FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Compared -svith the Bureau's returns for 1902, there has been an 

 mcrease in the products of the fisheries of 228,168,051 pounds, or 

 212.47 per cent, 'in quantity and of §2,508,983, or 88.35 per cent, in 

 value. Compared with the census returns for 1908, the increase 



STATES 

 TOTAL 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



6E0RGIA 



FLORIDA 

 (EAST COAST) 



MILU0N5 OF POUNDS 



60 



STATES 

 TOTAL 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



GEORGIA 



FLORIDA 

 (EAST COAST) 



HUN0ED5 OFTHCUSANOS OFDOLLARS 

 JO 3,5 iO 45 



1918 ■■ 

 1908^^ 



PER CENT OF TOTAL QUANTITY C VALUE 1918 



10 IP 30 40 SO 60 



wmmmmmmmmsmmsm^j 



QUANTITY 

 VALUE 



Fio. 7.— Top: Quantities of fish taken in the commercial flsherios of the South Atlantic States in 1918 

 compared with 1908. Center: Values of flsh taken in the commercial fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States in 1918 compared with 1908. Bottom: Percentages of total quantity and value of fishery prod- 

 uces for each of the South Atlantic States in 191H. 



amounts to 165,739,123 pounds, or 99.31 per cent, in quantity and 

 81,314,616, or 32.58 per cent, in value. The large increase in the 

 catch for 1918 over that of previous years is due to the increase in 

 the catch of menhaden, the 1902 catch amounting to 18,862,000 

 pounds, valued at S3 1,420. The catch of other species in 1902 



