FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES. 
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44. — Table of products 
Species. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Angel-fish 
23, 500 
$774 
29, 350 
$1,019 
Black bass 
5, 200 
260 
6, 000 
300 
Bluefish 
90, 300 
4, 515 
95, 900 
4, 595 
Bream and sunfisli 
85, 200 
3, 522 
89, 100 
3, 609 
Buffalo-fish 
107, 600 
1,076 
121, 700 
1,217 
Catfish 
88, 450 
1, 687 
93, 400 
1,794 
Channel bass 
184, 700 
8, 277 
201, 300 
8, 757 
Croakers 
53, 950 
1.353 
57, 325 
1, 465 
Drum, salt-water 
2,500 
125 
3, 200 
160 
Flounders 
70, 100 
2,754 
76, 550 
3, 097 
Mullet 
721, 593 
7, 000 
305, 400 
3,479 
Pickerel 
12, 300 
492 
14, 750 
590 
Pinfish 
54, 700 
1, 585 
55, 200 
1,593 
Pompano 
14, 025 
1,544 
14, 875 
1, 637 
Sea bass 
24, 500 
1, 151 
23, 660 
1, 065 
Sheepshead 
155, 700 
6, 897 
173, 200 
7, 870 
Spanish mackerel 
43, 575 
2, 956 
46, 500 
3, 150 
Spots 
45, 075 
1, 352 
45, 885 
1, 375 
Trout 
370, 450 
17, 163 
372, 100 
17, 596 
Crabs, hard 
48, 000 
1, 307 
32, 500 
1, 307 
Crabs, soft 
19, 200 
640 
14, 600 
730 
Shrimp 
794. 200 
16,741 
613, 500 
12, 622 
Oysters 
*5, 918, 521 
167, 713 
t5, 645, 346 
166, 672 
Total 
8, 933, 339 
250, 884 
8, 131, 401 
245, 699 
* 845,503 bushels. 1 806,478 bushels. 
The fisheries by counties . — Three comities occupy the shore line of Mississippi, 
each of which is interested in the prosecution of commercial fisheries; these are 
Jackson, Harrison, and Hancock. In Tables 45, 46, and 47, the extent of the fisheries 
in each of these counties is shown in detail. In other tables which follow, under the 
captions “The vessel and shore fisheries” aud “Fisheries by apparatus,” figures 
giving additional phases of the fisheries in each county are presented. 
In Harrison County, in which the important fishing centers, Biloxi and Mississippi 
City, are located, the fisheries are much more extensive than elsewhere in the State. 
The tables show that about two-thirds of the persons engaged, three-fourths of the 
capital invested, and one-half of the value of products taken are to be credited to 
Harrison County. 
45. — Table showing by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Mississippi in 
1889 and 1890. 
How engaged. 
Jackson. 
Harrison. 
Hancock. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
In vessel fisheries 
30 
30 
147 
158 
14 
15 
191 
203 
in shore fisheries 
128 
132 
323 
257 
102 
98 
553 
487 
On shore, in factories, fish- 
houses, etc 
74 
81 
924 
883 
67 
67 
1,065 
1, 031 
Total 
1 
232 
243 
1,394 
1,298 
183 
180 
1,809 
1,721 
