330 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of Florida, 1930 — Continued 



FISHERMEN'S MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 



[Number of persons engaged, 240] 



Item 



Quantity 



Value 



Mullet: 



Dry-salted pounds. . 



Roe, dry-salted do 



Sturgeon roe, fresh do 



Crab meat, packaged (fresh-cooked) do 



Oysters, fresh-shucked gallons-- 



Scallops, bay, fresh-shucked do 



Total- 



46,277 



Note. — Some of the above products may have been manufactured from fishery products imported from 

 another State or country; therefore, they can not be correlated directly with the catch within the State, 

 Of the total number of parsons employed on transporting craft, 47 have also been included as fishermen, 

 and among the total persons engaged in the preparation of fishermen's manufactured products, 228 have 

 been included as fishermen. These facts should be considered when computing the total number of persons 

 in the fishery industries exclusive of duplication. 



Sponge fishery of Florida, 1930 

 OPERATING UNITS: By geae 



Item 



Fishermen on boats and shore, regular. 

 Boats: 



Motor 



Other.... 



Apparatus 



Sponge 

 hooks 



Number 

 334 



283 

 283 



Diving 

 outfits 



Number 

 412 



Total 



Number 

 746 



55 

 283 



CATCH: By gear 



SPONGES SOLD AT THE EXCHANGE, TARPON SPRINGS, FLA. 



During 1931 sponges handled on the exchange at Tarpon Springs, 

 Fla., amounted to 372,771 pounds, valued at $609,773. This is a 

 decrease of 10 per cent in quantity and 24 per cent in value as com- 

 pared with the quantity and value of the transactions on the exchange 

 during 1930. A large part of this decrease may be attributed to the 

 fact that there was an unusually large hold over on January 1, 1932. 



It is estimated that the value of sponges sold outside the exchange 

 during 1931 amounted to $40,000. Of the total sponges sold on the 

 exchange in 1931, 168,820 pounds, valued at $522, Tse, were large 

 wool; 30,837 pounds, valued at $24,670, were small wool; 97,742 

 pounds, valued at $39,096, were yellow; 62,982 pounds, valued at 

 $18,895, were grass; and 12,390 pounds, valued at $4,956, were wire 

 sponges. 



