﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  883 
  

  

  THE 
  PRODUCTS 
  BY 
  APrARATUS. 
  

  

  Vessel 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina 
  in 
  1897 
  

   were 
  confined 
  to 
  Charleston 
  County, 
  but 
  in 
  1902 
  they 
  were 
  prosecuted 
  

   in 
  Beaufort, 
  Charleston, 
  and 
  Georgetown 
  Counties. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   vessels 
  also, 
  including 
  those 
  engaged 
  in 
  transporting 
  fishery 
  products, 
  

   increased 
  from 
  16 
  to 
  25. 
  The 
  transporting 
  vessels 
  decreased 
  from 
  4 
  

   to 
  3, 
  but 
  the 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  increased 
  from 
  12 
  to 
  22 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  The 
  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  consisted 
  of 
  gill 
  nets, 
  

   lines, 
  tongs, 
  dredges, 
  and 
  g-rabs, 
  and 
  the 
  yield 
  aggregated 
  926,900 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $29,-192— 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  1897 
  of 
  683.900 
  pounds 
  in 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  $18,326 
  in 
  value. 
  

  

  Oysters 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  product 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  

   catch 
  being 
  80,200 
  bushels, 
  or 
  561,400 
  pounds, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  shells, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $15,010. 
  This 
  catch 
  was 
  made 
  chiefly 
  with 
  tongs, 
  dredges, 
  

   and 
  grabs, 
  but 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  was 
  picked 
  by 
  hand 
  from 
  the 
  

   reefs 
  at 
  low 
  tide. 
  

  

  The 
  products 
  secured 
  with 
  lines 
  in 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1902 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  354,300 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $13,944 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  over 
  1897 
  

   of 
  132,900 
  pounds 
  and 
  $5,128. 
  Sea 
  bass 
  was 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   species, 
  the 
  catch 
  amounting 
  to 
  263,700 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $11,588. 
  

   Amber-fish, 
  bastard 
  snapper, 
  grouper, 
  jew-fish, 
  and 
  red 
  snapper 
  were 
  

   also 
  taken 
  in 
  smaller 
  quantities. 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  were 
  not 
  emplo^^od 
  in 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  except 
  in 
  George- 
  

   town 
  County, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  was 
  of 
  minor 
  importance, 
  being 
  only 
  

   11,200 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $538. 
  

  

  Shore 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  various 
  forms 
  of 
  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina 
  are 
  seines, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  lines, 
  cast 
  nets, 
  tongs, 
  

   hoes, 
  and 
  grabs. 
  The 
  total 
  yield 
  in 
  1902 
  amounted 
  to 
  7,247,563 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $233,531. 
  

  

  The 
  forms 
  of 
  apparatus 
  yielding 
  the 
  largest 
  returns 
  were 
  tongs, 
  

   hoes, 
  and 
  grabs 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  oyster 
  and 
  clam 
  fisheries. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  

   oysters 
  with 
  tongs 
  and 
  grabs, 
  together 
  with 
  280,000 
  bushels 
  picked 
  by 
  

   hand 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  beds 
  at 
  low 
  tide 
  and 
  utilized 
  for 
  canning 
  purposes, 
  

   was 
  609,500 
  bushels, 
  valued 
  at 
  $103,450. 
  There 
  were 
  also 
  taken 
  with 
  

   tongs 
  and 
  hoes 
  28,133 
  bushels 
  of 
  hard 
  clams, 
  valued 
  at 
  $12,940. 
  

  

  The 
  catch 
  with 
  lines 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,560,995 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $58,950. 
  

   The 
  species 
  taken 
  in 
  largest 
  quantities 
  were 
  whiting, 
  603,000 
  pounds, 
  

   $29,^50, 
  and 
  sea 
  bass, 
  443,845 
  pounds, 
  $15,706. 
  The 
  whiting 
  is 
  known 
  

   locally 
  as 
  "Carolina 
  whiting" 
  and 
  " 
  deep-water 
  whiting,''' 
  the 
  latter 
  

   name 
  being 
  applied 
  probably 
  because 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  seldom 
  taken 
  near 
  

   the 
  shore. 
  

  

  The 
  gill-net 
  catch 
  was 
  546,283 
  pounds, 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $30,430. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  species 
  secured 
  with 
  this 
  apparatus 
  were 
  

   shad, 
  414,133 
  pounds, 
  $19,582; 
  sturgeon, 
  including 
  caviar, 
  92,150 
  

   pounds, 
  $8,956; 
  and 
  hickory 
  shad, 
  29,800 
  pounds, 
  $1,400. 
  

  

  