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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  ers, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  1,991,053 
  pounds, 
  $1:0,021; 
  menhaden, 
  18,862,000 
  

   pounds, 
  $31,420; 
  mullet, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  14,310,808 
  pounds, 
  $256,348; 
  

   shad, 
  9,849,338 
  pounds, 
  $605,539; 
  Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  1,013,172 
  pounds, 
  

   $54,322; 
  trout, 
  or 
  squeteag-ue, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  4,848,269 
  pounds, 
  

   $190,380; 
  striped 
  bass, 
  1,187,700 
  pounds, 
  $114,574; 
  clams, 
  1,415,440 
  

   pounds 
  or 
  176,930 
  bushels, 
  $100,752; 
  oysters, 
  22,719,074 
  pounds 
  or 
  

   3,245,582 
  bushels, 
  $644,478; 
  shrimp 
  and 
  prawn, 
  3,810,641 
  pounds, 
  

   $86,640, 
  and 
  blue-fish, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  1,057,642 
  pounds, 
  $37,856. 
  

   Other 
  important 
  species, 
  taken 
  in 
  smaller 
  quantities, 
  were 
  black 
  bass, 
  

   948,235 
  pounds, 
  $70,524; 
  bream 
  and 
  sun-fish, 
  660,514 
  pounds, 
  $14,685; 
  

   drum, 
  583,394 
  pounds, 
  $14,453; 
  eels, 
  512,411 
  pounds, 
  $20,068; 
  white 
  

   perch, 
  945,050 
  pounds, 
  $62,786; 
  pompano, 
  289,821 
  pounds, 
  $23,300; 
  

   sea 
  bass, 
  873,095 
  pounds, 
  $36,420; 
  sheepshead, 
  635,830 
  pounds, 
  $18,285; 
  

   spot, 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted, 
  926,946 
  pounds, 
  $21,425; 
  whiting, 
  866,355 
  

   pounds, 
  $39,778, 
  and 
  hard 
  and 
  soft 
  crabs, 
  385,707 
  pounds, 
  $18,950. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  since 
  1897— 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  

   which 
  the 
  last 
  preyious 
  canyass 
  was 
  made 
  — 
  haye 
  increased 
  6,267, 
  or 
  

   36.46 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed; 
  $1,162,317, 
  or 
  63.55 
  

   per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  inyested; 
  and 
  26,055,607 
  pounds, 
  or 
  

   32.41 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  the 
  quantity, 
  and 
  $1,006,478, 
  or 
  54.90 
  per 
  cent, 
  in 
  

   the 
  yalue, 
  of 
  the 
  products. 
  These 
  increases 
  were 
  shared 
  in 
  yarying 
  

   proportions 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  states 
  of 
  this 
  region, 
  l)ut 
  the 
  percentage 
  was 
  

   largest 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Florida. 
  

  

  The 
  results 
  of 
  preyious 
  inyestigations 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  these 
  states 
  

   are 
  giyen 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  publications: 
  

   The 
  Fishery 
  Industries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Section 
  ii, 
  Geographiral 
  Review 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Fisheries 
  for 
  1880. 
  

   The 
  Fishery 
  Industries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Section 
  v. 
  History 
  and 
  Methods 
  of 
  tlie 
  

  

  Fisheries. 
  

   Report 
  on 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  by 
  Hugh 
  :M. 
  Smith. 
  Bulletin 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  1891, 
  pp. 
  267-356. 
  

   The 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Coastal 
  Waters 
  of 
  Florida. 
  Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  for 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  263-342. 
  

   Report 
  on 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  Indian 
  River, 
  Florida. 
  Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

  

  for 
  1896, 
  pp. 
  223-262. 
  

   Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Extent 
  and 
  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  Alewife 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  

  

  1896, 
  by 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith. 
  Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  for 
  1898, 
  pp. 
  31-43. 
  

   The 
  Shad 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  by 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Stev- 
  

   enson. 
  Report 
  U. 
  8. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  1898, 
  pp. 
  101-269. 
  

   Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States. 
  Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  for 
  1899, 
  pp. 
  171-227. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  summarized 
  tables 
  give 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   employed, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  

  

  