FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1924 



387 



Yield of the fisheries of South Carolina in 1923, by counties and species 



Species 



Georgetown 



Horry 



Total 



Bluefish 



Catfish 



Crevalle 



Croaker 



Drum, black 



Drum, red, or redflsh 



Flounders .-- ..- 



Groupers _- 



Hickory shad 



King whiting.. 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted.. 



Red snapper 



Scup or porgy 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Skates 



Spot, fresh 



Spot, salted 



Squeteague or "sea trout' 



Sturgeon. 



Sturgeon caviar 



Sunfish _. 



Crabs, hard 



Shrimp. 



Clams, hard 



Oysters, market, public. 

 Oysters, market, private. 



Total 



Pounds 



2,000 



500 



4,200 

 3,050 

 8,000 

 6,600 



7,500 



2,300 



20,000 



85,000 



82, 619 



21,000 



10,000 



6,500 



46, 193 



545 



335, 000 

 64, 360 

 105, 000 



810, 367 



Value 



$300 



19 



Pounds 

 5,000 



166 



92 



400 



510 



1,800 



6,000 

 20, 050 



750 



135 



1,000 



6,800 



21,100 

 132, 500 

 168, 000 



19, 997 



1,000 

 "i5,'546' 



1,050 



600 



650 



13, 858 



1,635 



35,000 

 40, 000 

 3,800 



1,500 



11, 725 

 6,923 

 1,500 



20, 504 

 7,000 



68, 110 



Value 



108 



480 

 1,604 



1,688 

 10,600 

 16, 800 



3,360 



2,800 



4,000 



304 



120 



2,563 

 750 



Pounds 

 7,000 

 2,500 

 7,000 



26, 000 

 13,050 

 31, 000 



27, 650 

 8,000 

 7,500 



83,400 



152, 500 



253, 000 



2,000 



8,500 



218, 000 



183, 916 



18, 000 



1,000 



3,000 



56, 500 



50,000 



70, 300 



49, 406 



575 



1,500 



1 9,000 



355, 000 



2 85, 640 



3 4, 587, 226 



* 445, 116 



6, 763, 279 



Value 



$700 



79 



350 



1,274 



392 



1,730 



2,164 



480 



750 



7,823 



11,600 



23,600 



200 



605 



20, 300 



43, 721 



360 



80 



60 



3,880 



4,600 



6,954 



14, 983 



1,725 



120 



270 



12, 425 



9,611 



99, 534 



14, 421 



284, 791 



1 27,000 in number. 



2 10,705 bushels. 



3 655,318 bushels. 



' 63,588 bushels. 



' FISHERIES BY APPARATUS 



In South Carolina in 1923 there was only one vessel engaged in 

 fishing. The entire catch, consisting of groupers, red snappers, and 

 sea bass, was taken with lines and amounted to 160,000 pounds, 

 valued at $14,180. In the shore or boat fisheries a number of forms 

 of fishing apparatus were used, the most productive of which were 

 grabs, taking 4,884,362 pounds or 697,766 bushels, of oysters, valued 

 at $101,134. The catch with haul seines, consisting chiefly of mullet 

 and spot, amounted to 443,900 pounds, valued at $39,011. The 

 catch with gill nets, consisting chiefly of shad, mullet, and sturgeon, 



