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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Comparative Statistics op the Oyster Industry of the Gulf States, Various 



Years, 1880 to 1918. • 



Years. 



Florida. 



Alabama. 



Mississippi. 



1880 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1895 

 1897 

 1902 

 1908 

 1911 

 1918 



Bushels. 



58,000 



(2) 



181,445 

 294, 871 

 371,081 

 170, 518 

 179, 715 

 579, 587 

 538,000 

 187, 462 

 373, 70C 



Value. 

 SIO, 950 



44,448 

 75, 189 

 93, 092 

 40, 308 

 50,258 

 124, 108 

 187,000 

 109, 472 

 121,820 



Bushels. 

 104, 500 



(') 



76, 125 

 438, 425 

 .481,070 



(^) 



255, 053 

 347, 460 

 590, 400 

 441,917 

 147,413 



Value. 



$44, 950 

 (') 



32, 174 

 96, 758 



107, 812 



(=) 



60,207 

 119, 773 

 172, 940 



72, 742 



39, C70 



Busheh. 

 25,000 

 581, 100 

 767, 205 

 84o. 503 

 806, 478 

 (') 



629, 713 



2,405,132 



1,007,600 



057, 670 



5 1,272,389 



T 'alue. 

 $10, 000 

 118,974 

 157,463 

 167, 713 

 166, 672 



110,964 

 426, 222 

 295,340 

 140, 420 

 307,326 



Total. 



1 The statistics for 1908 are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 

 ' Statistics not available. 



3 Includes 506,639 bushels, valued at $118,328, from private beds in Louisiana and 188,514 bushels, valued 

 at $44,166, from public beds in Louisiana, all taken by Mississippi mon. 

 * Includes 11,250 bushels, valued at $3,000, taken from Louisiana public beds by Texas men. 



FISHERIES OF FLORIDA. 



The statistics of tlie fisheries of Florida here presented are for the 

 west or Gulf coast only. The fisheries of this part of Florida were 

 more extensive than those of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana 

 combined. The number of persons employed was 5,161, of whom 

 623 were on vessels fishing, 70 on vessels transporting fishery products, 

 3,600 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 868 on shore in the wholesale 

 fish establishments, in canneries, and other fishery industries. 



The investment amounted to $2,404,245, which includes 95 fishing 

 vessels, valued at $402,430, with a net tonnage of 2,429 tons, and out- 

 fits valued at $98,563; 84 transporting vessels, valued at $186,450, 

 with a net tonnage of 1,480 tons, and outfits valued at $22,444; 

 1,018 power boats, valued at $438,962; 2,019 sail and other boats, 

 valued at $128,900; fishing apparatus employed on vessels to the 

 value of $8,151; fishing apparatus employed on boats to the value of 

 $279,008; shore and accessory property valued at $019,987; and cash 

 capital amounting to $219,350. 



The products amounted to 54,753,639 pounds, valued at $3,420,363. 

 This represents 41.82 per cent of the total quantity and 52.53 per 

 cent of the total value of the products of the fisheries of the Gulf 

 Coast States in 1918. Compared with 1902, there was an increase of 

 13.78 per cent in c|uantity and 133.92 per cent in value to the fisher- 

 men for the west coast of Florida. Among the products of special 



