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FISHERIES OF THE COASTAL WATERS OF FLORIDA. 



Products. 



Apparatus. 



Gill nets. 



Seines 



Lines . 



Species. 



Turtle nets 



Sheepshead 



Pompano 



Blueflsh 



Spanish mackerel . 

 Mangrove snapper 

 Redflsh 



Sheepshead 



Pompano 



Bluefish 



Spanish mackerel . 

 Mangrove snapper 



Squeteague 



Redflsh 



( irouper 



< 'maker 



Sailor's choice 



Flounders 



Sheepshead 



Bluefish 



Spanish mackerel . 



Grouper 



Kingnsh 



Red snapper 



Mutton-fish 



Angel-fish 



Others 



Green turtle 



Grand total. . 



1894. 



1895. 



Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value 



11,700 



8,300 



4, 400 



100 



300 



100 



24, 900 



20, 400 



8,100 



5,100 



300 



400 



500 



200 



1,100 



600 



500 



400 



$176 



581 



88 



5 



5 



2 



22, 800 



12, 500 



7, 873 



500 



900 



600 



857 



29, 800 

 4,100 

 1,600 

 1,700 

 2,700 

 1,200 

 2,500 

 900 

 1,000 



45, 500 



3,407 



111,407 



306 



567 



102 



15 



6 



7 



3 



17 



9 



45, 173 



25, 200 



13, 500 



6,200 



700 



1,300 



980 



400 



1,900 



1,100 



1,200 



1,200 



37, 600 1, 046 ; 53, 680 



447 



205 

 80 

 85 



135 

 60 



125 

 45 

 26 



1,208 



59, 300 

 8,400 

 3,100 

 3,252 

 5,500 

 2,200 

 5,300 

 2,000 

 1,800 



90, 852 



238 



3,843 



3,349 193,548 



$342 



875 



158 



25 



14 



9 



1,423 



378 



945 



124 



35 



20 



15 



6 



29 



16 



18 



18 



1,604 



889 

 420 

 155 

 163 

 275 

 110 

 265 

 100 

 45 



2,422 



269 



5,718 



FISHERIES OF BISCAYNE BAY. 



The remoteness from the markets and the absence of shipping facilities 

 for perishable products like fish have retarded the development of the 

 fisheries of this section. The extension of the East Coast Eailroad from 

 Lake Worth to Biscayne Bay and the establishment of steamer con- 

 nections with Key West, which occurred in 1896, will, however, undoubt- 

 edly give an. impetus to the fishing industry of this region, and it has 

 already led to some expansion of the fish trade. There are a number 

 of reasons why this part of Florida should greatly extend its fisheries 

 in the next few years, now that it is in closer communication with other 

 points of the State. 



1. The general food-fish fisheries should increase in order to supply 

 the new demands coming from a larger resident population and from 

 the numerous winter visitors attracted by the salubrious climate of the 

 Biscayne region. The inauguration of a fish trade with northern mar- 

 kets is also to be expected when satisfactory express rates are arranged. 



2. Attention will doubtless soon be given to oyster planting and the 

 utilization of the beds already in the bay. The oysters now used are 

 brought from Indian Bvier. 



3. The bay should become the regular headquarters of many sponge 

 and turtle vessels operating in the vicinity that now go to Key West 



