﻿STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  

   STATES, 
  100-2. 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  of 
  North 
  and 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  the 
  

   east 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  were 
  canvassed 
  by 
  statistical 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  1003. 
  The 
  data 
  obtained, 
  which 
  pertain 
  to 
  

   the 
  calendar 
  3'ear 
  1902, 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  published 
  in 
  Statistical 
  Bul- 
  

   letin 
  No. 
  149, 
  l)ut 
  are 
  here 
  given 
  in 
  more 
  detail 
  with 
  explanatory 
  text. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  

   States 
  in 
  1902 
  was 
  23, 
  -152, 
  of 
  whom 
  1,053 
  were 
  on 
  vessels 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   fishing, 
  4-18 
  on 
  vessels 
  transporting 
  fisher}^ 
  products, 
  15,610 
  on 
  boats 
  

   in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  5,741 
  in 
  oil 
  and 
  guano 
  works, 
  oyster 
  can- 
  

   neries, 
  wholesale 
  fishery 
  trade, 
  and 
  other 
  industries 
  connected 
  with 
  

   the 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  states 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  thus 
  employed 
  was 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  14,755; 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  3,713; 
  Georgia, 
  

   2,280; 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida, 
  2,098. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  this 
  canvass 
  was 
  

   $2,991,149. 
  In 
  North 
  Carolina 
  the 
  investment 
  was 
  $1,973,441; 
  in 
  

   South 
  Carolina, 
  $320,723; 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  $342,150; 
  and 
  in 
  Florida, 
  

   $354,835. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  section, 
  

   including 
  transports, 
  was 
  526, 
  valued 
  at 
  $392,061; 
  their 
  net 
  tonnage 
  

   was 
  5,740 
  tons, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  their 
  outfit 
  was 
  $85,095. 
  The 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  boats 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  was 
  9,714, 
  valued 
  at 
  $349,770. 
  The 
  

   apparatus 
  of 
  capture 
  used 
  on 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $091,728, 
  

   the 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property 
  at 
  $833,395, 
  and 
  the 
  cash 
  capital 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  shore-fishery 
  industries 
  amounted 
  to 
  $038,500. 
  The 
  more 
  

   important 
  forms 
  of 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  were 
  seines, 
  1,310 
  in 
  

   number, 
  valued 
  at 
  $104,291; 
  gill 
  nets, 
  109,548, 
  valued 
  at 
  $319,170; 
  

   pound 
  nets 
  and 
  weirs, 
  2,990, 
  valued 
  at 
  $229,920; 
  and 
  tongs, 
  dredges, 
  

   rakes, 
  etc., 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  oyster 
  and 
  clam 
  fisheries, 
  valued 
  at 
  $20,099. 
  

  

  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1902 
  aggregated 
  100,446,072 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $2,839,033. 
  The 
  yield 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina 
  was 
  07,584,734 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,739,661; 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  8,174,463 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $263,023; 
  in 
  Georgia 
  11,102,010 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $359,081; 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  19,584,205 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $477,868. 
  

   The 
  species 
  secured 
  in 
  largest 
  quantities 
  were 
  alewives, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  

   11,601,172 
  pounds, 
  $118,258; 
  cat-fish, 
  1,310,392 
  pounds, 
  $30,976; 
  croak- 
  

  

  345 
  

  

  