360 U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



Extent of the fisheries of the South Atlantic States, various years, 1880 to 19SS^ 



> statistics for 1908 are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 

 ' Statistics not available. 



COMPARISON OF YIELD OF CERTAIN SPECIES TN VARIOUS YEARS 



In the foregoing statistics of the products of the fisheries a number 

 of species have been shown fresh and salted as marketed by the fish- 

 ermen, the quantity salted varying more or less in different years. 

 In order to afford a comparison of the total catch of the more im- 

 portant species on a uniform basis, the quantities salted by the fish- 

 ermen have been converted to the equivalent of weights of fresh fish, 

 and the total catch of each species is shown as in the fresh condition 

 in the tables below. Varying practices in salting fish make it diffi- 

 cult to determine the actual shrinkage that may have occurred when 

 the fresh fish were salted, but the losses in salting of various species 

 are thought to be approximately as follows: Alewives, croaker, mullet, 

 shad, and spot, 33J^ per cent; bluefish, sheepshead, Spanish mackerel, 

 squeteague, and striped bass, 50 per cent; red and black drum, 65 per 



