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WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



In 1918 there were 16 wholesale fish establishments, including 2 

 engaged in the canning of shrimp and oysters and 1 in crushing 

 oyster shells, valued at $175,850, with a cash or working capital of 

 $23,900, employing 296 persons, to whom wages were paid amounting 

 to $69,676. The output of canned shrimp and oysters and crushed 

 oyster shells is included in the wholesale table for Mississippi. 



FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI. 



In 1918 Mississippi ranked fourth in quantity of fishery products 

 taken and third in the value of the products. The number of persons 

 engaged on fishing and transporting vessels was 667; in the shore 

 fisheries, 673; and in the wholesale establishments, canneries, and 

 other industries, 1,527, representing a total of 2,867. 



The investment amounted to $1,433,585, which includes 160 

 fishing and transporting vessels, valued at $255,875, with a net 

 tonnage of 2,090 tons and outfits valued at $41,065; 603 power and 

 other boats, valued at $99,505; fishing apparatus employed on 

 vessels to the value of $25,598; fishing apparatus employed on boats 

 to the value of $19,383; shore and accessory property valued at 

 $786,109 ; and cash capital amounting to $206,050. 



The products amounted to 20,592,089 pounds, valued at $762,770, 

 a decrease of 2,834,876 pounds, or 12.10 per cent, in quantity and 

 an increase of 209,550, or 37.87 per cent, in value as compared 

 with 1902. The catch of shrimp was 9,147,445 pounds, with a value 

 of $319,595; oysters, 8,906,723 pounds, or 1,272,389 bushels, valued 

 at $307,326; mullet, 1,453,431 pounds, valued at $64,262; sque- 

 teagues or ''sea trout," 356,070 pounds, valued at $28,874; crabs, 

 225,025 pounds, valued at $7,882; and redfish, 115,685 pounds, 

 valued at $8,135. 



FISHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The following table shoAVs, by counties, the number of persons 

 employed, the number and value of vessels, boats, and apparatus 

 used, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value 

 of the products of the fisheries in 1918: 



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



IN 1918, BY. Counties. 



