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  REPOET 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  April 
  and 
  May 
  aud 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  sand. 
  Few 
  terrapin 
  are 
  

   bought 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  (April 
  and 
  May), 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   apt 
  to 
  survive 
  the 
  summer 
  in 
  crawls. 
  Those 
  taken 
  in 
  Juh^ 
  or 
  later 
  are 
  

   more 
  hardy, 
  and 
  few 
  die 
  before 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  market 
  them. 
  Terrapin 
  

   are 
  graded 
  by 
  the 
  dealers 
  into 
  "counts," 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  long, 
  or 
  an 
  

   average 
  of 
  6i 
  inches, 
  weighing 
  2i 
  pounds 
  each; 
  "three-fourths," 
  5.j 
  

   to 
  G 
  inches 
  long, 
  weighing 
  li 
  pounds 
  each; 
  "one-half," 
  5 
  to 
  Scinches 
  

   long, 
  weighing 
  11 
  pounds 
  per 
  dozen; 
  and 
  " 
  bulls," 
  4 
  to 
  4^^ 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   weighing 
  one-half 
  pound 
  each. 
  

  

  Fishery 
  legislation. 
  — 
  An 
  act 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  catching 
  of 
  sturgeon 
  in 
  

   the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  five 
  years 
  was 
  approved 
  

   December 
  6, 
  1901. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  made 
  illegal 
  to 
  use 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  

   nets, 
  except 
  cast 
  nets, 
  for 
  any 
  species 
  from 
  June 
  1 
  to 
  September 
  1 
  

   each 
  year. 
  

  

  Statistics. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   employed, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Georgia 
  in 
  1902: 
  

  

  Persons 
  engaged. 
  

   How 
  engaged. 
  No. 
  

  

  In 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  •- 
  | 
  418 
  

  

  In 
  shore 
  or 
  boat 
  fisheries 
  : 
  1 
  , 
  256 
  

  

  Shoresmen 
  1 
  612 
  

  

  Total 
  ' 
  2,286 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  apparatus 
  and 
  caj)ll(d. 
  

  

  