﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  385 
  

  

  Table 
  fthowing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  of 
  South 
  

   Carolina 
  in 
  1902 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  THE 
  WHOLESALE 
  FISHERY 
  TSADE. 
  

  

  In 
  1902 
  there 
  were 
  9 
  firms 
  in 
  South 
  Carolina 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  whole- 
  

   sale 
  trade 
  in 
  fishery 
  products. 
  Of 
  this 
  number, 
  -i 
  were 
  in 
  Charleston, 
  

   and 
  5 
  in 
  Georgetown. 
  The 
  firms 
  in 
  Charleston 
  handle 
  large 
  quanti- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  fish 
  from 
  both 
  fresh 
  and 
  salt 
  water, 
  and 
  also 
  oysters, 
  clams, 
  

   terrapin, 
  and 
  shrimp; 
  those 
  in 
  Georgetown 
  deal 
  almost 
  cxclusivel}^ 
  in 
  

   shad 
  and 
  sturgeon. 
  

  

  Table 
  shovring, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  

   the 
  wholesale 
  fishery 
  trade 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina 
  in 
  1002. 
  

  

  