566 FISHERY BULLETIN OF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 



Damages to either fresh water or marine re- sources of income. Catches of shrimp in Apa- 



sources are not defined but appear unlikely, or of lachicola Bay and the coastal waters from Cape 



little consequence. St. George to St. Joseph's Point make Apalachicola 



OCHLOCKONEE RIVER AREA (6) ^ principal production center. 



The area has 2 sewered mimicipalities with a 

 The Ochlockonee River Area extends along the connected population of 3,500 persons. Port St. 

 Gulf coast from Horseshoe Cove to East Bay near Joe has treatment facilities of adequate capacity, 

 Apalachicola. The coastal towns are tourist, but these need improved operation; the facilities 

 resort, and fishing camp centers. St. Marks, at Apalachicola are inadequate. 

 Carrabelle, and Panacea are ports of some im- Near the mouth of the Apalachicola River the 

 portance. The bulk of the population is em- waters are among the most productive of shell- 

 ployed in agriculture and logging, and industry fish in the entire Gulf. Because of sewage pollu- 

 is of minor importance. tion part of these waters have been closed to com- 

 Sport and commercial fishing and shellfishing, mercial shellfishing. They are described as fol- 

 recreation, and shipping are the principal water lows (Wakefield 1948): Bounded on the west by 

 '^^^^^ a line from the mainland to the eastern tip of 

 Of 9 municipalities, with almost 33,000 sewered St. Vincent Island, this line being sighted from 

 inhabitants, only Tallahassee and Foley do not the white beacon "f" through the eastern tip of 

 need improvements in sewage disposal. Four st. Vincent Island; thence easterly to beacon 

 small municipalities have no effective treatment "2"; thence easterly to beacon "52"; thence 

 facilities: north through the western tip of Cat Point; to 

 Municipality: pfputation the mainland; and all of the area bounded by the 



Quincy 3,300 mouths of the Apalachicola, Little St. Marks, St. 



Perry 1 1,200 Marks, and East Rivers. 



Havana 200 Pollution in St. Joseph's Bav is caused by a 



Monticello . 1,500 , ^ ,   i " .. ^1/4. 



poorly operated municipal treatment plant at 



Two others, with a total sewered population of Port St. Joe and from the paper mill at the same 



1,500, have inadequate treatment: location. 



jy, . . ... Sewered 



Municipality: populaiion CHOCTAWHATCHEE RIVER AREA (8) 



Dale Mabry 1, 000 



Carrabelle 500 The Choctawhatchee River Area extends along 



The bay area adjacent to Carrabelle is polluted the Gulf coast from St. Joseph's Point westward 



to some degree apparentlv bv shipping in the port to Mary Esther. Within 50 miles of the coast 



of Carrabelle and perhaps also bv drainage through uncleared timber land is used for cattle grazing. 



New and Crooked Rivers. All of the Spring Commercial fishing and shellfishing are important 



Creek area north of a line extended across the ^long the coast. Beyond 50 miles, agriculture 



mouth of the creek in southeast to northwest predominates. Tourist trade, sport fishing, and 



direction is closed to taking shellfish because of related recreational activities are important sources 



pollution ^^ income related to water resources. 



Six municipalities, four of which have a total scw- 



APALACHICOLA RIVER AREA (7) g^gj population of 19,000, have adequate sewage 



The Apalachicola River Area fronts on the treatment facilities.* DeFuniak Springs discharges 



Gulf from East Bay westward to Beacon Hill. raw sewage from 1,000 persons, and Lynnhaven 



Population is sparse and mainly rural. Economic lias inadequate facilities. 



activity includes significant agriculture such as Only minor pollution problems occur over most 



production of peanuts, cotton, corn, tobacco, hogs, of the area, but discharges of municipal sewage 



and cattle, and cutting of timber near the coast. from the Panama City-Lynn Haven area have 



A sulphate paper mill is located at Port St. Joe. limited the utility of recreational waters in St. 



Waters of the area are popular for game fishing, Andrew's Bay adjacent to Panama City, the 

 bathing, boating, and other recreation. Com- 



. , „ ,. 1 1 11/- ,   ' The remainini; two municipalities are military establisliments for which 



mercial fishing and shellfishing are very important data on populations served by sewers are not available. 



