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56. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing; (net ton- 
nage in 1889, 843.71; 
in 1890, 834.94) 
118 
$53, 500 
20, 340 
16, 300 
6, 355 
161,140 
1,620 
1, 942 
90 
116 
$51,650 
19, 627 
16, 000 
6, 250 
161,533 
1, 770 
1, 791 
85 
Apparatus of capture — 
shore fisheries 
Seines 
143 
568 
3, 505 
1,065 
$13, 000 
1,756 
2, 697 
6, 922 
1, 950 
8, 161 
234, 484 
176, 300 
145 
574 
4, 130 
1, 096 
$12, 830 
1,775 
2, 722 
7,124 
1,950 
9, 091 
243, 178 
182, 500 
Vessels transporting 
(net tonnage in 1889, 
68.47; in 1890, 61.90). 
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Dip nets 
Tongs 
Small traps 
Boats 
Apparatus of capture — 
vessel fisheries: 
2, 499 
21 
286 
2, 578 
23 
267 
Shore property and ac- 
cessories 
Cash capital 
Total 
706, 557 
719, 876 
Lines 
Note. — There should be added to the above figures $6,925 in 1889 and $7,025 in 1890, representing the value 
of the apparatus and outfits employed in hunting alligators. 
57. — Table of products. 
Species. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Black bass 
80, 070 
$4, 099 
81, 570 
$4, 219 
Bluefish 
12, 925 
776 
13, 050 
843 
Bream and sunfish 
261, 520 
15, 137 
270, 020 
15, 682 
Buffalo-fish 
1, 180, 700 
22, 964 
1, 180, 250 
22, 940 
Catfish 
2, 437, 905 
47, 151 
2, 674, 007 
54, 726 
Channel bass 
313, 600 
10, 360 
339, 316 
11,270 
Croakers 
149, 550 
8, 805 
158, 267 
9, 479 
Drum, fresh-water 
11, 000 
810 
18, 200 
1,352 
Flounders 
21, 450 
2, 145 
25, 625 
2, 407 
Groupers 
18, 500 
185 
17, 800 
178 
Mullet 
283, 166 
7,775 
287, 750 
8, 021 
Pompano 
29, 000 
3, 837 
32, 450 
4, 378 
Bock bass 
55, 600 
3, 096 
54, 200 
3, 047 
Sheepshead 
364, 150 
25, 022 
390, 817 
25, 906 
Silver perch 
135, 660 
5, 936 
140, 160 
6, 206 
Snappers, red 
250, 400 
7, 512 
240, 500 
7, 215 
Spanish mackerel 
133, 700 
13, 370 
144, 000 
14, 665 
30, 000 
1,500 
30, 600 
1,520 
Striped bass 
54, 000 
2,940 
49, 950 
3, 050 
Trout 
619, 250 
31, 441 
655, 670 
33, 026 
Miscellaneous fisli 
153, 220 
9, 200 
161,380 
9, 319 
Shrimp 
7, 238, 500 
95, 882 
6, 662, 050 
90, 519 
Crayfish 
138, 000 
6, 900 
140, 650 
7, 030 
Crabs, hard - 
842, 400 
13, 820 
850, 800 
12, 815 
Crabs, soft - 
147, 000 
7, 765 
129, 900 
6, 547 
Oysters 
*5, 848, 640 
269, 057 
t-5, 891, 095 
299, 896 
Turtles 
84, 333 
2, 175 
90, 793 
2, 335 
Terrapins 
53, 000 
1,388 
58, 333 
1,543 
Total 
20, 947, 239 
621, 048 
20, 789, 203 
660, 134 
* 835,520 bushels. 1 841,585 bushels. 
Note. — The alligator industry, which is prosecuted in 14 counties in Louisiana included 
in this report, resulted in 1889 in the capture of 74, 240 alligators, the hides of which had a 
value of $38, 185; in 1890, 38, 588 animals were obtained, having a value of $21, 150. These fig- 
ures are not included in the table. 
The fisheries by parishes . — Eighteen parishes* bordering on the coast or imme- 
diately adjacent thereto, on the bays, lakes, and rivers named, have commercial 
fisheries. Beginning on the east, the parishes in their order are St. Tammany, 
Tangipahoa, St. John Baptist, St. Charles, Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaque- 
mines, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Mary, Assumption, Iberville, St. Martin, Iberia, 
Vermilion, Cameron, and Calcasieu. 
* The geographical divisions generally known throughout the United States as counties are in 
Louisiana called parishes. 
