FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



131 



1 Exclusive of 73 proprietors not fishing. 



2 Includes provisions furnished to the value of $145,000. 



The persons employed in the shore and boat fisher- 

 ies, including 244 shoresmen, outnumbered those em- 

 ployed in the vessel fisheries, including 59 shoresmen, 

 the total figures being 5,019 and 562, respectively. 

 The total number employed in transporting vessels 

 was 214. The number of wage-earners was smaller 

 than the number of proprietors and independent fish- 

 ermen. The shore and boat fisheries are credited with 

 2,871 of the 2,963 proprietors and independent fisher- 

 men actually engaged in fishing, and with 2,148 of the 

 2,832 employees. In vessel fisheries employees out- 

 numbered proprietors and independent fishermen, the 

 ratio being about 6 to 1, and for transporting vessels 

 the ratio was nearly 10 to 1; but in shore and boat 

 fisheries proprietors and independent fishermen were 

 more numerous than wage-earners, in the ratio of 4 to 

 3. The wages and salaries paid equaled 36 per cent of 

 the value of the products. 



Equipment and other capital. — The following table 

 gives statistics of the capital invested in Louisiana 

 fisheries in 1908: 



CLASS OF DIVESTMENT. 



Total 



Vessels, including outfit 



Fishing 



Steam and motor 



Vessels 



Outfit 



Sail 



Vessels 



Outfit 



Transporting 



Steam and motor. . . . 



Vessels 



Outfit 



Sail 



Vessels 



Outfit 



Other 



Boats 



Steam and motor 



Sail 



Row 



Other 



Apparatus of capture 



Shore and accessory property. 

 Cash 



Total. 



$929,000 



441,000 



154,000 



63,000 



46,000 



17,000 



91,000 



62,000 



29,000 



286,000 



243,000 



193,000 



50,000 



1,100 



1,000 



100 



42,000 



354,000 



67,000 



239,000 



47,000 



600 



95,000 



39,000 



1,100 



Gulf of 

 Mexico 

 district. 



$841,000 



408,000 



154,000 



63,000 



46,000 



17,000 



91,000 



62,000 



29,000 



254,000 



211,000 



168,000 



43,000 



700 



600 



100 



42,000 



321,000 



45,000 



238,000 



38,000 



400 



82,000 



30,000 



200 



Mississippi 



River 



district. 



value of equtpment and other 

 capital: 1908. 



$88,000 



32,000 



32,000 



32,000 



25,000 



7,400 



400 



400 



33,000 



22,000 



1,000 



9,900 



100 



13,000 



9,000 



900 



In 1908 slightly over half of the investment in Loui- 

 siana fisheries, or $479,000, was in shore and boat 

 fisheries. Transporting vessels accounted for $289,000 

 of the capital, and fishing vessels for $162,000. Of the 

 value of shore and accessory property, $1,200 per- 

 tained to vessel fisheries, $2,500 to transporting ves- 

 sels, and $35,000 to shore and boat fisheries. Of the 

 cash capital, $900 was reported in connection with the 

 shore and boat fisheries in the Mississippi Eiver dis- 

 trict, and $200 in connection with transporting ves- 

 sels in the Gulf district. Over 85 per cent of the total 

 capital was invested in craft of various kinds and their 

 outfits. 



The number and tonnage of vessels and the number 

 of boats were as follows : 



CLASS OF CRAFT. 



Vessels: 



Number 



Tonnage 



Fishing- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Steam and motor- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Transporting— 



Number 



Tonnage 



Steam and motor- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Sail- 

 Number 



Tonnage 



Other, number. . . 



Boats, number 



Steam and motor 



Sail 



Row 



Other 



VESSELS AND BOATS: 1908. 



Total. 



222 

 2,082 



126 

 979 



18 

 205 



108 

 774 



96 

 1,103 



71 

 1,082 



3 



21 



22 



4,469 



192 



886 



3,352 



39 



Gulf of 

 Mexico 

 district. 



210 

 1,961 



120 

 979 



18 

 205 



108 

 774 



84 



61 

 975 



1 



7 



22 



3,846 



116 



876 



2,818 



36 



Mississippi 



River 



district. 



12 

 121 



12 

 121 



10 



107 



2 

 14 



623 

 76 

 10 



534 

 3 



The number of the various kinds of apparatus used 

 is shown in the following tabular statement: 



Cast nets 



Dip nets 



Firearms 



Fyke and hoop nets 



Gill nets 



Harpoons, spears, etc 



Pots, crawfish 



Pound and trap nets 



Seines 



Shrimp nets 



Trammel nets 



Traps — mink, muskrat, and otter. 

 Traps, turtle 



APPARATUS OF CAPTURE: 1908. 



Total. 



373 



1,142 



505 



1,026 



62 



100 



406 



3 



314 



3,803 



8 



60,770 



500 



Distributed by 

 districts. 



Gulf of 

 Mexico 

 dis- 

 trict. 



345 

 758 

 502 

 160 

 59 

 100 

 226 



285 



48 



60,770 

 500 



Missis- 

 sippi 

 River 

 dis- 

 trict. 



3S4 

 3 



866 

 3 



3,755 



Distributed by 

 class of 

 fisheries. 



Vessel, 

 fish- 

 eries. 



Shore 

 and 

 boat 

 fish- 

 eries. 



373 



1,142 



505 



1,026 



55 



100 



468 



3 



294 



3,803 



8 



60,770 



500 



Products, by species. — Table 1, on page 135, gives 

 statistics for 1908 of the quantity and value of the 

 product of the Louisiana fisheries by species and by 

 apparatus of capture. Forty-one species made up 



