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U. S. BUEEAU OF FISHERIES 



Menhaden industry of the South Atlantic States, 1923 



Items 



Firms 



Cash capital- . 



Shoresmen 



Wages paid 



Fisliermen 



Vessels, steam .- 



Net tonnage 



Vessels, gas 



Net tonnage 



Power boats 



Transporting vessels. . 



Net tonnage 



Purse seines: 



On steam vessels. 



On gas vessels 



On boats _. 



Total. 



Catch: 



By steam vessels pounds. 



By gas vessels do... 



By boats.- ...do... 



Total do... 



Menhaden utilized 2 do... 



Products: 



Oil gallons- 



Dry scrap and meal tons. 



Acidulated scrap pounds. 



Total 



North Carolina 



Number 

 17 



791 



660 



2 



160 



32 



1, 240 



3 



1 



16 



2, 292, 400 



59, 497, 540 



1, 500, 000 



63, 289, 940 



79, 599, 107 



777, 829 

 4,596 

 7,068 



Value 

 , 508, 899 

 87, 000 



119," 543" 



" 67,' 460" 



492, 728 



1,500 

 6,500 



3,000 

 50, 200 

 4,000 



Georgia and Florida 

 (east coast) 



Number 

 3 



115 



337 



4 



353 



369 



57, 200 



22, 930 



295, 537 



7,500 



33, 172, 260 

 51, 718, 770 



325,967 i 84,891,030 



409, 143 , 84, 891, 030 



349, 245 

 210, 712 



178, 786 



738, 743 



433, 700 

 5,744 

 5,168 



Vahi,e 



$326, 852 



125, 000 



55, 672 

 " 180," 833" 

 216,068 



6,100 

 10,400 



16. 500 



161, 472 

 264, 587 



426, 059 



426, 059 



181,641 

 277, 327 

 134,040 



593, 008 



Total 



Number 



997 



6 



513 



39 



1,609 



3 



1 



16 



35, 464, 660 



111,216,310 



1, 500, 000 



1 148,180,970 



3 164,490,137 



1,211,529 

 10, 340 



12, 236 



Value 

 , 835, 751 

 212,000 



248. 233 

 "708," 798 



1,500 

 6,50a 



9,100 



60,600 



4,000 



184, 402 



560, 124 



7,500 



835,202 



530, 886 

 488, 039 

 312, 826 



1,331,751 



» 246,968,283 in number. 



2 This item includes in addition to the catch 16,309,167 pounds, or 27,181,945 menhaden, valued at $83,176^ 

 delivered to North Carolina firms by vessels other than those having their home ports in the South Atlantic 

 States. 



> 274,150,228 in number. 



FISHERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA 



The fisheries of North Carohna in 1923 furnished employment for 

 9,308 persons, of whom 6,246 were directly employed in fishing- 

 operations and the transporting of fish to landing points, 669 in the 

 wholesale fishery trade, and 2,393 in the canning, by-products, and 

 other fishery industries. 



The investment in the fishing equipment and fishery industries 

 amounted to $4,198,894, of which $1,244,653 were invested in fish- 

 ing and transporting vessels and boats, $523,286 in fishing gear, and 

 $2,430,955 in investment and cash capital used in the fish trade and 

 industries. 



The production of fishery products by fishermen amounted to 

 95,192,343 pounds, valued at $2,414,499, of which 88,275,269 pounds, 

 valued at $1,990,083, were fish, and 6,917,074 pounds, valued at 

 $424,416, were shellfish. Some of the more important fishes, arranged 

 in order of value, were the following: Shad, 2,370,134 pounds, 

 valued at $582,591; menhaden, 63,289,940 pounds, valued at $325,- 

 967; squeteagues, 3,984,347 pounds, valued at $250,847, of which 

 3,070,437 pounds, valued at $134,531, were gray "trout" and 913,910 

 pounds, valued at $116,316, were speckled "trout"; mullet, 1,379,712 

 pounds fresh and 369,000 pounds salted, valued at $148,769; ale- 

 wives, 1,589,347 pounds fresh and 4,933,050 pounds salted, valued 

 at $119,404; striped bass, 477,001 pounds, valcd at $75,953; bluefish, 

 896,694 pounds, valued at $66,805; spot, 1,672,223 pounds fresh and 

 78,500 pounds salted, valued at $60,397; and croakers, 2,262,308 



