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MARINE FISHERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 

 TABLE 29 (Continued) 



Shellfish 



Clams, hard 



Clams, hard, shucked 



Crab meat 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, hard, cooked 



Crabs, soft 



Oysters, shell 



Oysters, shucked 



Scallops, bay 



Shrimp (prawn) 



Shrimp (prawn), frozen 



Shrimp (prawn), cooked 



Squid 



Other 



Total shellfish 



All species 



Total fish 

 Total shellfish 



* Oysters and clams as edible 



Note: The totals in Tables 29 



items in the original data which 



35,207* 



3,819* 115, 



4,802,240 8,693,068 



2,979,064 3,120,709 



meats (calculated). 



and 30 disagree by reason of differences in non-specified "other" 



cannot now be discovered and corrected. 



combined, the maximum of finfish and the minimum of shellfish both occurred 

 in April. 



(b) Table 29 is a recapitulation by species as annual averages for seven 

 years (1940-1946) of shipments to New York from the four South Atlantic 

 States (Florida both coasts). This table, too, reveals some interesting rela- 

 tions. Florida leads in bluefish, king mackerel, mullet, Spanish mackerel, 

 spotted sea trout, crabmeat, bay scallops, and shrimp; Virginia leads in 

 butterfiish, carp, croaker, eels, flounders, mackerel, scup, sea bass, gray trout, 

 hard crabs, hard clams, and squid; Maryland, in striped bass and soft shell 

 crabs; North Carolina in shad and spot; the State ranks second in bluefish, 

 mullet, shrimp, and clams. None of the South Atlantic States ship any im- 

 portant quantities of oysters to Fulton Market. 



(c) The above two tables can be considered representative, since they are 

 the average of two pre-war years, four war years, and one post-war year, 



