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A number of other species were taken in considerable quantities- 

 also. The catch with purse and haul seines in the shore fisheries, 

 amounted to 9,408,598 pounds, valued at $444,599. The catch 

 with purse seines was 1,516,023 pounds, valued at $9,825, of which 

 1,500,000 pounds, valued at $7,500, was menhaden, while the remain- 

 der consisted of striped bass and squeteagues. The catch with 

 haul seines was 7,892,575 pounds, valued at $434,774. Among the- 

 more important Species taken in haul seines were alewives, 102,815 

 pounds fresh and 1,533,000 pounds salted, valued together at 

 $31,012; spot, 1,040,316 pounds fresh and 66,000 pounds salted, 

 valued together at $36,449; mullet, 582,474 pounds fresh and. 

 271,000 pounds salted, valued together at $74,296; and squeteagues^ 

 826,536 pounds, valued at $74,457. Various other species, as black 

 bass, bluefish, German carp, catfish, croaker, red drum, king whiting,, 

 pigfish, striped bass, white perch, yellow perch, crabs, and shrimp,. 

 were also taken in large quantities. The yield by gill nets, which 

 was much less in quantity but exceeded that of seines in value, 

 amounted to 5,221,200 pounds, valued at $581,849. The principal 

 species included in the catch, in the order of their value, were shad, 

 1,182,898 pounds, valued at $293,320; mullet, 796,060 pounds fresh 

 and 98,000 pounds salted, valued together at $74,377; squeteagues 

 775,697 pounds fresh and 202,006 pounds salted, valued together 

 at $73,968; bluefish 483,287 pounds, valued at $30,680; and striped 

 bass, 158,124 pounds valued at $27,865. The catch taken with 

 dredges, tongs, rakes, and hands totaled 2,506,697 pounds, valued 

 at $207,633. The catch consisted principally of oj^sters, scallops, 

 and hard clams. A small quantity of soft crabs w^as also taken 

 with rakes. Various species were taken with fyke nets, amounting: 

 to 210,121 pounds, valued at $14,533, and with lines, 356,750 pounds, 

 valued at $8,678. 



The catch with otter trawls amounted to 1,470,174 pounds, valued 

 at $44,250, of which 1,440,940 pounds, valued at $43,287, were- 

 shrimp and the remainder consisted of various species of fish. The- 

 catch with eelpots consisted of 160,402 pounds of eels, valued at 

 $15,569 and with spears, 73,000 pounds of flounders, valued at 

 $7,280. With other forms of apparatus, such as stop nets, cast 

 nets, dip nets, revolving traps, crab traps, drag nets, and turtle 

 traps, there were taken 150,664 pounds of various species, valued 

 at $14,254. The largest item in this catch was 84,121 pounds of 

 soft crabs, valued at $12,592. The products of the vessel and shore 

 fisheries are shown separately by counties in the appended tables: 



Yield of the vessel fisheries of North Carolina in 1923, by counties, apparatus, and! 



species 



