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FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES IN 1923 



The statistics of the fisheries contained in this report apply to 

 the commercial coast fisheries of North Carolina, South Carolina, 

 Georgia, and the eastern coast of Florida for the calendar year 1923. 

 They are the result of a canvass made by the bureau's agents ^ 

 during 1924, and in so far as possible the methods used were similar 

 to those employed in the corresponding canvass of this section for 

 1918 in order that the statistics obtained might be strictly com- 

 parable. The results of the canvass have already been published 

 in condensed form in Statistical Bulletin No. 652 and distributed to 

 the trade. The detailed statistics are published herewith for the 

 first time. 



EARLIER PUBLICATIONS 



Some of the earlier publications relating to the fisheries of the 

 South Atlantic States and published in Washington, D. C, follow: 



1887. North Carolina and Its Fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. In The Fisheries 



and Fishery Industries of the United States, by G. Brown Goode et al., 



Sec. II, Pt. XII, p. 475-497. 

 The Fisheries of South Carohna and Georgia. By R. Edward Earll. 



Ibid., Sec. II, Pt. XIII, p. 499-518. 

 Eastern Florida and Its Fisheries. By R. Edward Earll. Ibid., Sec. II, 



Pt. XIV, p. 519-531. 

 History and Methods of the Fisheries. Ibid., Sec. V, Vol. 1 (xi + 808pp.), 



Vol. II (xx + 881 pp.), and atlas of 275 pis. 



1892. V. The Fisheries of the South Atlantic States [1887 and 1888]. In 



Statistical Review of the Coast Fisheries of the United States, prepared 

 under the direction of J. W. Collins. Report, U. S. Commission of 

 Fish and Fisheries, 1888 (1892), pp. 351-361. 



1893. Report on the Fisheries of the South Atlantic States. Bv Hugh M. Smith. 



Bulletin, U. S. Fish Commission, Vol. XI, 1891 (18^93), pp. 269-356, 

 Pis. XLIII-LXXIV. 



1897. Report on the Fisheries of Indian River, Fla. By John J. Brice et al. 



Report, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1896 (1898), pp. 223- 

 262, pis. 23-59. 



1898. Report on the Fish and Fisheries of the Coastal Waters of Florida. By 



John J. Brice. Report, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1896 

 (1898), pp. 263-342. 



1899. Notes on the Extent and Condition of the Alewife Fisheries of the United 



States in 1896. By Hugh M. Smith. Report, U. S. Commission of 

 Fish and Fisheries, 1898 (1899), pp. 31-43. 

 The Shad Fisheries of the Atlantic Coast of the United States. By 

 Charles H. Stevenson. Ibid., pp. 101-176. 



1900. Statistics of the Fisheries of the South Atlantic States [1897]. Report, 



U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1899 (1900), pp. 171-227. 



1905. Statistics of the South Atlantic States, 1902. Report, U. S. Commission 

 of Fish and Fisheries, 1903 (1905), pp. 343-410. 



1911. Fisheries of the United States, 1908. Special Reports, Bureau of the 

 Census, 1911. 



1921. Fishery Industries of the United States. Report of the Division of Sta- 

 tistics and Methods of the Fisheries for 1920. By Lewis Radcliffe. 

 Appendix V to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 

 1921, pp. 59-120. 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF FIfiHES 



Trade usage in the nomenclature of fishes is often confused and 

 sometimes renders it impossible to properly separate and distinguish 

 species occurring in the statistical reports. In the following statistics 



3 The data were collected by Winthrop A. Roberts and Rob Leon Greer, assisted by Carl D. Tendick, 

 James Buckley, and Frank E. Kingsbury. 



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