FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of the Fisheries op the East 

 Coast of Florida in 1918, by Counties — Continued. 



Total I 182, 707 10, 158| 5, 398, 140: 261, 513i 1, 725, 5571 78, 8741 81, 21 1, 488 1, 746, 175 



» 156,000 In number. 



» 300 bushels. 



' 44,775 bushels. 



* 20,793 bushels. 



KI.SHEKIES HY APPAUATUS. 



Gill nets were the most productive form of apparatus employed in 

 the fisheries of the east coast of P'iorida in 191S, tlio catch amounting 

 to ll,G3f),930 pounds, valued at S(i71,r)90. The principal species 

 taken with this form of apparatus were: Mullet, 6,882,403 pounds, 

 valued at 8275,395; vSpanisn mackerel, 2,301,590 pounds, valued at 

 S166,592; shad, 591,719 pounds, valued at $87,789; squeteatrue or 

 "sea trout," 1,030,347 pounds, valued at $80,549; and hluefish, 

 374,340 pounds, valued at $30,150. Purse seines, takinj]^ mostly 

 menhaden, mullet, and Spanish mackerel, yielded 51,440,435 pounds. 



