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FISHEEY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Industries of North Carolina in 1918. 

 MENHADEN INDUSTRY. 



Item. 



Establishments.. 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 

 Wages paid 



Number. 



Value. 



21 

 599' 



$905,436 

 66,800 



Item. 



Oil gallons. . 



Dry scrap tons.. 



Acidulated scrap . do 



Number. 



1 979, 068 

 9,488 

 13,600 



Value. 



$761,588 

 674,850 

 615, 764 



Establishments.. 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged. 

 Wages paid 



PRODUCTS. 



Oysters, canned: 



4-ounce cans cases . 



Do do... 



5-ounce cans do. . . 



Do do... 



8-ounee cans do. . . 



10-ounce cans. . . .do. . . 



Total. 



500 



$130,715 

 30,500 



49,100 



2721 

 3 1,700 

 2 23, 389 

 3 5, 000 



2 526 

 2 5,643 



1,665 



8,500 

 45,034 

 26,500 



2,420 

 28,215 



112,334 



Shrimp, canned: 



No. 1 cans cases. 



No. U cans do... 



Total.. 



3 9, 200 

 1550 



Alewife roe, canned: No. 2 

 cans cases. . 



Redflsh, canned: No. 2 

 cans cases.. 



Alewives, salted., .pounds.. 



Oyster shells, crushed (ag- 

 ricultural Ume) . .pounds. . 



2 1,100 



2 200 

 392,667 



6,200,000 



> Includes 720 gallons of shark oil, valued at $5tO. 

 2 Two dozen cans per case. 



3 Four dozen cans per case. 



$38,256 

 1,320 



39,576 



450 

 7,008 



18,600 



FISHERIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



The coastal fisheries of South Carolina are less extensive than those 

 of the other South Atlantic States, the products representing only 

 1.13 per cent of the total quantity and 3.88 per cent of the total value 

 for the region. In 1918 the number of persons employed in the fish- 

 eries of this State was 2,000, of wdiom 103 were on fishing vessels, 20 

 on vessels transporting fishery products, 1,121 in the shore and boat 

 fisheries, and 756 shoresmen in the wholesale fish establishments and 

 other fishery industries. Compared with 1902, there has been a de- 

 crease of 1,713 persons, or 4G.14 per cent. 



The total investment of the fisheries of the State was $221,251. 

 This included 43 fisliing and transporting vessels, valued at $39,000, 

 of a net tonnage of 505 tons, and with outfits valued at $7,840; 690 

 boats, valued at $36,410; fishing apparatus used on vessels and boats 

 to the value of $22,126; shore and accessory property worth $95,775, 

 and working cash capital to the value of $20,100. 



The total vield of the fisheries in 1918 was 3,746,932 pounds, 

 valued at $207,690, representing a decrease as compared with 1902 

 of 4,427,531 pounds, or 54.16 per cent in quantity, and .$55,333, or 21.03 

 per cent in value. The five most important species arranged in 

 order of vahie were as follows: Oysters, 2,783,830 pounds, or 397,690 

 bushels, valued at $96,542; shad, 167,462 pounds, valued at $29,085; 



