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Yield of the fisheries of North Carolina in 1923, by counties and species — Contd. 



1 994,050 in number. 



2 546,888 in number. 



I 32,942 bushels. 

 ' 557,778 bushels. 



5 1,850 bushels. 

 8 92,429 bushels. 



FISHERIES BY APPARATUS 



The vessel fisheries of North Carolina in 1923 employed 3 steamers, 

 64 motor vessels, 74 sailing vessels, and in addition 82 accessory gas 

 hoats, some of them employed as auxiliary power for sailing vessels 

 and others in connection with the long-haul seine fishing. There 

 were 35 purse seines, 34 haul seines, 2 otter trawls, 156 dredges, 40 

 tongs, and lines to the value of SI 30 used in the vessel fisheries 

 The total yield by all forms of apparatus used on vessels was 

 66,355,182 pounds, valued at $543,167. 



The catch by purse seines, consisting entirely of menhaden, and 

 by far the most important apparatus in the vessel fishery, amounted 

 to 61,789,940 pounds, valued at $318,467. The catch by dredges, 

 which was next in importance, consisted of 2,048,508 pounds or 

 292,644 bushels of oysters, valued at $120,692, and 26,600 pounds 

 of hard crabs, valued at $500. Haul seines were third in impor- 

 tance, with a catch of 2,128,505 pounds, valued at $71,439, most 

 of which consisted of squeteagues, or ''sea trout," and croaker. 

 Next in order of value was the catch by lines, amounting to 132,220 

 pounds, valued at $19,054, consisting largely of sea bass and blue- 

 fish. The catch by tongs, consisting of oysters, and the catch by 

 otter trawls, consisting of shrimp, made up the remainder of the 

 yield of the vessel fishery. 



In the shore or boat fisheries the total yield by all forms of ap- 

 paratus was 28,837,161 pounds, valued at $1,871,332. The catch 

 by pound nets, which were the most productive form of apparatus 

 used in the shore fisheries, amounted to 9,279,555 pounds, valued 

 at $532,667. Some of the more important species taken in pound 

 nets were alewives, 1,233,805 pounds fresh and 3,326,550 pounds 

 salted, valued together at $81,984; squeteagues, 1,781,808 pounds, 

 valued at $72,117; and shad, 1,110,678 pounds, valued at $270,421. 



