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. 136. Table of products. 
Species. 
1887. 
1888. . 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Blackfish 
18, 800 
$946 
19, 100 
$1,026 
Black bass. 
4, 000 
200 
4, 500 
225 
Bluefish 
72, 700 
3, 593 
78, 100 
3, 583 
Bream ( Lepomis ) 
42, 600 
1,073 
44, 900 
1,310 
Buffalo fish 
70, 200 
702 
71, 300 
713 
Catfish 
68, 100 
1,248 ; 
70, 250 
1,320 
Drum 
1,800 
90 : 
2, 000 
100 
Flounders 
44, 600 
1, 804 
47, 575 
1,928 
Mullet 
233, 20C 
2, 556 
233, 050 
2, 567 
Perch orsunfish 
62, 800 
2, 547 
65, 100 
2,644 
Pickerel 
8, 500 
340 
10, 300 
412 
Pompano 
10, 750 
1,203 
11, 550 
1,335 
Redfish 
140, 525 
6, 396 
164, 800 
7, 651 
Sheepshead 
123, 750 
5,719 
127, 800 
5, 792 
Spadefish 
16, 600 
588 
19, 750 
775 
Spanish mackerel 
30, 100 
2, 066 
33, 700 
2,430 
Spots and croakers 
-75, 000 
1,982 
78, 850 
2, 083 
Trout ( Gynoscion ) 
258, 200 
12, 438 
279, 900 
13, 336 
Shrimp* 
J, 144, 800 
23,616 
1, 092, 800 
22, 566 
Crabs, hard 
38, 400 
1,030 
16, 500 
468 
Crabs, soft -% 
15, 000 
500 
40, 200 
1, 160 
Oysters* 
4, 067, 700 
118,974 
5, 370, 435 
157, 463 
Sponge* 
50 
75 
550 
825 
Total 
6, 548, 175 
189, 716 
7, 883, 010 
| 231,712 
*Of these species the following quantities and values represent the results of vessel fisheries, all 
the remaining products being the output of fisheries prosecuted from the shore: Shrimp, 785,600 
pounds worth $15,762 in 1887, and 767,000 pounds worth $15,300 in 1888; oysters, 1,221,675 pounds 
worth $34,905 in 1887, and 1,586,760 pounds worth $47,603 in 1888; sponge, 50 pounds worth $75 in 
1887, and 550 pounds worth $825 in 1888. 
137. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Mississippi 
in 1887 and 1888, exclusive of the shellfish and crustacean fisheries. 
Species. 
Seines. 
Gill nets. 
3887. 
1888. 
1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Blackfish 
18, 800 
$946 
19, 100 
$1, 026 
- 
Black bass 
4, 000 
$2.00 
4, 500 
$225 
Bluefish 
72, 700 
37, 600 
3, 593 
973 
78, 100 
39, 400 
3, 583 
1, 200 
Bream ( Lepomis ) 
Buffalo tisti 
5, 000 
70, 200 
21, 700 
1,800 
2 , 000 
20 , 000 
22 , 000 
8 , 500 
100 
702 
414 
90 
100 
400 
916 
340 
5,500 
71, 300 
21,850 
2 , 000 
2, 500 
25, 000 
23,400 
10,300 
110 
713 
437 
100 
125 
500 
976 
412 
Catfish 
Drum 
46, 400 
834 
48, 400 
883 
Flounders 
Mullet 
Perch or sunfish 
Pickerel 
42, 600 
213, 200 
40, 800 
1, 704 
2,156 
1, 631 
45, 075 
208, 050 
41, 700 
1,803 
2, 067 
1,668 
Pompano 
10, 750 
133, Q25 
121. 250 
16, 600 
30, 100 
71,400 
205, 000 
. 
1,203 
6, 021 
5, 594 
588 
2, 066 
1, 802 
9, 778 
11, 550 
156, 300 
124, 800 
19, 750 
33, 700 
74, 850 
226, 650 
1, 335 
7, 226 
5, 642 
775 
2, 430 
1,883 
10, 673 
Redfish 
Sheepshead 
Spadefish 
7, 500 
2, 500 
375 
125 
8 , 500 
3, 000 
425 
150 
Spanish mackerel 
Spots and croakers . . 
Trout ( Oynoscion ) ... 
Total 
3, 600 
53, 200 
180 
2 , 660 
4,000 
53, 250 
200 
2, 663 
1, 060, 225 
38, 889 
1, 127, 425 
42, 194 
222 , 000 
6 , 602 
235, 100 
7,036 
SUMMARY. 
Apparatus. 
' 1887. 
1888. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Seines 
1, 060, 225 
222, 000 
$38, 889 
6, 602 
1,127,425 
235, 100 ! 
$42, 194 
7, 036 
Gill nets 
Total 
1, 282, 225 
45, 491 
' T, 362, 525^ 
49, 230 
