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amounted to 351,897 pounds, valued at S68,774. Lines, which were 

 used only in Charleston County, took 284,000 pounds of various 

 species, valued at $22,735. The principal species taken with this 

 apparatus were king whiting, sea bass, and squeteague or ''sea 

 trout." The catch of shrimp, amounting to 355,000 pounds, valued 

 at $12,425, was taken with otter trawls. The catch with tongs 

 included oysters, 140,980 pounds or 20,140 bushels, valued at $12,071 ; 

 and hard clams 22,448 pounds or 2,806 bushels, valued at $1,684. 

 Hard clams taken with rakes amounted to 63,192 pounds or 7,899 

 bushels, valued at $7,927. Oysters taken by hand without apparatus 

 amounted to 7,000 pounds or 1,000 bushels, valued at $750. The 

 catch with stop nets, consisting of mullet and spot, amounted to 

 19,000 pounds, valued at $1,580, and the catch with gigs or spears, 

 consisting of redfish or red drum, flounders, and squeteague or "sea 

 trout," amounted to 31,500 pounds, valued at $2,520. 



The products of the vessel and shore or boat fisheries by counties, 

 apparatus, and species are given in the following tables : 



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



species 



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



species 



