﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  399 
  

  

  gill 
  nets 
  ill 
  the 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  Eiver 
  on 
  February 
  18, 
  1902 
  — 
  a 
  rather 
  unusual 
  

   occurrence. 
  

  

  Quite 
  an 
  industry 
  is 
  still 
  maintained 
  on 
  the 
  rivers 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  

   lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  hunting- 
  and 
  trapping 
  of 
  alligators 
  and 
  otters, 
  

   which 
  are 
  bi'ought 
  to 
  the 
  coast 
  and 
  sold 
  at 
  Cutler, 
  Miami, 
  Fort 
  Lau- 
  

   derdale, 
  West 
  Jupiter, 
  Fort 
  Pierce, 
  and 
  Titusville. 
  The 
  buj-ers 
  either 
  

   ship 
  direct 
  to 
  the 
  tanners 
  and 
  furriers 
  in 
  Newark, 
  N. 
  J., 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  

   wholesalers 
  in 
  Jacksonville. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  industry 
  is 
  the 
  gathering" 
  of 
  periwinkles 
  near 
  Pablo 
  Beach, 
  

   in 
  Duval 
  County. 
  These 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  shovels 
  with 
  wire 
  

   scoops, 
  and 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  making 
  what 
  is 
  locall}' 
  called 
  "donack" 
  soup. 
  

   The 
  periwinkles, 
  in 
  the 
  shell, 
  are 
  put 
  into 
  a 
  pot 
  and 
  boiled 
  and 
  then 
  

   strained, 
  the 
  shells 
  being 
  thrown 
  away. 
  

  

  In 
  Nassau 
  County 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  pens 
  for 
  holding 
  teri-apin 
  

   for 
  market. 
  

  

  An 
  effort 
  is 
  being 
  made 
  by 
  parties 
  at 
  Miami 
  to 
  introduce 
  to 
  the 
  

   trade 
  dried 
  king-fish, 
  and 
  an 
  excellent 
  article 
  has 
  been 
  prepared. 
  

   Heretofore 
  the 
  principal 
  market 
  for 
  king-tish 
  has 
  been 
  Havana, 
  

   Cuba, 
  which 
  would 
  take 
  only 
  the 
  fresh 
  product, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  quite 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  there 
  has 
  nearl}" 
  always 
  been 
  an 
  oversupply. 
  

   thus 
  cutting 
  the 
  fisherman's 
  price 
  to 
  a 
  very 
  low 
  figure. 
  If 
  a 
  demand 
  

   for 
  dried 
  king-fish 
  could 
  be 
  developed, 
  the 
  fishery 
  might 
  be 
  greatly 
  

   increased. 
  

  

  The 
  East 
  Coast 
  Railwa}^ 
  is 
  now 
  being- 
  extended 
  below 
  Miami, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  probable 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  continued 
  on 
  to 
  Cape 
  Sable. 
  This 
  will 
  open 
  

   up 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  Dade 
  County 
  and 
  will 
  doubtless 
  cause 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   expansion 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  that 
  region, 
  which 
  have 
  hitherto 
  not 
  been 
  

   prosecuted 
  to 
  any 
  great 
  extent 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  a 
  convenient 
  

   market. 
  

  

  Owing- 
  to 
  the 
  constantlj^ 
  increasing 
  demand 
  for 
  cat-fish 
  in 
  the 
  west, 
  

   sea 
  cat-fish 
  are 
  now 
  being 
  utilized 
  quite 
  largel}'^, 
  as 
  the 
  river 
  cat-fish 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  secured 
  in 
  suflicient 
  quantity. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  departure, 
  sea 
  cat- 
  

   fish 
  having 
  been 
  hitlierto 
  either 
  killed 
  or 
  thrown 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  water 
  

   when 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  lines 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  in 
  condensed 
  form 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  in 
  1902: 
  

  

  Persons 
  employed. 
  

  

  