FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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1 From data published by the Bureau of the Census. 

 WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE AND CANNING INDUSTRY. 



In 1918 there were 77 wholesale fishery establishments on the 

 west coast of Florida handling fresh and salt fish and oysters, valued 

 at $250,877, with a cash capital amounting to $157,650, in which 

 455 persons were engaged and $240,030 paid in wages. There were 

 in addition 7 estahhshments, valued at $300,510, engaged in canning 

 shrimp, oysters, etc., and the preparation of by-products. The num- 

 ber of persons employed in these establishments was 451, and the 

 wages paid amounted to $128,803. 



The following table shows the extent of the canning industry, 

 including by-products, on the west coast of Florida in 1918: 



Shrimp and Oyster Canning Industry, Including By-Products, on the West 

 Coast op Florida in 1918. 



Establishments. . 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 

 Wages paid 



Shrimp, canned: 



No. 1 — 4-i ounces cans. 



No. 1 — 5 oimces do. . . 



No. 1^ — 8i ounces do. . . 



Total 



7 

 '451' 



1,922,912 



973,00s 



83,280 



2,979,200 



Value. 



300,510 

 61,700 



123,803 



Items. 



■PRODUCTS — continued . 



Oysters, canned: 



No. 1 — 5 ounces cans.. 



Clams, fish, and turtles, 



cans and bottles. . 



By-products pounds. . 



Number. 



391,056 



795,600 

 446,746 



VaUie. 



$40,972 



100,95^6 

 15,611 



FISHERIES OF ALABAMA. 



The coastal fisheries of Alabama are less extensive than those of 

 the other Gulf States. In 1918 the number of persons employed in 

 the fisheries of this State was 783, of whom 85 were on fishing vessels, 

 33 on vessels transporting fishery products, 365 in the shore and boat 

 fisheries, and 300 shoresmen in the wholesale fish establishments and 

 other fishery industries. Compared with 1902, there was a decrease 

 of 315 men, or 28.68 per cent. 



The total investment in the fisheries of the State amoimted to 

 $334,741, as compared with $328,285 in 1902, representing an increase 

 of 1.96 per cent. The items making up this total included 15 fishing 

 vessels, valued with their outfit at $57,590; 16 transporting vessels, 

 with a value, including outfit, of $21,625; 290 power, sail, and row- 

 boats, valued at $38,190; fishing apparatus in the vessel and shore 



