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Tahle showintj hi/ coutities the vessels, boats, and apparatus emploi/ed in the fisheries of 



Mississippi in 1897. 



Table shoiving by counties and species the yield of the fisheries of Mississippi in 1897. 



Species. 



Black bass 



Bhie-flsh 



Buffalo-fish 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass or red-fish 



Croakers 



Drum, salt-water 



Flounders 



Mullet 



Perch 



Pin-fish 



Pompano 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots 



Sun-fishes 



Trout 



Shrimp 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, soft 



Terrapin 



Oysters 



Total 



Jackson. 



Lbs. Value 



15,000 

 33, 300 

 21, 500 

 28,000 

 153, 800 

 18,700 



21, 600 



187, 100 



5,000 



20, 000 



23, 000 



79, 400 



45, 800 



3,500 



23, 300 



390, 500 



222, 400 



5,280 



1,200 



567, 441 



$750 



1,105 



215 



560 



6,043 



324 



672 



1,891 



150 



370 



1,400 



2,566 



3,180 



105 



433 



12, 545 



3,592 



92 



120 



19, 847 



1,865,821 1 55,960 



Harrison. 



Lbs. 



33, 200 



21, 200 



3,000 



6,600 



46, 500 



Value. 



18, 880 

 1,800 



21, 500 

 3,960 



1,000 



39, 300 



1, 670, 765 



90, 360 



4,000 



6,798 



3, 045, 141 



5, 014, 004 



$1, 660 



1,060 



150 



330 



850 



944 



180 



1,075 



396 



50 



1,875 



25, 062 



2,052 



400 



1,275 



77, 480 



Hancock. 



Lbs. Value 



12, 000 



3,200 

 12, 000 

 8,500 

 2,000 



7,000 



9,250 

 15, 000 



500 

 23, 000 

 10, 000 

 36, 000 

 16, 000 



795, 410 



114, 839 949, 860 



$600 



160 

 600 

 425 

 100 



462 

 1,500 



25 



1,150 



150 



1,350 



1,200 



13, 637 



21, 499 



Total. 



Lbs. 



27, 000 

 33, 300 

 21, 500 

 31,200 



199,000 



48, 400 



5,000 



28, 200 

 240, 600 



5,000 



38, 880 



24, 800 



110, 150 



64, 760 



3,500 



24, 800 



452, 800 



1,903,165 



•131,640 



2 21,200 



3 6,798 



14,407,992 



7, 829, 685 



Value. 



$1, 350 



1,105 



215 



720 



8,303 



1,809 



250 



1,002 



2,881 



150 



1,314 



1,580 



4,103 



5,076 



105 



508 



15, 570 



28, 804 



3,494 



1,720 



1, 275 



110, 964 



192, 298 



> 394,920 in number. 



2 63,600 in number. 



33,372 in number. 



•«629,713 in bushels. 



