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The capital invested in the fisheries of Alabama in 1S90 was $135,290, of which 
$31,810 represented vessels and their outfits, $17,230 boats, $11,550 apparatus used 
in taking products, and $74,700 shore property and working capital. Seines are the 
most expensive means of capture, but tongs are the most numerous form. 
The yield of the fisheries of Alabama in 1889 was 4,560,269 pounds, valued at 
$146,841, and in 1890 4,776,968 pounds, worth $154,871. Oysters are by far the most 
important product, $96,758 in 1889 and $107,812 in 1890 accruing from their sale. 
The most important species of fish taken are mullet and trout. 
29.— Table of persons employed. 
How eu gaged. 
1889. 
1890. 
72 
69 
22 
24 
402 
416 
98 
109 
Total 
594 
618 
30. — Table showing the nationality of persons engaged. 
Nationalities. 
Vessel fisher- 
men. 
Shore fisher- 
men. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
American, white 
86 
86 
321 
335 
45 
48 
452 
469 
American, colored 
2 
2 
8 
8 
53 
61 
63 
71 
1 
32 
32 
33 1 
6 
6 
6 
1 
9 
9 
10 
9 
2 
2 
2 
2 
1 
2 
12 
12 
12 
12 
2 
4 
12 
12 
14 
16 
Total 
94 
93 
402 
416 
98 
109 
594 
618 
31. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
27 
$16, 600 
26 
268. 47 
$15, 700 
283. 38 
5, 469 
5, 545 
9,000 
11 
7,900 
12 
119. 40 
101. 17 
1, 594 
14, 995 
1, 565 
17, 230 
205 
212 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries : 
1 
100 
50 
50 
405 
2, 730 
6, 620 
295 
52 
1. 398 
29, 100 
45, 600 
69 
446 
65 
30 
Apparatus of capture — shore fisheries : 
30 
2, 765 
66 
6, 620 
295 
66 
65 
52 
219 
1,314 
28, 525 
233 
40, 200 
126, 925 
135, 290 
