﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  Tahh- 
  of 
  products. 
  

  

  381 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  «150 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  640 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  3,550 
  

  

  640 
  

  

  1,396 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  1,025 
  

  

  1,416 
  

  

  3,738 
  

  

  3, 
  782 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  303 
  

  

  312 
  

  

  27, 
  364 
  

  

  20, 
  782 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Shark 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  . 
  

  

  Spot 
  

  

  Squeteague 
  . 
  

   Striped 
  bass 
  

   Sturgeon 
  — 
  

   Caviar 
  . 
  . 
  

   Whiting 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Crab, 
  hard.. 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  

  

  Prawn 
  

  

  Oyster 
  

  

  Clam 
  

  

  Terrapin 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  90,000 
  

  

  26, 
  660 
  

  

  21, 
  800 
  

  

  85, 
  700 
  

  

  9,800 
  

  

  83, 
  950 
  

  

  10, 
  200 
  

  

  606, 
  300 
  

  

  96, 
  200 
  

  

  306, 
  500 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  1 
  4, 
  827, 
  900 
  

  

  6 
  225,064 
  

  

  27, 
  521 
  

  

  S1,S00 
  

  

  1,082 
  

  

  484 
  

  

  3,059 
  

  

  5,410 
  

  

  30, 
  118 
  

  

  995 
  

  

  12, 
  452 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  118, 
  460 
  

  

  12, 
  940 
  

  

  5,850 
  

  

  8, 
  174, 
  463 
  263, 
  023 
  

  

  a 
  689,700 
  bushels 
  

  

  6 
  28,133 
  bushels. 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina 
  are 
  prosecuted 
  in 
  Beaufort, 
  

   Berkele}^, 
  Charleston, 
  and 
  Georgetown 
  counties. 
  In 
  Charleston 
  

   County, 
  which 
  has 
  about 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  industry, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   persons 
  employed 
  in 
  1902 
  was 
  1,717, 
  the 
  investment 
  |181,016, 
  and 
  the 
  

   products 
  1,619,711 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  1181,579. 
  Next 
  in 
  importance 
  

   is 
  Beaufort 
  County, 
  where 
  1,605 
  persons 
  were 
  employed, 
  |101,318 
  

   invested, 
  and 
  the 
  products 
  amounted 
  to 
  2,710,605 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $11,382. 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  each 
  county 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina 
  in 
  1902 
  

   IS 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables: 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  counties 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  emploijed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  ofSoidh 
  Carolina 
  

  

  in 
  190^. 
  

  

  