FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



The catch of all forms of apparatus employed in the vessel fisheries 

 in 1918 amomited to 13,613,605 pomids, valued at S464,404. Tlio 

 catch of oysters with dredges and tongs amounted to 7,633,983 

 pounds, or 1,090,569 bushels, valued at $251,011; slirimp, witli 

 seines and otter trawls, 5,677,200 pounds, valued at $198,402; 

 various species with trammel nets, 184,407 pounds, with a value of 

 $7,879; and red snapper, groupers, jewfish, and porgies, with lines, 

 118,015 pounds, valued at $7,112. 



The products of the shore or boat fisheries amounted to 6,978,484 

 pounds, valued at $298,366. The largest quantity was taken with 

 otter trawls, recently introduced in the fishery for shrimp, amount- 

 ing to 3,248,070 pounds, valued at $113,309. The catch of oysters 

 with tongs, which ranked second, was 1,272,740 pounds, or 181,820 

 bushels, valued at $56,315. Various species were taken with tram- 

 mel nets, amounting to 1,108,094 pounds, valued at $60,876; with 

 semes, amounting to 921,199 pounds, valued at $44,000; with lines, 

 345,943 pounds, valued at $15,353; and with minor appliances, 

 amounting to 82,438 pomids, valued at $8,513. 



The foUowing tables give the products of the vessel and shore 

 fisheries in 1918, by counties, apparatus, and species: 



Yield of Vessel Fisheries of Mississippi in 1918, by Counties, Apparatus, and 



Species. 



