FISHERY HsTDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products op the Fisheries of Alabama 

 IN 1918, BY Counties — Continued. 



Items. 



Baldwin. 



Mobile. 



Total. 



PRODUCTS— continued. 



Redflsh or red drum 



Sea bass 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon roe 



Squeteagues or " sea trout " 



Shrimp 



Crabs, hard 



Terrapin 



Oysters: 



Market, public 



Market, private 



Seed, public 



Total ;. 



Pounds. 

 16,6.50 



400 

 15.400 



1,034 

 21,300 



2,9.38 



60 



36,875 



25,800 

 763 



15,750 

 27,300 

 180,600 



1,331,353 



Value. 



$755 



112 



822 



125 



45 



1,746 



Pounds. 



6,600 



600 



200 



12,650 



79X,400 



2,350 



20, 400 



965 

 224 



775 

 1,900 

 1,290 



101,7.55 



1,265,612 



70,050 



2,175 



635,376 



163,275 



9,. 590 



47,916 



4,277,866 



Value. 



$372 



30 



740 



49,075 



165 



601 



4,865 



38,828 



2,327 



880 



21,915 



13,, 585 

 205 



Pounds. 



23,250 



600 



600 



28,050 



798,400 



4,284 



41,700 



2,938 



60 



138,630 



1,265,612 



195,8.50 



2,938 



2 651,126 



3 190, .575 

 4190,190 



182,651 



5,609,219 



Value. 



$1,127 



30 



17 



1,465 



49, 075 



277 



1,423 



125 



45 



6,611 



38, 828 



3,292 



1,104 



22,690 

 15,485 

 1,495 



230,567 



1 Represents 287,550 in number. 



2 Represents 93,018 bushels. 



3 Represents 27,225 bushels. 

 ^ Represents 27,170 bushels. 



fisheries, by apparatus. 



The total yield of all forms of apparatus employed in the vessel 

 fisheries, which included lines, trammel nets, otter trawls, and tongs, 

 amounted to 1,335,173 pounds, valued at $75,963. The greater part 

 of this total consisted of red snapper and groupers taken with lines. 



In the shore or boat fisheries the catch amounted to 4,204,596 

 pounds, valued at $152,300. The most productive form of appa- 

 ratus was the trammel net, the catch consisting of various species, 

 chiefly mullet, amounting to 1,704,540 pounds, valued at $63,815. 

 Otter trawls used in tlie capture of shrimp ranked second, with a 

 catch of 1.224,574 pounds, valued at $37,616, and tongs used for 

 taking oysters third, with a catch of 1,000,391 pounds, or 142.913 

 bushels, valued at $38,695. 



The following tables give the products of the vessel and shore fish- 

 eries, by counties, in 1918: 



Yield op Vessel Fisheries of Alabama in 1918, by Apparatus and Species.' 



1 Vessel fisheries were conducted only in Mobile County in 1918. 



