60 FISHING-GROUNDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



Crystal River. Mullet are caught licre in the fall for Cedar Keys and the country trade. The 

 buildings used are those of an abandoned saw-mill. 



No. 17. Suwannee Rivek FisnERT.— At the mouth of the Suwannee River. Seining 

 crews fish here for mullet in the fall to supply the country trade and sometimes for that of Cedar 

 Keys. Temporary shanties. 



No. 17a. PiNEY Point Fisheky. — On Piney Point, between Suwannee and SteinhatcLee 

 Rivers. Similar to the last. One permanent building. 



No. 18. Steinhatchee Rivek Fishery.— At the mouth of the Steinhatchee River. A 

 mullet fishery for country trade. No buildings. 



No. 19. Fenholloway River Fishery. — At the montli of the Fenholloway River. 

 Mullet fishing for country trade. Temporary shanties. 



No. 20. OciLLA River Fishery. — At the mouth of the Ocilhi River. Carried on for 

 mullet in the fall. Catch sold in the country. Temporary shanties. 



No. 21. Shell Point Fishery.— A few miles west of the Saint Mark's River. Occupied 

 in the fall by crews who salt mullet for country trade. Permanent shanties. 



No. 22. Oyster Bay Fishery.— Carried on for mullet, which are sold to country 

 customers. Seines and gill nets are used. Buildings permanent. 



No. 23. DiciCERSON Bay Fishery. — Same as the last. Buildings permanent. 



No. 24. OCKLOKONY BAY FISHERY. — At the mouth of Ocklokony Bay. Same as Nos. 22 

 and 23. Permanent buildings. 



No. 25. Crooked River or Pickett's Fishery.— Occupied in the fall for mullet fishing. 

 Catch sold, salted, at Appalachicola. Permanent shanties. 



No. 26. Cat Point Fishery. — A station sometimes occupied by Appalachicola parties. 

 Temporary shanties. 



No. 27. Indian Pass Fishery.— A gillnet station, occupied in the fall by Appalachicola 

 crews. Permanent palmetto shanties. 



No. 28. Saint Joseph's Point Fishery.— Occupied in the fall by Saint Andrew's Bay and 

 Appalachicola crews, while salting mullet and other fishes, and in the spring to catch pompano, 

 which are salted or sent to Pensacola fresh. They have several permanent palmetto shanties. 



No. 29. Crooked Island Fishery. — A station on the north end of Crooked Island, where 

 Saint Andrew's Bay crews fish in the fall and spring, to catch pompano, mullet, sheep's-head, 

 redflsh, etc. Temporary shanties or tents. 



No. 30. Saint Andrew's Point Fishery.— On the west point at the entrance to the bay, 

 a station used by people of Saint Andrew's Bay for the same purpose as the last. Temporary 

 shanties, and one permanent one. 



No. 31 . Capt. Len. Destin's Fishery. — At the Choctawhatchee or Santa Rosa Bay Inlet, 

 Captain Destin has fish-house, ice-house, and very complete arrangements. He fishes nearly all 

 the year, chiefly for pompano, and sends the catch to Pensacola in ice, also salts a few barrels 

 annually for country trade. This is the most important pompano fishery in the Gulf. 



No. 32. Petit Bois Fishery. — On the island of that name, outside of Mississippi Sound, a 

 station occupied nearly all the year by Mobile and New Orleans seine and gillnet fishermen. 

 Fish sold fresh. 



No. 33. Horn Island Fishery.- On Horn Island, outside of Mississippi Sound. A station 

 similar to No. 32. Fish sold fresh. Permanent buildings for habitation. 



No. 31. Chandeleur Islands, No. 3o. Grand Gosier Island, and No. 36. Isle Breton, 

 arc all prominent stations for seine and gillnet crews from New Orleans, who resort to them at 

 intervals through the year. No fish are salted at tliese places. 



