940 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the west coast of Florida, 1928 — Continued 

 CATCH: By counties— Continued 



Species 



Squeteague or "sea trout ' 



Yellowtail 



Crabs, hard 



Crabs, stone 



Clams, hard. 



Oysters, market, public. 

 Scallops, sea 



Total. 



Santa Rosa 



Sarasota 



Pounds Value] Pounds 

 1, 000 $100 77, 490: 

 17,098 

 4,500 

 1, fi20 

 24, 000 

 33. 000 

 2,100) 



8,400 1,200 



Taylor 



Wakulla 



Value Pounds 

 $7, 749 40, 700 



684 



551 



450 



2,700 



6,250: 



1,050 



209, 000 11, 790 1, 671, 906|l03, 796 391, 560 



Valuel Pounds I Value 

 $3,663 105, 511 $10, 550 



17, 773 



43, 400| 2, 480 



1,990,475,105,174 



Walton 



Pounds 

 10,000 



89, 400 



Value 

 $1, 000 



4,294 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Transporting trade.— There were 47 persons in 1928 engaged on the 

 we^st coast of Florida primarily in transporting the catch from the 

 fashing grounds to market. In this trade 19 motor vessels, havino- a 

 total capacity of 295 net tons, were operated. The size of vessef in 

 most popular use ranged fron 11 to 20 net tons. 



Uholesale trader-There were 110 wholesale establishments alono- 

 the west coa^t of Florida engaged chiefly in handling fresh and frozen 

 products. This is 44 per cent of the total number of such establish- 

 ments m the Gulf section. Virtually the entire catch of fishery prod- 

 ucts taken along the west coast of Florida consisted of market fish 

 which accounts lor the large percentage of wholesale fish establish- 

 ments located there. These estabhshments employed 667 persons 

 who received $528,088 in salaries and wages. Pinelles County had26 

 wholesale estabhshments. Other counties of importance were Mon- 

 roe and Bay, each with 11 establishments. 



Prepared and hy-produds trade.— There were 10 establishments 

 along the west coast of Florida in 1928 engaged primarily in the manu- 

 tacture ol prepared fishery products or by-products. This is 10 per 

 cent ol the total number in the Gulf section. They employed 232 

 persons who received $147,021 in salaries and wages. The products 

 manuiactured consisting principally of menhaden products and canned 

 shrimp and clam products were valued at $683,610. DetaHed sta- 

 tistics ol most of the items manufactured may be obtained from 

 l<ishery Industries of the United States, 1928, Bureau of Fisheries 

 Document No. 1067. 



In addition to the above, 428,554 pounds of salted mullet and mullet 

 roe, valued at $25,467, were prepared by the fishermen. 



Industries related to the fisheries of the ivesl coast of Florida, 1928 

 TRANSPORTING 



Items 



Men on transporting vessels 



Transporting vessels, motor: 



5 to 10 tons 



11 to 20 tons.. 



21 to 30 tons I 



31 to40ton.s 



Total vessels 



Total net tonnage 



Number 



47 



19 

 295 



