REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLTX 



Tabic showinff the quantity and value of products taken in the fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States in i6'57— Continued. 



Species 



Ale wives, fresh 



Ale wives, salted 



Black bass 



Bluefisli, fresh 



liluertsh, salfed 



Bonito 



Bream and suntish 



Butter tish 



Cattish 



Channel bass or redfish 



fresh 



Channel bass or redfish 



salted 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Hickory shad 



Kingfish 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch 



I'igflsh 



Pile 



Pinflsh 



Pompano 



Porgy 



Sailor's choice 



Scad or round robin 



Sea bass 



Shad 



5, 755, 114 



lu, 101, 236 



593, 458 



1, 508, 796 

 •.'13, 800 



2, 350 

 291, 099 

 94, 750 

 502, 311 



434, 132 



40, 200 

 297, 700 

 101, 700 

 180, 475 

 33, 000 

 275, 550 

 358, 070 

 11, 310, 000 

 3, 241, 382 



2, 693, 560 

 811, 979 

 412, 807 

 100, 420 



61, 600 

 254, 519 

 39, 910 

 48, 400 

 8,100 

 827, 195 

 11, 268, 343 



$49, 700 

 78, 424 



26. 147 

 44. 3L':i 

 5, 1^4 

 :!5 

 8, 022 

 1, 758 

 11, 635 



3,715 

 4,151 

 3, 489 

 1,170 

 9,361 

 7, 628 

 19, 700 

 40, 148 

 75, 317 

 24, 224 

 10. 285 

 2. 655 

 1,064 

 15, 121 

 472 

 1.445 

 40 

 32, 130 

 478, 784 



Species. 



Sharks 



Shet>pshead 



Si'api>ors 



Sjianisli mackerel 



Sjiots and croakors, fresh 

 Spots and croakers, 



salted 



Squeteague, fresh 



Squeteague, salted 



Strawberry bass 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Tautog 



Warmouth bass 



Whiting 



Other fish 



Shrimp 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, hjird 



Crawfish 



Terrapins 



Turtles 



Progs 



Oysters 



Clams 



Scallops 



Caviar 



Trout sounds 



Refuse 



Total 



30. 000 

 722, 570 



88, 400 

 362, 390 



165, 246 



3, 657, 778 



83, 496 



21, 725 



864, 223 



930, 425 



135, 230 



14, 125 



6,950 



737, 500 



103, 340 



627. 221 



986, 720 



228, 360 



4,000 



103, 230 



48, 856 



1, 800 



11,285,268 



1, 130, 648 



118, 323 



111, 905 



691 



3, 862, 200 



$300 

 17, 861 

 2,520 

 19, 832 

 29, 886 



4,749 

 110, :',52 

 2,226 

 806 

 59, 121 

 24, 910 

 3,037 



32, 003 



3,356 



28, 312 



3,992 



5,279 



80 



25, 129 



3,691 



450 



384, 934 



62, 820 



5,653 



31, 268 



104 



4,828 



FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES IN 1897. 



The canvass of the commercial fisheries of this region was conducted 

 chiefly during March, April, and May, 1898, by Messrs, Stevenson and 

 Hall, the former working- in Louisiana and Texas and the latter in 

 Mississippi and Alabama. 



The statistics of the west coast of Florida were collected in the 

 autumn of 1897 by Mr Cobb, and refer to the preceding fiscal year. 



From the information collected it is shown that there were employed 

 in fisheries of the Gulf States 13,967 persons, 11,180 of whom were 

 fishermen and 2,787 shoresmen. The capital invested in the fisheries 

 amounted to $2,584,061, of which $717,076 represented vessels and 

 their outfits, $436,041 boats, $137,216 apparatus of capture, and 

 $1,293,728 shore property and cash capital. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 65,660,623 pounds, having 

 a first value of $2,271,726. The oyster fishery was valued at $748,760, 

 or more than twice the value of any other single fishery. Next in 

 importance is the sponge fishery, valued at $305,589. The catch of 

 red snappers was valued at $200,412, and that of mullet at $213,988, 

 all other fisheries being represented by smaller sums. 



A comparison of the results of the present canvass with those of the 

 canvass in 1890 shows that 2,215 more persons were employed. There 

 has been a slight decrease in other respects, as follows : $394,231 less 

 capital invested, 3,714,911 less pounds of products, and a reduction in 

 value of products of $166,949. 



