FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



The different forms of apparatus used in the vessel fisheries of 

 Louisiana, in the order of their importance, based on the value of the 

 catch, were: Seines, with 783, 740 pounds of shrimp, valued at $39,702; 

 dredges, with 888,594 pounds of oysters, valued at $35,605; tongs, 

 with 372,750 pounds of oysters, valued at $19,712; lines, with 42,000 

 pounds of catfish, valued at $1,680; and otter trawls, with 18,500 

 pounds of shrimp, valued at $740. The total catch of the vessel 

 fisheries amounted to 2,105,584 pounds, valued at $97,439. 



The total yield of the shore or boat fisheries amounted to 22,848,292 

 pounds, valued at $1,321 ,928. Seines were the most productive form 

 of apparatus used, the catch amounting to 9,600,274 pounds, valued 

 at $601,843. The catch with tongs amounted to 6,594,077 pounds, 

 valued at $438,982; with otter trawls, 5,381,428 pounds, valued at 

 $198,653; with lines, 699,128 pounds, valued at $43,140; with tram- 

 mel nets, 293,050 pounds, valued at $23,473; with cast nets, 125,500 

 pounds, valued at $5,075; and with minor apparatus, 154,835 pounds, 

 valued at $10,762. 



The products of the vessel and shore fisheries of Louisiana in 1918 

 are shown in the following tables, by counties, apparatus, and species: 



Yield op Vessel Fisheries of Louisiana in 1918, by Counties, Apparatus, and 



Species. 



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