﻿fishp:ries 
  of 
  south 
  Atlantic 
  states. 
  

  

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  WHOLESALE 
  FLSIIERY 
  TRADE. 
  

  

  The 
  wholesale 
  trade 
  in 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  oysters, 
  etc., 
  in 
  Georg-ia, 
  centers 
  

   chiefly 
  at 
  Savannah. 
  In 
  1902, 
  6 
  firms, 
  employing 
  90 
  persons, 
  were 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  this 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  industry. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  property 
  

   utilized 
  was 
  $40,000, 
  and 
  the 
  cash 
  capital 
  amounted 
  to 
  $44,000. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  persons 
  employed 
  and 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  ilte 
  wholesale 
  fishenj 
  trade 
  of 
  

   Georgia 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  OYSTER-CANNING 
  INDUSTRY. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  since 
  1897 
  in 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  oyster- 
  

   canning 
  indnstr}^ 
  of 
  this 
  state. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  canneries 
  has 
  increased 
  

   from 
  3, 
  worth 
  $34,000, 
  to 
  0, 
  worth 
  |44,800; 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  

   employed, 
  from 
  383 
  to 
  522; 
  the 
  cash 
  capital, 
  from 
  $50,000 
  to 
  $89,000; 
  

   the 
  quantity 
  of 
  oysters 
  used, 
  from 
  363,998 
  bushels, 
  costing 
  $49,993, 
  

   to 
  582,200 
  bushels, 
  costing 
  $78,425, 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  output, 
  

   including 
  canned 
  and 
  other 
  products, 
  from 
  $127,148 
  to 
  $202,049. 
  

  

  In 
  1902, 
  3 
  canneries 
  were 
  located 
  in 
  Chatham 
  County, 
  2 
  in 
  Glynn 
  

   County, 
  and 
  1 
  in 
  Libert}^ 
  County. 
  The 
  products 
  sold 
  consisted 
  of 
  

   1,974,004 
  1-pound 
  cans 
  of 
  oysters, 
  valued 
  at 
  $123,075; 
  620,000 
  2-pound 
  

   cans, 
  valued 
  at 
  $77,099, 
  and 
  250,000 
  bushels 
  of 
  oyster 
  shells, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $1,875. 
  

  

  Table 
  shoiring 
  the 
  ogster-canning 
  industry 
  of 
  Georgia 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  EASTERN 
  FLORIDA. 
  

  

  The 
  east 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  is 
  very 
  favorably 
  situated 
  for 
  cai-rying 
  on 
  

   commercial 
  fishing. 
  It 
  has 
  numerous 
  rivers, 
  bays, 
  and 
  lagoons 
  indent- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  450 
  miles 
  of 
  straight 
  shore 
  line, 
  the 
  principal 
  ones 
  being 
  St. 
  

   Marys 
  River, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  dividing 
  line 
  between 
  Florida 
  and 
  

   Georgia, 
  Nassau 
  River 
  and 
  Sound, 
  St. 
  Johns 
  River, 
  Matanzas 
  River, 
  

   Halifax 
  River, 
  Mosquito 
  Lagoon 
  or 
  Hillsboro 
  River, 
  Indian 
  River, 
  

  

  