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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  such 
  as 
  these 
  was 
  unusual 
  six 
  years 
  ago. 
  Hides 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  5 
  feet 
  

   in 
  length 
  are 
  now 
  quite 
  scarce. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  crabs 
  taken 
  has 
  decreased 
  from 
  4,376,500 
  in 
  1897 
  to 
  

   3,936,405 
  in 
  1902, 
  but 
  the 
  value 
  has 
  increased 
  from 
  112,891 
  to 
  $16,025. 
  

   The 
  catch 
  consists 
  principal!}' 
  of 
  hard 
  crabs 
  taken 
  in 
  Jefferson, 
  Orleans, 
  

   and 
  St. 
  Bernard 
  parishes. 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  New 
  Orleans 
  a 
  few 
  soft 
  

   crabs 
  are 
  taken, 
  but 
  not 
  b}^ 
  an}- 
  means 
  so 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  conditions 
  seem 
  

   to 
  warrant. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  series 
  of 
  tables 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  

   in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  in 
  1902; 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  vessels, 
  

   boats, 
  and 
  apparatus 
  used; 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products. 
  

  

  Persons 
  employed. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  of 
  apparatus 
  and 
  capital. 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  products. 
  

  

  11,198,413 
  bushels. 
  

  

  1,405 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  c 
  38,903 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  