106 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
In the following table the relative quantity and value, in 1890, of each product 
is shown for each State and for the entire region. The figures represent the percent- 
age which each species bears to the aggregate yield of the fisheries of the States and 
region. 
7 . — Table showing by States the percentage of the quantity and value of each species taken in the fisheries of 
the Gulf States in 1890. 
Species. 
Florida. 
Alabama. 
Mississippi. 
Louisiana. 
Texas. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
‘24 
.24 
09 
.11 
46 
. 19 
. 11 
.03 
.36 
. 41 
23 
. 13 
02 
.01 
.07 
. 12 
.39 
.64 
13 
. 19 
Bluefisli 
1.53 
1.03 
1.17 
.78 
1. 18 
1.87 
.06 
.13 
.32 
.42 
.88 
.75 
Bream and sunfish. . . 
. 14 
.09 
.40 
.62 
1.10 
1.47 
1. 30 
2. 38 
.43 
.49 
.65 
.93 
1.50 
.50 
5. 68 
3.48 
.17 
.22 
1. 91 
1,02 
.79 
.61 
1. 15 
.73 
12. 86 
8.29 
.57 
. 66 
4. 13 
2.44 
Channel bass 
1.67 
.68 
1.14 
1. 45 
2. 48 
3. 56 
1.63 
1.71 
13. 92 
15. 26 
3. 13 
3. 17 
07 
02 
. 21 
.23 
. 71 
72 
12 
12 
Croakers 
.16 
.06 
2. 05 
2. 09 
.70 
.60 
.76 
1.44 
2. 22 
2. 14 
.77 
.89 
10 
. 07 
.09 
.21 
. 10 
. 09 
44 
. 17 
. 15 
. 14 
.04 
. 07 
. 05 
. 03 
. 20 ’ 
. 09 
Flounders 
.09 
.03 
.41 
.77 
.94 
1.26 
.12 
.36 
1.64 
1.86 
.40 
.53 
1. 45 
.42 
.24 
. 15 
.08 
.03 
.62 
.20 
2. 48 
2 08 
. 99 
. 91 
. 58 
. 60 
.07 
.08 
1. 15 
.34 
. 65 
. 30 
.50 
.17 
1. 06 
1. 18 
.42 
.52 
. 44 
.21 
.27 
.08 
.20 
. 10 
Mullet 
50. 77 
19. 84 
12. 30 
8.46 
3. 76 
1.42 
1. 38 
1. 22 
1. 05 
.88 
21.98 
9.78 
.72 
.67 
. 18 
24 
.41 
. 45 
.12 
. 12 
. 19 
. 07 
.32 
.24 
.68 
. 18 
. 11 
Pompano 
1. 10 
2. 48 
.36 
1.66 
.18 
.67 
.16 
.66 
.03 
.19 
.53 
1 . 46 
.27 
.46 
.08 
. 12 
. 21 
.08 
.06 
.06 
.32 
.38 
.13 
.09 
. 02 
.01 
.29 
. 43 
.04 
. 05 
Slieepskead 
1.98 
.89 
.74 
.85 
2. 13 
3.20 
1. 88 
3.92 
9. 78 
9. 84 
2. 78 
3.09 
. 15 
. 16 
.02 
.02 
. 13 
. 07 
. 10 
.05 
. 67 
. 94 
.26 
.29 
15. 22 
11.63 
1. 31 
1.61 
1. 16 
1.09 
.06 
.08 
6. 49 
5. 48 
Snappers, gray and 
17 
. 09 
.07 
.04 
Spanish mackerel. . . . 
1.61 
1.99 
.92 
1.59 
.57 
1.28 
.69 
2. 22 
.31 
.42 
1. 01 
1.75 
. 13 
. 05 
.53 
.39 
. 56 
. 56 
. 15 
.23 
.20 
. 16 
.24 
.46 
. 11 
.12 
.09 
.14 
Trout 
2. 20 
1 . 26 
4. 37 
6.91 
4. 58 
7. 16 
3. 15 
5. 00 
14. 08 
15. 25 
4.29 
5. 03 
. 09 
. 05 
. 09 
.04 
.04 
.02 
1. 99 
2. 24 
. 78 
1. 41 
2. 31 
2. 15 
1. 29 
1.64 
1. 34 
41. 22 
.53 
17.99 
Oysters 
9. 47 
8. 80 
70. 49 
69. 61 
69. 43 
67. 83 
28. 34 
45. 43 
38. 77 
40. 78 
29. 80 
32. 64 
. 03 
. 07 
.01 
. 03 
7. 54 
5. 14 
32. 05 
13. 71 
2. 21 
1 . 81 
10. 79 
4.46 
.68 
1. 07 
.20 
.29 
. 40 
. 53 
4. 09 
1. 94 
2. 40 
1 . 62 
1.55 
.79 
. 18 
.30 
. 62 
. 99 
.21 
.30 
.02 
. 01 
.10 
. 61 
.28 
. 23 
.08 
.49 
.11 
.17 
1. 74 
2. 33 
.44 
.35 
7. 32 
2. 98 
1 . 66 
1. 50 
Total 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
100. 00 
The above table shows that in Florida the mullet constitutes 50.77 per cent of 
the output and 19.81 per cent of the value of the fisheries. The red snapper is the 
next important species as regards quantity, forming 15.22 per cent of the yield, but 
the relative value — viz, 11.03 per cent — is less than that of sponges. The proportion 
of oysters to the total yield is 9.47 per cent of the quantity and 8.80 per cent of the 
value. The quantity of sponges taken is only 1.34 per cent, but the value is 41.22 per 
cent, and is greater than that of any other product. The disparity between the quantity 
and value of the yield is worthy of notice. 
In Mississippi and Alabama the oyster surpasses, both in quantity and value, 
all the other products combined, and represents about 70 per cent of the total catch 
and income of the fishermen. The only other products of importance are mullet in 
Mississippi, and trout and shrimp in Alabama. 
