FISHERY TXDUS'l'KIES OF THE UMTED STATES, 1929 911 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic Slates, 1880 to 1928 — Continueri 



CATCH OF CERTAIN SPECIES: By Statks 



[Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted) 



Alewives 



Year 



North South 

 Caro- Caro- 

 lina I lina 



1880 15,520 



1887... ' 23,747 



1888 20,451 



1889. 19,316 



1890 ...1 22,112 



1897. 20,839 



1902 I 15,173 



1908 I 12,530 



1918 i 17,356 



1923 I 8,989 



1927 ! 13,911 



1928.. ! 7,808 



I Florida 



Georgia' (east ' Total 



coast) 



125 

 25 

 24 

 36 

 24 

 25 

 22 

 32 



10 



41 



406 



1, 220 



692 



1,002 



213 



370 



16, 055 



19, 389 

 22, 175 

 20, 907 

 15, 601 

 13, 782 

 18, 058 

 10, 051 

 14,124 

 8,180 



Bluefish 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



600 



761 



847 



1,078 



1,539 



1,910 



1,049 



1,258 



323 



897 



852 



754 



South I 

 Caro- ! Georgia 

 lina 



200 I 5 



158 i 7 



151 I 6 



110 \ 



100 



40 



1 I 



7 i 



I i ^ 



13 i::::::: 



4 I 50 



Florida 

 (east I 

 coast) 



46 

 80 

 372 

 561 

 1,101 

 772 

 599 



Total 



1,193 

 1, 646 

 1,996 

 1,130 

 1,637 

 892 

 2,005 

 1,637 

 1,407 



Year 



1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1897. 

 1902. 

 1908. 

 1918. 

 1923. 

 1927. 

 1928. 



Butterfish 2 





95 



83 



1,302 



731 



820 



1,280 



112 



Croaker 



North 

 Caro 

 lina 



(') 



(') 



328 



354 

 1,295 

 1,939 

 1,177 



387 

 2,262 

 3,932 

 6,775 



South 

 Caro- Georgia 

 lina 



(') 



(') 



0) 



(>) 



(') 

 27 

 85 

 16 

 26 

 13 

 12 



(') 

 (') 

 (') 

 « 

 (') 



Flor- 

 ida 

 (east 

 coast) 



0) 



W 



« 



(') 



(') 

 7 

 92 



124 

 22 

 39 

 44 



Total 



2,002 

 1,400 

 533 

 2,310 

 3,987 

 6,841 



Drum, black 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



South 

 Caro- 

 lina 



90 



75 

 170 



185 

 215 



75 



Georgia 



Flor- 

 ida 

 (east 

 coast) 



(') 



W 

 41 

 28 

 17 

 20 



531 



47 



125 



Total 



228 

 228 

 297 



187 



536 

 62 



141 



Year 



1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1897 

 1902 

 1908 

 1918 

 1923 

 1927 

 1928 



Drum, red, or redfish 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



129 

 140 

 515 

 219 

 179 

 144 

 3343 

 3 100 

 245 

 99 

 237 



South 

 Caro- 

 lina 



55 

 51 

 91 

 88 

 110 

 102 

 109 

 1 

 31 



Georgia 



Florida 

 (east 

 coast) 



20 

 21 

 32 

 39 

 24 

 35 

 151 



2 



1 



1-i 



6 



(') 



(') 

 172 

 171 

 236 

 115 

 818 

 369 

 122 

 163 

 202 



Total 



810 

 517 

 549 

 396 

 1,421 

 472 

 399 

 270 

 450 



Eels 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



55 

 161 



97 

 507 

 258 

 175 

 180 

 160 



77 



Georgia 



Florida 



(east 

 coast) 



Total 



55 

 161 

 102 

 512 

 264 

 175 

 180 

 160 



93 



Flounders 



Year 



1887. 

 1888. 

 1889. 

 1890. 

 1897. 

 1902. 

 1908. 

 1918- 

 1923- 

 1927- 

 1928- 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



49 

 174 

 262 

 403 



91 

 333 

 349 

 455 



South 

 Caro- 

 lina 



Georgia 



16 



Florida 



(east 

 coast) 



Total 



49 

 180 

 316 

 514 

 131 

 367 

 384 

 539 



Menhaden 



North 

 Caro- 

 lina 



14, 756 

 13, 844 

 8,753 

 12,410 

 11,310 

 18, 862 

 57,412 

 179, 911 

 63,290 

 98, 987 

 99, 302 



Florida 

 Georgia (east 

 coast) 



29,485 j 48,363 

 26,973 i 57,918 

 34, 102 I 24, 876 

 30,030 j 21,512 



Total 



8,761 

 12,410 

 11,310 



18, 862 

 57,412 

 257, 759 

 148, 181 

 157, 965 

 150, 844 



1 Statistics not available. 2 Includes harvestfish. a includes some black drum. 



r,^h"'^^-.T/![H''v,'^° i*??.fT^ "^ ^^^ ?;^°^'® ^,P^"®^ ^^'"^ o"en included under the heading "Miscellaneous 

 fish or "All other fish "; therefore, the total for certain species is not shown for certain yelrs of thl period 

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