FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 889 



Industries related to the fisheries of North Carolina, 192S — Continued 

 PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



Items 



Establishments... 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 

 Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages. 



Num- 

 ber 



39 

 41 

 180 



$49, 467 

 92, 113 



141,580 



Products > 



Salted: 



Alewives pounds. 



MuUet do... 



Spot do... 



Canned oysters standard cases ^. 



Menhaden: 



Dry scrap.. tons. 



Acidulated scrap do... 



Fish meal do... 



Oil - gallons. 



Miscellaneous products ^ 



Total. 



Quantity 



1, 058, 465 

 565, 000 

 146, 000 

 29,161 



4,492 



7,333 



3,854 



633, 806 



Value 



$18,711 

 45,404 

 10,845 



145, 102 



240, 355 

 186, 476 

 240, 425 

 248, 897 

 24,267 



1,160,482 



PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE FISHERMEN 



' Includes salted products prepared by 14 firms whose activities were principally in the wholesale fish- 

 ery trade. 

 > A standard case contains 4 dozen 5-ounce cans of oysters. 

 • Includes canned alewife roe, oyster-shell products, and porpoise oil. 



SOUTH CAROLINA 



The fisheries of South Carolina in 1928 employed 13 per cent of the 

 total number of fishermen and accounted for 3 per cent of the total 

 catch of the South Atlantic section. The fisheries and industries 

 related to the fisheries employed 2,540 persons, which is 16 per cent 

 greater than the number employed during 1927. Of the total, 1,505 

 were fishermen, 143 were employed on transporting vessels, 236 in 

 the wholesale trade, and 656 in the prepared-products and by-products 

 industries. 



The total catch amounted to 7,432,414 pounds, valued at $316,814. 

 This is a decrease of 11 per cent in the catch and 10 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 oysters accounted for 51 

 per cent; shad, 21 per cent; and shrimp and mullet, each, 6 per cent. 

 Of the total production, that for oysters accounted for 78 per cent; 

 shrimp 6 per cent; and shad and sea bass, each, 4 per cent. 



OPERATING UNITS BY GEAR 



The catch of fishery products in South Carolina during 1928 was 

 taken by 1,505 fishermen who used 4 motor vessels, 1,004 motor and 

 other small boats, and 10 major types of gear. The vessels had a 

 combined capacity of 53 net tons. The fisheries accounting for the 

 greatest number of persons were the grab fishery employing 504 

 fishermen, the tong fishery employing 337 fishermen, and the set 

 gill-net fishery employing 272 fishermen. 



