34 RKPORT or THE COMMISSIOXEK OF FISHERIES. 



number of tish taken Avas 15,111 less than in the previous j'ear. Mary- 

 hind fishermen are credited with only 80,944 shad, weighing 302,237 

 pounds and selling for $55,903, as against 448,414 fish, weighing 

 1,677,543 pounds and A'alued at $278,501, taken by Virginia fish- 

 ermen. 



The production of alewives or river herrings was 8,759,336 fish, or 

 4,352,608 pounds, valued at $55,137, of whicTi 7,681,561 fish, weigh- 

 ing 3,813,780 pounds and having a value of $41,197, were taken by 

 Virginia fishermen. 



The combined fisheries for shad and alewives gave employment to 

 753 pel sons, Avho used 451 boats, valued at $83,889; 271 pound nets, 

 valued at $126,455 ; 211 gill nets and one haul seine, valued at $39,620; 

 and shore and accessory property worth $1,375. 



THE FEOZEN-FISH TRADE. 



* From compilations made from the monthly memoranda issued by 

 the Bureau of Markets it appears that fish frozen between January 

 15, 1920, and January 15, 1921, aggregated 85,324,366 pounds. The 

 quantity of halibut frozen was 10,625,029 pounds ; herring, 10,356,305 

 pounds; whiting, 10,208,755 pounds; salmon, 7,836,620 pounds; cis- 

 coes, 0,908,750 pounds; mackerel, 4,835,173 pounds; cod, haddock, 

 hake, and pollock, 3,940,103 pounds; and squid, 3,252,720 pounds, 

 with smaller amounts of other species. The maximum quantity in 

 storage at one time during the jear, amounting to 07,827,934 pounds, 

 was reported on November 15, and the minimum, amounting to 

 20,284.470 pounds, on May 15, 1920. A study of the data over a 

 period of several years indicates that the storage peak is reached 

 about November 15 and the low point between April 15 and May 15 

 of each year. 



FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



Tabulated returns of the statistical canvass of the fisheries of the 

 South Atlantic States concluded by the Bureau in 1920 indicate that 

 in 1918 the industry gave employment to 15,040 persons, of whom 

 8.030 were credited to North Carolina, 2,000 to South Carolina, 1,080 

 to Oeorgia, and 3,330 to eastern Florida. Compared with the returns 

 for 1902, there was a decrease of 8,400, or 35.84 per cent. The capital 

 invested was $7,423,971, distributed as follows: North Carolina, 

 $4,222,043; South Carolina, $221,251; Georgia, $709,998; and eastern 

 Florida, $2,210,079. Compared with 1902, there was increase of 

 $4,432,822, or 148.19 per cent. The principal forms of apparatus 

 employed in the fisheries were pound nets, gill nets, i)urse seines, 

 haul seines, and otter trawls, the last-named device having been in- 

 troduced in the shrimp fisheries about 1915. 



The products of tlie fisheries aggregated 332,014,123 pounds, with 

 a value to the fishermen of $5,348,010, distributed among the several 

 States as follows: North Carolina, 210,501,750 pounds, $2,978,708; 

 South Carolina, 3,740,932 pounds, $207,090; Georgia, 37,153,953 

 pounds, $410,043; and eastern Florida, 81,211,488 pounds, $1,740,175. 

 Some of the more abundant species arranged in order of size of 

 catch were: ^Menhaden, 257,75^,799 pounds, valued at $1,005,117; 

 shrimp, 15,050,903 pounds, valued at $470,340; alewives, fresh and 



