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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Considering iisli proper, it is seen that the largest quantities are obtained with 
seines, which are credited with 1,599,045 pounds, valued at |55,087, in 1890; the total 
catch of fish in that year being 1,825,195 pounds, worth $64,368. Gill nets and 
trammel nets, the next important apparatus, took 220,750 pounds, with a market value 
of $9,185; and by means of lines only 4,800 pounds, worth $96, were obtained. In 
1889, cast nets secured 20,000 pounds of mullet, valued at $200, but in the next year 
this means of capture was not employed in taking fish. 
Seines are also used in the shrimp and crab fisheries, although some of the shrimp 
are caught in cast nets, and a small proportion of the crabs are taken with lines. 
Oysters, the only remaining product, are taken with tongs, which are the most pro- 
ductive apparatus in the State, 412,089 bushels, worth $97,062, being obtained in this 
way. 
50. — Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of Mississippi in 1889 and 1890. 
Jackson. 
Harrison. 
Apparatus and species. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Seines : 
Angel-fish 
15, 900 
$318 
18, 550 
$371 
7, 600 
$456 
10, 800 
$648 
iiluefish 
45, 100 
2,255 
49, 700 
2, 485 
23, 200 
1, 1611 
25, 000 
1,250 
Bream and sunfish 
12, 700 
580 
13, 800 
552 
13, 500 
540 
12, 500 
500 
107, 000 
1,076 
121, 700 
1, 217 
Catfish 
40| 950 
'737 
46, 300 
852 
18, 500 
370 
17, 200 
344 
Channel hass 
75, 300 
3, 012 
78, 400 
2, 736 
56, 700 
3, 058 
68, 500 
3, 740 
42, 050 
853 
44, 025 
880 
6, 500 
260 
8, 000 
320 
Flounders 
28| 400 
1,056 
32, 750 
1,310 
n\ 200 
688 
16, 500 
660 
Mullet 
133, 300 
1, 333 
140, 200 
1,402 
144, 175 
1, 468 
57, 500 
600 
Pinfish 
14, 400 
369 
15, 800 
400 
22, 800 
748 
22; 700 
751 
Pompano 
4, 700 
465 
4, 775 
477 
3,175 
464 
3, 500 
500 
Sea bass 
5, 800 
410 
5, 660 
441 
5, 500 
275 
4, 200 
210 
Sheepshead 
68, 700 
2, 748 
69, 900 
2, 796 
60, 000 
3, 034 
70, 000 
3,708 
Spanish mackerel 
13, 975 
840 
15, 600 
876 
15, 000 
1,240 
15, 800 
1,368 
Spots 
17, 575 
527 
19, 985 
598 
13, 400 
402 
12, 500 
375 
Trout 
175, 000 
6, 906 
168, 900 
6, 756 
82, 500 
4, 700 
81, 700 
4, 735 
Total 
802, 050 
23, 485 
846, 045 
24, 149 
489, 750 
18, 863 
426, 400 
19, 709 
Trammel nets and gill nets : 
5, 200 
260 
6. 000 
300 
Bream and sunfisli 
31, 600 
1,264 
35, 800 
1, 432 
4, 200 
210 
4. 500 
225 
9, 700 
485 
10, 500 
525 
4, 800 
240 
5. 300 
265 
2, 500 
125 
3, 200 
160 
3, 000 
150 
3, 500 
175 
89, 575 
1,196 
40, 000 
800 
12, 300 
492 
14, 750 
590 
5, 700 
114 
5, 900 
118 
3, 500 
175 
4, 200 
210 
Trout 
70, 950 
3,457 
77, 600 
3,910 
8,000 
400 
9, 500 
475 
Total 
114, 850 
5, 213 
128, 150 
5, 932 
136, 175 
3,355 
92, 600 
3, 253 
Cast nets : 
20, 000 
200 
Lines : 
4, 500 
90 
4,800 
96 
Miscellaneous : 
Crabs, hard 
4, 800 
120 
3, 200 
160 
36, 300 
1,014 
1, 600 
80 
Crabs, soft 
5, 400 
180 
3, 200 
120 
1, 800 
60 
23, 460 
966 
Shrimp 
146, 800 
2, 936 
147, 900 
2, 958 
160. 500 
4, 060 
295, 000 
6, 400 
Oysters 
697, 529 
24, 855 
765, 198 
27, 490 
1, 973, 895 
63, 516 
1, 273, 874 
46, 293 
Total 
854, 529 
28, 091 
919, 498 
30, 728 
2, 172, 495 
68, 650 
1, 593, 934 
53, 739 
Grand total 
1, 771, 429 
56, 789 
1, 893, 693 
60, 809 
2, 822, 920 
91, 158 
2, 117, 734 
76, 797 
