TISHERY INDUSTBIES OP THE UNITED STATES^ 1924 



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.Comparative statistics of the yield of certain fishery products of the east coast of 

 Florida in various years, 1889 to 1923 



Species 



-Alewives 



Blueflsh 



Bream and sunflsh 



-Croaker 



Drum, red and black... 



JFlounders 



•Groupers 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Pompano 



'Sea bass 



.Shad 



Sheepshead 



.Snapper, red 



, Snapper, other 



[Spanish mackerel 



Spot 



.Squeteague 



^Sturgeon 



'Crabs, hard 



Shrimp 



■Oysters, market 



1889 



Pounds 



5,240 

 497, 305 



213, 057 



8,000 



1, 216, 316 



12, 434 



10,800 



2, 051, 033 



264. 491 



(1) 

 243, 381 



42,620 

 3,000 



78,000 

 436, 492 



1890 



Pounds 



10, 120 



7,310 



588, 190 



(') 

 199, 290 



1, 568, 827 



30, 135 



10, 445 



2, 654, 022 



274, 113 



235, 284 

 29,930 

 4,100 

 65, 825 



681, 450 



Pounds 

 41,413 

 46, 421 



248, 989 

 (') 



252, 782 



2, 449, 057 



196, 344 



5,570 



1,011,180 

 390, 164 



3,450 

 516, 370 



3,700 



38,625 



362, 802 



1902 



Pounds 



405, 697 



79,500 



643, 514 



6,593 



134, 885 



49, 380 



26,910 



7, 340, 916 



265, 231 



29, 800 



1,819,431 



404, 251 



20,000 



8,043 



659, 088 



32, 451 



898, 563 



6,066 

 3, 012, 854 

 2, 163, 483 



Pounds 



1,220,000 



372, 000 



1, 409, 000 



92,000 



818, 000 



99, 000 



45, 000 



8, 573, 000 

 276, 000 

 110, 000 



2, 833, 000 



1,098,000 

 60, 000 

 110,000 



1, 228, 000 

 130, 000 



3, 657, 000 

 55,000 

 146, 000 



4, 346, 000 



3, 704, 000 



1918 



Pounds 

 692, 265 

 561,301 

 (■) 



124, 278 



900, 091 



13, 490 



74, 783 



48, 362, 600 



10, 417, 889 



133,419 



41,331 



963, 606 



104, 303 



20,200 



264, 264 



3,061,965 



393, 030 



1, 645, 223 



52,000 



8, 867, 918 



458, 990 



Pounds 



1, 062, 000 



1,100,550 



476, 809 



21, 550 



168, 550 



5,850 



17,200 



57, 918, 030 



6, 198, 200 



60, 650 



4,175 



502, 866 



32, 100 



11,600 



149, 600 



2, 469, 400 



71,700 



1, 198, 400 



72,000 



11,024,045 



502, 264 



I Statistics not available. 



MENHADEN INDUSTRY 



The menhaden industry of the South Atlantic States in 1923 was 

 prosecuted in North Carolina, Georgia, and on the east coast of 

 Florida. There were 20 factories in operation, having a value of 

 $1,835,751. The cash or working capital employed amounted to 

 $212,000. There were 906 persons engaged in the factories, and the 

 wages paid amounted to $175,215. The vessels and boats employed 

 included 6 steam vessels, 39 gas vessels, 1 transporting vessel, and 

 ^ motor boats, having a value of $965,029. The tonnage of the vessels 

 was 2,138 net tons, and there were 997 fishermen. There were 49 

 purse seines used with vessels and boats, and the catch amounted to 

 148,180,970 pounds, or 246,968,283 in number, valued at $752,026. 

 In addition to this there were 16,309,167 pounds or 27,181,945 men- 

 haden, valued at $83,176, delivered to the menhaden firms by vessels 

 •other than those having their home ports in the South Atlantic 

 States, making a total of 164,490,137 pounds, or 274,150,228 men- 

 haden, valued at $835,202, utilized by these firms. Of the 20 men- 

 haden factories 17 were located in North Carolina, but the greater 

 part of the catch was taken in Georgia and on the east coast of Florida, 

 The products, consisting of oil, fish scrap, and meal, in North Carolina 

 were valued at $738,743, and in Georgia and the east coast of Florida 

 at $593,008. The statistics are given in detail in the following 

 table : 



