910 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Industries related to the fisheries of the east coast of Florida, 192S — Continiicci 

 WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE— Continued 



Items 



Palm 

 Beach 



Establishments -- 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors 



Salaried employees 



Wage earners --- 



Paid to salaried employees 



Paid to wage earners 



Total salaries and wages 



$16, 980 

 7,530 



24, 510 



Putnam 

 and Clay 



$3, 947 

 19, 908 



23, 865 



St. Johns 



16 



6 



150 



St. Lucie 



$7, 736 

 71, 454 



79, 190 



$9,540 

 10, 765 



20,305 



Volusia 



$2, 000 

 14, 308 



16, 308 



Total 



113 



56 



413 



PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



$126, 379 

 234, 183 



360, 562 



Items 



Number 



Establishments 



Persons engaged: 



Proprietors -.. 



Salaried employees- 

 Wage earners 



20 



168 



Paid to salaried employees. 

 Paid to wage earners 



$72, 445 

 112, 102 



Total salaries and wages 184, 547 



Product 



Canned shrimp: 



Dry pack... standard cases >. 



Wet pack do... 



Miscellaneous products ^ 



Total. 



Quantity 



3,766 

 44, 319 



Value 



$22, 003 

 349,213 

 666, 873 



1,038,089 



' A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans in the dry pack or forty-eight 5J4-ounce cans in the 

 wet pack. 



2 Includes oyster-shell products, canned oysters, pickled shrimp, and fish meal, acid scrap, dry scrap, and 

 oil from menhaden. 



HISTORICAL REVIEW 



Twelve general surveys have been made for statistics of the fisheries 

 of the South Atlantic States during the 49 years from 1880 to 1928. 

 Beginning with a catch of 42,952,000 pounds in 1880 it constantly 

 increased until 1918 when the greatest catch on record was taken w^hich 

 amounted to .332,614,000 pounds. This large catch was due princi- 

 pally to the large catch of menhaden taken that year. In 1928 the 

 catch amounted to 258,440,000 pounds. Comparative statistics 

 for the catch of each of the more important species throughout this 

 l)enod are shown in the following tables. 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic States, 1880 to 1928 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds and thousands of dollars; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



1880. 

 1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890 

 1897 

 1902. 

 1908 

 1918 

 1923 

 1927 

 1928 



> Figures not available. 



