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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Capt. 
  Robert 
  Magwood, 
  of 
  Mount 
  Pleasant, 
  S. 
  C, 
  buys 
  annually 
  

   large 
  quantities 
  of 
  terrapin, 
  which 
  he 
  keeps 
  in 
  confinement 
  awaiting 
  

   orders 
  for 
  shipment. 
  His 
  pond, 
  or 
  "crawl," 
  is 
  about 
  three-fourths 
  

   of 
  an 
  acre 
  in 
  extent 
  and 
  well 
  equipped 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  Within 
  the 
  

   pond 
  sand 
  pans 
  have 
  been 
  constructed 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  female 
  deposits 
  

   her 
  eggs 
  and 
  the 
  j^oung 
  are 
  hatched. 
  The 
  eggs 
  laid 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  June 
  

   usually 
  hatch 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  August 
  and 
  in 
  September. 
  No 
  attempt 
  

   is 
  made 
  to 
  rear 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  the 
  pond, 
  owing 
  to 
  their 
  slow 
  growth, 
  and 
  

   they 
  are 
  set 
  at 
  liberty 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  the}^ 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  crawl 
  about. 
  Cap- 
  

   tain 
  Mag 
  wood 
  estimates 
  that 
  he 
  liberates 
  each 
  season 
  from 
  300 
  to 
  500 
  

   young 
  terrapin 
  which 
  have 
  hatched 
  in 
  his 
  pond 
  while 
  the 
  adults 
  arc 
  

   being 
  held 
  for 
  market. 
  

  

  Sharks 
  utilized 
  for 
  food, 
  — 
  Sharks 
  are 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  this 
  

   State, 
  and, 
  as 
  noted 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  report, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  their 
  flesh 
  for 
  food 
  

   still 
  finds 
  favor 
  with 
  the 
  poorer 
  class 
  of 
  the 
  negro 
  population. 
  The 
  

   flesh 
  is 
  firm 
  and 
  white, 
  presents 
  an 
  inviting 
  appearance, 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  palatable. 
  When 
  placed 
  on 
  sale, 
  the 
  meat 
  is 
  cut 
  up 
  in 
  strips, 
  

   tied 
  in 
  bunches 
  weighing 
  about 
  2 
  pounds 
  each, 
  and 
  sold 
  for 
  10 
  cents 
  a 
  

   bunch. 
  The 
  sharks 
  are 
  caught 
  on 
  lines 
  and 
  weigh 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  200 
  

   pounds 
  each. 
  Those 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  average 
  about 
  35 
  pounds, 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  receiving 
  2 
  cents 
  a 
  pound 
  from 
  the 
  dealers. 
  The 
  catch 
  in 
  

   1902 
  was 
  90,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,800, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  60,000 
  pounds 
  

   over 
  the 
  sales 
  reported 
  in 
  1897. 
  

  

  Statistics. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  in 
  condensed 
  form 
  the 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  persons 
  emplo3'ed, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  products 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  South 
  Caro- 
  

   lina 
  in 
  1902: 
  

  

  Persons 
  emploijed. 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  apjxiratus 
  and 
  capital. 
  

  

  No. 
  Value. 
  

  

  No. 
  Value. 
  

  

  Ve.ssels, 
  fishing 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Vessels, 
  transporting. 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit.'. 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Apparatus 
  — 
  v 
  

   Gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  Lines 
  

  

  Dredges 
  . 
  

   Tongs 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Grabs 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  i,'i6c' 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  816, 
  150 
  

  

  5,157 
  

   5,300 
  

  

  Apparatus— 
  shore 
  fisheries: 
  

  

  Seines 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  ;... 
  

  

  Cast 
  nets 
  

  

  Lines 
  

  

  Tongs 
  

  

  Hoes 
  

  

  Grabs 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property 
  

   Cash 
  capital 
  

  

  Total 
  investment 
  . 
  

  

  ff2, 
  320 
  

  

  13, 
  360 
  

  

  650 
  

  

  1,055 
  

  

  618 
  

  

  13 
  

  

  646 
  

  

  86, 
  518 
  

  

  152, 
  700 
  

  

  320, 
  723 
  

  

  