FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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importance were the following: Cero and kingfisli, 465,860 pounds, 

 valued at $31,903; groupers, 5,626,329 pounds, valued at $222,215; 

 mullet, 25,109,951 pounds, valued at $1,168,696; redfish or red drum, 

 937,490 pounds, valued at $38,068; sheepshead, 988,662 pounds, 

 valued at $32,627; red snapper, 7,230,168 pounds, valued at $455,640; 

 Spanish mackerel, 3,435,901 pounds, valued at $245,531; sque- 

 teagues or "sea trout," 1,662,311 pounds, valued at $149,306; 

 shrimp, 3,250,468 pounds, valued at $81,408; sea cra^^'fish, 322,015 

 pounds, valued at $16,064; oysters, 2,615,942 pounds, or 373,706 

 bushels, valued at $121,820; and sponges, 452,188 pounds, valued at 

 $725,155. 



FISHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The statistics as to the number of persons employed, investment, 

 and products of the fisheries, by counties, of the west coast of Florida 

 in 1918 are given in the following: table: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of Fisheries of West Coast 

 OF Florida in 1918, by Counties. 



