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SPONGES SOLD AT THE EXCHANGE, TARPON SPRINGS, FLA. 



During 1936 sponges sold on the exchange at Tarpon Springs, Fla., 

 amounted to 418,839 pounds, valued at $1,035,429. This is an 

 increase of 8 percent in quantity and 67 percent in value as compared 

 with the transactions during 1935. Of the total sponges sold on the 

 exchange during 1936, 92,816 pounds, valued at $371,994, were large 

 wool; 26,572 pounds, valued at $67,156, were medium and small 

 wool; 197,152 pounds, valued at $498,604, were wool rags; 76,470 

 pounds, valued at $73,839, were yellow; 17,423 pounds, valued at 

 $17,254, were grass; and 8,406 pounds, valued at $6,582, were wire. 

 It is estimated that sponges valued at $4,000 were sold outside of the 

 exchange. 



ALABAMA 



Fisheries of Alabama, 1936 

 OPERATING UNITS: By gear 



