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pounds, valued at S3S6,224. The principal varieties in the order of 

 their value were shad, squeteague, mullet, and spot. The take with 

 tongs, rakes, and hands totaled 767,262 pounds, valued at S72,455, 

 and with the exception of an incidental catch of scallops and terrapin 

 was made up of oysters and clams. Various species were taken with 

 scoop, dip, and bow nets, amounting to 364,383 pounds, valued at 

 S34,046; with lines, amounting to 386,010 pounds, valued at S23,258; 

 with fyke nets, amounting to 283,629 pounds, valued at $11,375; 

 and by stop nets, amounting to 10,840 pounds, valued at S605. 

 The catch with otter trawls, confined almost entirely to shrimp, 

 was 592,580 pounds, valued at S15,149; of scallops and 03'sters with 

 dredges, 542,363 pounds, valued at S36,761; of eels with pots, 

 161,046 pounds, valued at S12,309; of soft crabs with drags, 38,660 

 pounds, valued at S3, 725, and of flounders with gigs, 25,000 pounds, 

 valued at S3, 030. The total yield from all forms of apparatus used 

 in the shore or boat fisheries was 31,429,559 pounds, valued at 

 §1,623,024. The products of the vessel and shore fisheries are shown 

 separately by counties in the appended tables. 



Yield of Vessel Fisheries ok North Carolina ix 1918, by Counties, Appara- 

 tus, AND Species. 



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