894 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of South Carolina, 1928 



TRANSPORTING 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



Items 



Beaufort 

 County 



Charleston, 

 Colleton, 



and Horry 

 Counties 



Total 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees .- 



Wage earners 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



14 



5 



164 



23 



27 

 186 



$4,200 

 15, 568 



$29,600 

 7,100 



19, 768 



36,700 



$33,800 

 22,668 



56,468 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



PRODUCTS PREPARED BY THE FISHERMEN 



' A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans of oysters, forty-eight 5-ounce cans in the dry pack, 

 or forty-eight 5^-ounce cans in the wet pack of shrimp. 



GEORGIA 



The fisheries of Georgia in 1928 employed 11 per cent of the total 

 number of fishermen and accounted for 16 per cent of the total catch 

 of the South Atlantic section. The fisheries and industries related to 



