FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 875 

 Indxistries related to the fisheries of the South Atlantic States, 1928 



NORTH CAROLINA 



In 1928 North Carolina ranked first among the States in the South 

 Atlantic section in the importance of its fisheries, employing 51 per 

 cent of the total number of fishermen and accounting for 55 per cent 

 of the total catch. The fisheiies and industries related to the fisheries 

 employed 6,808 persons, which is 1 per cent less than the number 

 employed in 1927. Of the total, 6,663 were fishermen, 45 were 

 employed on transporting vessels, 440 in the wholesale trade, and 260 

 m the prepared products and by-products industries. 



The total catch amounted to 141,899,162 pounds, valued at 

 S2, 629, 214. This is a decrease of 2 per cent in the catch and 5 per 

 cent in the value of the catch as compared with the catch and its value 

 for 1927. Of the total value of the catch, that for shad accounted for 

 22 per cent; menhaden, 16 per cent; squeteagues or "sea trout," 11 

 per cent; and oysters, 7 per cent. Of the total production, that of 

 menhaden accounted for 70 per cent; alewives, 6 per cent; croakers, 

 5 per cent; and squeteagues or "sea trout," 4 per cent. 



OPERATING UNITS BY GEAR 



The catch of fishery products in North Carolina during 1928 was 

 taken by 6,063 fishermen, who used 75 motor vessels, 63 sailing vessels, 

 3,177 motor and other small boats, and 20 major types of gear. The 

 vessels had a combined capacity of 2,216 net tons. The fisheries 

 accounting for the greatest number of persons were the haul-seine 

 fishery employing 2,049 fishermen and the rake fishery employing 

 1,437 fishermen. 



CATCH BY GEAR 



Three types of gear accounted for 88 per cent of the fish taken in 

 the fisheries of North Carolina during 1928. Listed in order of their 

 importance, they were purse seines, which accounted for 69 per cent 

 of the catch; haul seines, 10 per cent; and pound nets, 9 per cent. 

 The catch by purse seines consisted almost exclusively of menhaden ; 

 that by haul seines principally croakers, squeteagues or "sea trout," 

 spot, alewives, and mullet; and that by pound nets chiefly alewives, 

 squeteagues or "sea trout," shad, and croakers. 



