﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATEf 
  

  

  391 
  

  

  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  CONSIDERED 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  The 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Georgia 
  are 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  7 
  counties, 
  com- 
  

   prising 
  the 
  6 
  fronting 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Ocean, 
  and 
  AVayne 
  County 
  on 
  

   the 
  south 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Altamaha 
  River. 
  Thej' 
  are 
  of 
  greater 
  importance 
  

   in 
  Chatham 
  County 
  than 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  counties 
  combined. 
  The 
  

   number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  that 
  count}^ 
  was 
  1,429, 
  the 
  investment 
  

   was 
  $211,092, 
  and 
  the 
  products 
  amounted 
  to 
  8,313,745 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $270,488. 
  This 
  considerably 
  exceeded 
  the 
  entire 
  jneld 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  

   in 
  1897, 
  the 
  increase 
  being 
  principally 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  03^sters. 
  In 
  

   Wayne 
  County 
  the 
  fisheries 
  are 
  exclusively 
  for 
  shad. 
  

  

  Table 
  sJioiving, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  nxmber 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  Mieries 
  of 
  Georgia 
  in 
  

  

  ^1902. 
  

  

  