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Products of the vessel and shore fisheries . — Vessels are employed in only six parishes 
of Louisiana, viz, Orleans, St. Mary, Jefferson, Lafourche, Terrebonne, and Plaquemines, 
in only the first two of which are the vessel fisheries important. Oysters are taken in 
all these parishes, but only in Orleans and St. Mary are fish and crustaceans obtained 
with vessels. The aggregate yield of the vessel fisheries in 1890 was 3,595,070 pounds, 
for which the fishermen received $133,188. The quantity of products taken by vessels 
of Orleans Parish in 1890 -was 2,765,792 pounds, valued at $98,386, of which 2,068,017 
pounds, worth $66,991, were oysters. In the parish of St. Mary the yield was 559,638 
pounds, valued at $24,936, of which 428,638 pounds and $20,489 represented oysters. 
The importance of the oysters is thus clearly shown. The most prominent fish obtained 
with vessels are red snappers, channel bass, trout, Spanish mackerel, croakers, and 
sheepshead. Compared with the yield of the shore fisheries all of these are unim- 
portant. 
The products of the shore or boat fisheries in 1890 amounted to 17,194,133 pounds, 
with a market value of $526,946. From these figures it will be seen that the vessel 
fisheries are much less extensive than the shore fisheries, the output of the latter 
exceeding that of the former in the case of almost every species. The value of the 
oysters was $202,550, after which the most remunerative products were shrimp, worth 
$88,115; catfish, worth $54,155; trout, worth $29,508; sheepshead, worth $23,728; 
and buffalo-fish, worth $22,695. The shore fisheries of Jefferson Parish are the most 
valuable, while Orleans Parish, which ranked first in the vessel fisheries, is surpassed 
by the parishes of Terrebonne, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary, and Lafourche. 
The products of the vessel and shore fisheries in 1889 and 1890 are shown in detail 
in Tables 61 and 62, the specification being by parishes. 
61. — Table showing by parishes and species the yield of the vessel fisheries of Louisiana in 1889 and 1890. 
Parishes and species. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Jefferson : 
Oysters 
202, 881 
$6, 801 
158, 480 
$5, 413 
Orleans : 
Bluefish 
12, 925 
776 
13, 050 
843 
Bream and sunfish.. 
14, 150 
1, 158 
18, 050 
1, 385 
Buftalo-fish 
10, 700 
214 
12, 250 
245 
Catfish 
21,750 
543 
22, 650 
571 
Channel bass 
64, 900 
3,245 
56, 450 
2, 825 
Croakers 
24, 050 
2, 295 
26, 800 
2, 680 
Flounders 
6, 450 
645 
7, 025 
703 
Groupers 
18, 500 
185 
17, 800 
178 
Pompano 
4, 850 
729 
5, 900 
885 
Rock bass 
1,700 
102 
1,800 
108 
Sheepshead 
14, 525 
14, 500 
1. 387 
14, 150 
1,340 
Silver perch 
870 
16, 300 
978 
Snappers, red 
Spanish mackerel. . . 
250, 400 
7, 512 
240, 500 
7, 215 
26, 700 
2, 670 
30, 150 
3,015 
Trout 
21, 750 
1, 716 
21, 700 
1,682 
Miscellaneous fish.. 
56, 000 
3, 380 
56, 000 
3, 205 
Shrimp 
117,000 
2 242 
121, 900 
2,404 
Crabs, hard 
24, 600 
1, 640 
8, 400 
560 
Crabs, soft 
11, 400 
950 
6, 900 
575 
Oysters 
1,996,379 
64, 210 
2,068,017 
66, 981 
Total 
2,713,229 
96, 469 
2,765,792 
98, 386 
Plaquemines: 
Oysters 
37, 765 
1, 400 
29, 386 
1,035 
Lafourche : 
Oysters 
26, 600 
870 
30, 184 
910 
Terrebonne: 
( lysters 
4, 200 
200 
51, 590 
2, 508 
St. Mary: 
Channel bass 
10, 000 
290 
40, 000 
1, 350 
Parishes and. species. 
St. Mary — continued. 
Croakers 
Flounders 
Mullet 
Sheepshead 
Trout 
Miscellaneous fish. 
Oysters 
' Total 
Summary : 
Bluefish 
Bream and sunfish. . 
Buifalo-tish 
Catfish 
Channel bass 
Croakers 
Flounders 
Groupers 
Mullet 
Pompano 
Rock bass 
Sheepshead 
Silver perch 
Snappers, red 
Spanish mackerel- . 
Trout 
Miscellaneous fish.. 
Shrimp 
Crabs, hard 
Crabs, soft 
Oysters 
Grand total 
Pounds. Value, 
8 , 000 
30, 000 
357, 315 
405, 315 
12, 925 
14, 150 
10, 700 
21, 750 
74, 900 
24, 050 
6, 450 
18, 500 
4, 850 
1,700 
22. 525 
14, 500 
250, 400 
26, 700 
51, 750 
56, 000 
117,000 
24, 600 
11,400 
2,625,140 
3,389,990 
$355 
1,060 
16, 326 
18, 031 
776 
1,158 
214 
543 
3, 535 
2, 295 
645 
185 
729 
102 
1, 742 
870 
7, 512 
2. 670 
2, 776 
3,380 
2, 242 
1, 640 
950 
89, 807 
123, 771 
1890. 
Pounds. Value. 
2, 100 
2, 400 
3, 450 
24, 800 
54, 150 
4, 100 
428, 638 
550, 638 
13, 050 
18, 050 
12, 250 
22, 650 
96, 450 
28, 900 
9,425 
17, 800 
3, 450 
5, 900 
1, 800 
38, 950 
16, 300 
240, 500 
30, 150 
75. 850 
60 , 100 
121, 900 
8,400 
6, 900 
2,766,295 
3,595,070 133,188 
$74 
84 
121 
838 
1,836 
144 
20, 489 
24, 936 
843 
1,385 
245 
571 
4, 173 
2,754 
787 
178 
121 
885 
108 
2, 178 
978 
7, 215 
3, 015 
3, 518 
3, 349 
2, 404 
560 
575 
97, 346 
