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  REPOKT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Comparative 
  Uible 
  sliowiiig 
  tlw 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  »S'o((//( 
  Atlantic 
  Stales 
  in 
  1891 
  

  

  and 
  '1.902. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  CAROLINA. 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  still 
  holds 
  the 
  lead 
  among 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  States: 
  

   in 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  

   vakrc 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  great 
  as 
  for 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   ing 
  states 
  combined. 
  In 
  1902 
  the 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  

   branches 
  numbered 
  14,755, 
  while 
  for 
  all 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  South 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  the 
  number 
  was 
  onlj^ 
  8,697. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  ves- 
  

   sels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture, 
  shore 
  propert}^ 
  etc., 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   $1,973,41:1 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  to 
  $1,017,708 
  in 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   states; 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  was 
  $1,739,661, 
  while 
  for 
  South 
  Caro- 
  

   lina, 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  combined 
  it 
  was 
  

   $1,099,972. 
  

  

  Compared 
  with 
  the 
  returns 
  for 
  1897 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  

   show 
  a 
  gratifying 
  increase. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  rose 
  

   from 
  12,045 
  in 
  1897 
  to 
  14,755 
  in 
  1902; 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  

   apparatus, 
  etc., 
  from 
  $1,218,459 
  to 
  $1,973,441, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  from 
  

   64,234,257 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $1,316,017 
  to 
  67,584,734 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  

   $1,739,661. 
  

  

  The 
  large 
  increase 
  in 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch, 
  amounting 
  to 
  32 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   is 
  due 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  extension 
  of 
  anj^ 
  particular 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  as 
  to 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  per 
  pound. 
  P^xcluding 
  menhaden, 
  

  

  