 
  000 
  

   .98, 
  633 
  

   18, 
  233 
  

   7,191 
  

   25,110 
  13,517,854 
  1342,977 
  

   7,650 
  256,725 
  I 
  8,425 
  

  

  l,f 
  

  

  4,877 
  

   220 
  

   687 
  

   48, 
  766 
  

   4,020 
  

   1,930 
  

   3,082 
  

  

  250 
  

   39, 
  570 
  

   300 
  

   1,200 
  

   65,000 
  

   8,000 
  

   12,000 
  

  

  ,862,175 
  

  

  ,249 
  73,156 
  18,447,676 
  1432,327 
  2,021,040 
  47,737- 
  23,420,965 
  553,220 
  

  

  16 
  

   1,818 
  

   17 
  

   72 
  

   1,375 
  

   200 
  

   900 
  

  

  42,060 
  

  

  473, 
  

  

  4; 
  

  

  53, 
  

  

  4,423, 
  

  

  a234, 
  

  

  630, 
  

  

  oil, 
  

  

  dl6,374, 
  

  

  ■461, 
  

  

  S864 
  

  

  316 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  1,267 
  

  

  4, 
  167 
  

  

  82 
  

  

  8, 
  573 
  

  

  318 
  

  

  3,225 
  

  

  10, 
  047 
  

  

  467 
  

  

  178 
  

  

  2,964 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  415 
  

  

  2,021 
  

  

  82 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  310 
  

  

  124 
  

  

  17, 
  728 
  

  

  281 
  

  

  1,252 
  

  

  58,398 
  

  

  4,680 
  

  

  2,830 
  

  

  4,619 
  

  

  410, 
  147 
  

  

  16, 
  075 
  

  

  704,799 
  in 
  number. 
  ^90,699 
  in 
  number. 
  «• 
  8,496 
  in 
  number. 
  ^2,339,207 
  in 
  bushels. 
  « 
  65,925 
  in 
  bushels. 
  

  

  VESSEL 
  AND 
  SHORE 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Mississippi 
  in 
  1902 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  12,772,486 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $287,747. 
  The 
  catch 
  with 
  seines 
  was 
  

   2,574,740 
  pounds 
  of 
  various 
  species, 
  valued 
  at 
  $35,663; 
  with 
  trammel 
  

   nets, 
  165,150 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,678; 
  with 
  dredges 
  and 
  tongs, 
  

   10,030,125 
  pounds, 
  or 
  1,432,875 
  bushels, 
  of 
  oysters, 
  valued 
  at 
  $247,027; 
  

   and 
  with 
  minor 
  apparatus, 
  2,471 
  pounds 
  of 
  terrapin, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,379. 
  

   In 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  the 
  ^yield 
  was 
  10,654,479 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $265,473. 
  Seines 
  took 
  2,113,790 
  pounds, 
  $33,739; 
  trammel 
  nets, 
  

   884,530 
  pounds, 
  $24,765; 
  gill 
  nets, 
  24,514 
  pounds, 
  $1,510; 
  cast 
  nets, 
  

   93,010 
  pounds, 
  $2,478; 
  lines, 
  646,100 
  pounds, 
  $17,393; 
  spears, 
  46,000 
  

   pounds, 
  $1,770; 
  dredges 
  and 
  tongs, 
  6,805,799 
  pounds, 
  or 
  972,257 
  

   bushels, 
  of 
  oysters, 
  $179,195; 
  and 
  minor 
  appliances, 
  40,736 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  crabs 
  and 
  terrapin, 
  $4,623. 
  The 
  oysters 
  were 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  public 
  

   areas, 
  except 
  65,925 
  bushels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $16,075, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  

   fisheries. 
  

  

  