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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
The vessel and shore fisheries . — Under the head of u Fisheries by counties,” the 
personnel and capital employed in the vessel and shore fisheries have been shown; in 
this place it only remains to consider the quantity and value of products accruing 
from each branch. The following tables show that in 1890 the vessel fisheries yielded 
745,065 pounds of products, valued at $29,098, and the shore fisheries 4,031,903 
pounds, worth $125,773. The vessel fisheries are chiefly for oysters and are much more 
important in Baldwin County than in Mobile County. In the shore fisheries, in which 
the proportion of fish to oysters is much greater than in the vessel fisheries, the yield 
is larger in Mobile County. 
36. — Table showing by counties the yield of the vessel fisheries of Alabama in 1889 and 1890. 
Species. 
Baldwin. 
Mobile. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889: 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
. 
Groupers 
Snappers, red . . 
30, 000 
343, 084 
$600 
16, 020 
9, 750 
51, 000 
$195 
2, 040 
11, 250 
62, 375 
$225 
2, 495 
9, 750 
51,000 
30, 000 
584, 059 
$195 
2, 040 
600 
22, 938 
11, 250 
62, 375 
$225 
2, 495 
Oysters 
Total 
413, 315 
$18,874 
240, 975 
6, 918 
258, 125 
7,504 
671, 440 
26, 378 
373, 084 
16, 620 
413, 315 
18,874 
301, 725 
9, 153 
331, 750 
10, 224 
674,809 25,773 
745, 065 
29, 098 
37 — Table showing by counties and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Alabama in 1889 and 1890. 
Species. 
Angel-fish 
Bluetish 
Bream and sunfish. 
Catfish 
Channel bass 
Crevalle 
Croakers 
Drum, salt-water . . 
Flounders 
/ J urel - 
Lady-fish 
Mullet 
Pickerel 
Pinfish 
Pompano 
Sailor’s choice 
Sheepshead 
Silver perch 
Spots 
Spanish mackerel. . 
Trout 
Whiting 
Terrapins 
Oysters 
Total 
Baldwin. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
6, 525 
57, G12 
5, 800 
26, 300 
35, 519 
9,700 
86, 425 
7.400 
18, 400 
30, 875 
12, 850 
428, 715 
37, 500 
18, 650 
15, 325 
3,600 
16, 025 
4, 283 
21, 825 
49, 391 
138, 341 
4, 283 
117, 166 
$65 
1, 242 
290 
660 
1.310 
339 
2, 864 
222 
1, 104 
489 
129 
9, 006 
1, 125 
406 
2, 299 
126 
561 
65 
534 
2, 154 
7, 220 
64 
5, 023 
5,168 
55, 760 
5, 000 
27, 000 
32, 364 
7, 500 
82, 575 
7, 000 
18, 600 
31. 285 
12, 920 
409, 955 
34, 500 
15, 416 
15, 378 
2, 800 
20, 114 
4,845 
22, 250 
36, 466 
146, 750 
4, 307 
189, 259 
$52 
1, 213 
250 
675 
1, 137 
263 
2, 688 
210 
1,116 
473 
129 
8, 657 
1,035 
375 
2, 307 
98 
639 
73 
510 
1,339 
7.498 
65 
7, 921 
Mobile. 
1889. 
Pounds. Value. 
16, 000 
11, 400 
28, 400 
3, 400 
16. 600 
1,400 
184, 600 
2, 500 
16, 900 
3,500 
8, 400 
66, 500 
5, 600 
2,367,750 
$800 
285 
1,348 
119 
581 
84 
4, 616 
375 
761 
105 
1, 260 
3, 520 
1,120 
68, 797 
1,152,510 37,297 1,187,212,38,723 2,732,950 83,771 2,844,691 87,050 3,885,460 121,068 4,031,903 
1890. 
Pounds. Value 
14, 200 
10, 600 
22, 100 
2,500 
15, 500 
1,200 
177, 600 
1,800 
15, 000 
3,200 
7, 500 
62, 000 
4, 700 
2,506,791 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value, 
$710 
265 
1. 105 
88 
543 
72 
270 
675 
1, 125 
3, 208 
940 
73, 513 
6, 525 
57, 612 
21, 800 
37, 700 
63, 919 
13, 100 
103, 025 
7,400 
19, 800 
30, 875 
12, 850 
613, 315 
37, 500 
18, 650 
17, 825 
3, 600 
32, 925 
4, 283 
25, 325 
57, 791 
204, 841 
4, 283 
5, 600 
2,484,916 
$65 
1,242 
1,090 
945 
2, 658 
458 
3, 445 
222 
1. 188 
489 
129 
13, 622 
1, 125 
406 
2, 674 
126 
1, 322 
65 
639 
3,414 
10. 740 
64 
1,120 
73, 820 
5, 168 
55, 760 
19, 200 
37, 600 
54, 464 
10, 000 
98, 075 
7, 000 
19, 800 
31, 285 
12, 920 
587, 555 
34, 500 
15, 416 
17, 178 
2, 800 
35, 114 
4, 845 
25, 450 
43, 966 
208, 750 
4, 307 
4. 700 
2,696,050 
$52 
1, 213 
960 
940 
2, 242 
351 
3, 231 
210 
1,188 
473 
129 
13,097 
1, 035 
375 
2, 577 
98 
1, 314 
73 
606 
2, 464 
10, 706 
65 
940 
81, 434 
125, 773 
Fisheries by apparatus . — A table is next presented which shows, by counties, the 
quantities and values of products taken, with the various kinds of apparatus employed 
in the shore fisheries of the State. In the vessel fisheries only lines are used in the 
capture of fish, and tongs are the only other form of apparatus in use, although in 1889 
one seine was employed in catching shrimp. The largest quantities of fish are taken 
