﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  

  

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  STATISTICS 
  BT 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  In 
  Louisiana 
  there 
  are 
  twent^^-one 
  counties, 
  or 
  parishes, 
  in 
  which 
  

   coast 
  fisheries 
  of 
  commercial 
  importance 
  are 
  prosecuted. 
  The 
  more 
  

   important 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  Jefferson, 
  Lafourche, 
  Orleans, 
  Phiquemines, 
  

   St. 
  Bernard, 
  St. 
  Landry, 
  St. 
  Mar}^, 
  and 
  Terrebonne. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  three 
  tables 
  gi\^ing 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  b}' 
  

   counties: 
  

  

  Table 
  shoiving, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  jyersons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fishencs 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  in 
  

  

  190;?. 
  

  

  n 
  Includes 
  the 
  parishes 
  of 
  Pointe 
  Coupee, 
  Iberville, 
  Avoyelles, 
  and 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  St. 
  Martin, 
  

   b 
  Includes 
  the 
  parishes 
  of 
  Assumption, 
  Iberia, 
  and 
  portions 
  of 
  Iberville 
  and 
  St. 
  Martin. 
  

  

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

   Louisiana 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  