FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Yield of Shore Fisheries op Mississippi in 1918, by Counties, Apparatus, and 



Species — Continued. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



There were 29 wholesale fresh-fish establisliinents in the State in 

 1918, valued at $59,065, with a cash capital amounting to $31,250, 

 in which 455 persons were engaged and $47,290 paid in wages. In 

 addition to these, there were 21 establishments engaged in canning 

 shrimp and oysters, valued at $723,094, with a cash capital amounting 

 to $174,800. The number of persons engaged in the canning industry 

 was 1,382 and the wages paid amounted to $307,560. 



To avoid the disclosure of individual enterprise, the output of 

 canned shrimp and oysters and crushed oyster shells in Alabama 

 has been included in the following table, containing statistics of the 

 canning industry and preparation of by-products for Mississippi: 



Oyster and Shrimp Canning Industry, Including By-Products, in Mississippi 



IN 1918. 



Establishments.. 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 

 Wages paid 



PRODUCTS. 



Oysters canned: 



3 ounces cans. 



4 ounces do... 



5 ounces do. . . 



6 ounces do... 



8 ounces do... 



10 ounces do. . . 



12 ounces do. . . 



Total 



21 



1,382 



$723, 094 

 174,800 



34,632 



946,896 



1 4, 004, 664 



29,880 



1 917, 448 



401, 472 



3,840 



6,338,832 



Value. 



307, 560 



1 Includes pack of one firm in Alabama. 

 » Includes pack of two firms in Alabama. 



Number. 



Shrimp canned: 



No. 1 cans.. 26,550,344 



No. n do....( 2449,568 



T otal ! 6, 999, 912 



Miscellaneous products. cans. . 

 Crushed oyster shells ( poultry 



food) pounds. . 



other products do — 



40,800 



35,320,000 

 311,000 



Value. 



$521,484 

 99,872 



621,356 



14,800 



22, 080 

 8,580 



3 Includes output of one firm in Alabama. 



