870 



IT. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES 



During 1928 the catch of fishery products of the South Atlantic 

 States (North Carohna, South CaroUna, Georgia, and the east coast 

 of Florida) exceeded that in any year for which there are records, 

 except that in 1927. These fisheries gave employment to 11,882 

 fishermen or 3 per cent more than in 1927. Of the total number of 

 fishermen employed during 1928, 1,306 regular fishermen were 

 engaged on vessels, and 6,449 regular and 4,127 casual fishermen were 

 employed in the shore and boat fisheries. Their catch amounted to 

 258,440,435 pounds, valued at $6,027,154. This is a decrease of 1 

 per cent in the catch and an increase of 6 per cent in the value of the 

 catch as compared with the quantity and its value for 1927. Of the 

 total catch in 1928, 210,131,838 pounds, valued at $3,757,326, were 

 fish, and 48,308,597 pounds, valued at $2,269,828, were shellfish and 

 miscellaneous products. 



Based on the value to the fishermen, shrimp, with a production of 

 33,310,020 pounds, valued at $1,457,941, was the most important 

 product. Shad was second with a production of 4,446,851 pounds, 



MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



Figure 22. — Yield|of principal fishery products in the South 



Atlantic States, 1928 



valued at $817,433. Other products of importance were menhaden, 

 150,843,955 pounds, valued at $584,638; oysters, 10,588,774 pounds 

 of meats, valued at $426,958; squeteagues or "sea trout," 6,403,589 

 pounds, valued at $420,155; and mullet, 9,376,652 pounds, valued 

 at $420,021. Other products were valued individually at less than 

 $200,000. 



The industries related to the fisheries of the South Atlantic States 

 gave employment to 3,496 persons, of whom 233 were engaged in 

 transporting fishery products, 1,653 were in the wholesale trade and 

 received $704,687 in salaries and wages, and 1,610 were in the pre- 

 pared-products and by-products trade and received $658,185 in 

 salaries and wages. There were 228 establishments in the wholesale 

 fish trade handling primary products and 60 establishments were in 

 the prepared-products and by-products trade. The latter manu- 

 factured products, valued at $4,112,733, consisting principally of 

 canned oysters, shrimp, and menhaden products. In addition, indi- 

 vidual fishermen in the South Atlantic States prepared fishery prod- 

 ucts valued at $80,860, consisting principally of salted fish. 



