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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Summary by counties 



County 



Persons 



Invest- 

 ment 



Products 



Bay... 



Calhoun 



Charlotte... 



Citrus 



Collier 



Dixie 



Escambia... 



Franklin 



Hernando... 

 Hillsborough 



Jefferson 



Lee ... 



Levy 



Manatee 



Monroe 



Okaloosa 



Pasco 



Pinellas 



Santa Rosa.. 

 Sarasota. ___ 



Taylor 



Wakulla 



Total.. 



Number 

 293 

 157 

 363 

 172 

 181 



24 

 503 

 463 



11 

 140 



20 

 286 

 209 

 194 

 507 

 106 



46 

 855 



20 



83 



35 

 186 



4,854 



Dollars 



218, 488 



94,720 



132, 809 



23, 861 



113,705 



4,869 



603, 683 



214, 001 



1,430 



50, 600 



3,545 



87, 072 



95, 016 



56, 164 



176, 389 



36, 856 



7,045 



285, 266 



3,965 



30,324 



5,605 



26, 325 



Pounds 

 3, 561, 905 

 11,049,782 

 8, 345, 031 



1, 874, 158 

 3, 382, 227 



644, 755 

 8, 260, 835 

 6, 275, 871 



264, 650 

 1,525,415 



248, 250 

 3, 612, 892 

 3, 653, 939 



2, 615, 873 

 6, 461, 501 

 1, 745, 449 

 1, 120, 275 

 5, 041, 948 



194, 449 



958, 430 



780, 625 



1, 648, 007 



2, 271, 738 



73, 266, 267 



Value 



$196, 132 



99, 266 



391,202 



84,385 



296,331 



26, 019 



485, 562 



264, 148 



10,941 



67, 796 



13, 175 



152, 592 



168, 303 



123, 626 



399, 858 



72, 571 



45, 993 



963, 639 



11,389 



44, 338 



37, 790 



71, 171 



4, 026, 227 



Yield and average prices of sponges of the west coast of Florida, 1880 to 1923 



Year 



Sheepswool 



Pounds 



Value 



Average 



price per 



pound 



Yellow 



Pounds 



Value 



Average 



price per 



pound 



1880.. 

 1889.. 

 1890.. 

 1895.. 

 1896. . 

 1897.. 

 1899.. 

 1900.. 

 1901.. 

 1902.. 

 1908 2 

 1918.. 

 1923.. 



(0 

 (') 



CO 



231, 272 

 149, 724 

 157, 476 

 153, 700 

 181,311 

 202, 673 

 133, 518 



(0 



276, 168 

 339, 623 



CO 



CO 



CO 



$363, 107 

 248, 196 

 240, 599 

 332, 390 

 483, 263 

 422, 561 

 297, 727 



(0 



675, 781 

 778, 949 



(0 



(0 



(') 

 $1. 57 

 1.66 

 1.53 

 2.16 

 2.67 

 2.08 

 2.23 



CO 

 2.44 

 2.29 



(') 

 (') 

 (0 



29, 509 

 23, 655 

 32, 362 

 55,800 

 74, 466 

 62, 512 

 56, 787 

 0) 



91, 641 

 121, 665 



(0 

 (') 



(0 



$11, 789 

 9,318 

 13, 082 

 16, 205 

 44,045 

 39, 290 

 31,113 

 (0 



34, 187 

 69, 085 



(0 



$0.39 

 .40 

 .40 

 .29 

 .59 

 .63 

 .55 



.37 

 .57 



Year 



Grass 



Other 



Pounds 



1880.- (>) 



1889 (i) 



1890 ! (i) 



1895 ' 21,387 



1896 44,617 



1897 128,622 



1899 76,900 



1900 ; 143,112 



1901 _. 108,748 



1902 ' 140,682 



19082 ; (i) 



1918... I 73,033 



1923 97,277 



Value 



CO 

 CO 



CO 



$5, 464 

 11,508 

 29, 188 

 14, 319 

 33, 263 

 24, 210 

 29, 765 



(0 



12, 125 



18, 059 



Average 

 price per 

 pound 



(0 



(0 



(') 



$0.26 

 .26 

 .23 

 .19 

 .23 

 .22 

 .21 



.16 



.19 



Pounds 



(0 



(0 



CO 

 23, 952 

 18, 315 

 13, 086 

 18, 000 

 19, 236 

 21, 627 

 15. 902 



(0 

 11,346 

 16, 028 



Value 



(') 



(0 



(0 

 $6. 502 

 3,990 

 3,171 

 5,000 

 7,114 

 6,679 

 5,817 



CO 



3,062 

 7,479 



Average 



price per 



pound 



(') 



(') 



0) 



$0.27 

 .22 

 .24 

 .28 

 .37 

 .31 

 .37 



(0 



.27 

 .47 



Total 



Pounds 



207, 000 

 316, 559 

 366, 772 

 306, 120 

 236,311 

 331,546 

 304, 400 

 418, 125 

 395, 560 

 346, 889 

 622, 000 

 452, 188 

 574, 593 



1 Statistics not available. 



2 From data published by the Bureau of the Census. 



