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Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States, 1931 — Continued 

 CATCH: By States— Continued 



Species 



FISH — continued 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



Squeteagues or "sea trout": 



Gray 



Spotted 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



White perch 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



SHELLFISH, ETC. 



Crabs: 



Hard! 



Soft 



Shrimp 



Clams, hard, public 2 



Oysters: 3 



Market, public, spring 



Market, public, fall 



Market, private, spring 



Market, private, fall 



Scallops, bay 



Octopus 



Terrapin, diamond-back 



Total, 



Grand total. 



North Carolina 



Pounds 

 157, 000 

 883, 375 



3,700 



1,500 



84, 250 



1, 715, 400 



2, 994, 200 



1, 108, 350 



326, 510 



1,000 



9,300 



7,900 



327, 650 



83, 150 



93, 332, 707 



1,851,829 

 310, 594 

 338, 273 

 332, 344 



894, 041 

 606, 530 



495, 000 



4,828,611 



S, 161,318 



Value 

 $5, 910 

 139, 409 



160 



30 



6,332 



25, 754 



103, 926 



65, 537 



34, 526 



240 



186 



160 



13, 025 



3,490 



828, 700 



25,211 

 46, 586 

 13, 975 

 30, 775 



55, 037 

 37, 024 



50, 250 



1, 087, 558 



South Carolina 



Pounds 



150, 000 



151, 556 

 5,000 



9,000 



3,500 

 15,000 



27, 435 



630, 924 



2, 635, 336 



910, 359 

 545, 351 

 752, 189 

 331, 903 



5,000 

 5,850 



5, 205, 988 



5, 836, 912 



Value 



.$6, 450 



30,311 



100 



270 



240 

 1,320 



57, 295 



600 



91, 167 



22, 948 

 10, 826 

 17, 797 

 9,105 



500 

 1,219 



154, 162 



211,457 



Georgia 



Pounds 



1,000 



132, 294 



3,700 



10,000 



2,000 



1,351,042 



5,471,063 

 1,200 



210, 714 

 97, 052 



9,492 



5, 998, 771 



7, 349, 813 



Value 



$40 



33, 073 



104 



700 



55, 185 



3,139 



180, 583 

 150 



4,640 

 4,611 



2,830 



195, 953 



251, 138 



Species 



Florida 



Alabama 



Mississippi 



Alewives 



Amberjack 



Barracuda 



Black bass 



Bluefish 



Blue runner or hardtail. 



Bonito 



Buffalofish 



Cabio or crab eater 



Catfish and bullheads... 



Cero 



Cigarfish 



Crappie 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum: 



Black 



Red or redfish 



Eels 



Flounders... 



Groupers. 



Grunts 



Hickory shad... 



Pounds 



320, 586 



6,420 



18, 720 



423, 559 



1, 208, 255 



220, 057 



550 



9,513 



3, 449, 427 



2,310 



35, 840 



489, 721 



69, 573 



46, 665 



27,919 



1, 049, 393 



3, .344 



87, 138 

 2,612,515 



20, 574 



25, 248 



Value 



$1, 606 



194 



749 



38, 967 



63, 679 



7,287 



8 



Pounds 



34, 875 

 3,040 



226 

 146, 017 



84 



819 



17,516 



1,591 



882 



531 

 21,320 



142 

 3,202 

 68, 050 



451 



758 



44, 806 



550 



142, 773 



4,995 

 40, 871 



2,446 

 61, 826 



32, 041 



107, 876 



118 



Value 



Pounds 



$1,518 

 55 



18, 358 



2,037 



15 

 6,489 



9,196 



385 



52, 462 



51 

 2,084 



5,793 

 11,941 



15, 720 

 99, 518 



2,205 

 3,039 



4 



61,171 

 24, 092 



Value 



$834 



502 



14 



2,008 



106 

 326 



432 

 3,618 



3,929 

 623 



1 Statistics on hard crabs used in this table are based on yields of 3 pounds per dozen in North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, and Georgia; 4.104 pounds in Florida; 7 pounds in Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas; and 

 6 pounds in Louisiana. 



2 Statistics on hard clams used in this table are based on yields of 8 pounds of meats per bushel in all 

 States. 



3 Statistics on market oysters used in this table are based on yields of 5.97 pounds of meats per bushel 

 in North Carolina, 5.07 in South Carolina, 6.24 in Georgia, 3.46 in Florida, 2.55 in Alabama, 2.53 in 

 Mississippi, 3.92 in Louisiana, and 5.18 in Texas. 



