FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES. 



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40,600 pounds of shrimp, valued at $609; 1,121 terrapin, or 2,934 

 pounds, valued at $320; and 256,063 bushels, or about 102,025 barrels, 

 of oysters, the meats of which weighed 1,785,438 pounds and were 

 worth $60,207 ; a total of 4,699,381 pounds, having a value of $134,438. 



The yield of the fisheries of this State in 1897 can not be regarded 

 as fairly representing the annual average, from the fact that the 

 enforcement of a quarantine in the months of Sex)tember, October, and 

 the early part of TsTovember, in consequence of the yellow-fever epi- 

 demic which prevailed during that period, seriously interfered with 

 the prosecution of the industry and caused a considerable falling off 

 in the products, especially those of the oyster fisheries. 



The three tables which follow show by counties the number of per- 

 sons employed, the number and value of vessels and boats, the quantity 

 and value of apparatus of caj^ture, the value of shore and accessory 

 property, the amount of cash capital, and the quantity and value of the 

 products of the fisheries of Alabama in 1897. 



Table showing by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Alabama 



in 1897. 



Table showing by counties the vessels, boats, and apparatus employed in the fisheries of 



Alabama in 1S97. 



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