﻿FISHEKIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  403 
  

  

  Table, 
  showing 
  hi/ 
  counties 
  mid 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  in 
  1902 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  a 
  Represents 
  309,069 
  bushels. 
  h 
  Represents 
  2,927 
  in 
  number. 
  •: 
  Represents 
  1 
  ,480 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  THE 
  YIELD 
  BY 
  DIFFERENT 
  FORMS 
  OF 
  APPARATUS. 
  

  

  In 
  eastern 
  Florida 
  the 
  gill 
  net 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  efficient 
  form 
  of 
  appa- 
  

   ratus 
  in 
  use, 
  over 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  catch, 
  including 
  almost 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   pompano 
  and 
  turtle, 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mullet, 
  shad, 
  sque- 
  

   teague, 
  and 
  sheepshead, 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  way. 
  Seines 
  rank 
  second 
  

   in 
  apparatus 
  for 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  product, 
  taking 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  ale- 
  

   wives, 
  bream, 
  and 
  strawberry 
  bass, 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  

   bass, 
  cat-fish, 
  and 
  terrapin. 
  A 
  vessel 
  purse-seine 
  fishery 
  for 
  Spanish 
  

   mackerel 
  in 
  Dade 
  County 
  was 
  fairly 
  successful. 
  Previousl}^ 
  this 
  fish- 
  

   ery 
  was 
  prosecuted 
  entirel}^ 
  by 
  vessels 
  from 
  De 
  Soto 
  County 
  on 
  the 
  

   west 
  coast. 
  The 
  cast-net 
  fishery 
  is 
  quite 
  important. 
  These 
  nets 
  are 
  

   used 
  mainly 
  where 
  other 
  forms 
  of 
  apparatus 
  are 
  forbidden, 
  princi- 
  

   pally 
  in 
  St. 
  John 
  and 
  Volusia 
  counties, 
  where 
  the 
  mullet 
  is 
  the 
  lead- 
  

   ing 
  species 
  captured. 
  They 
  are 
  employed 
  quite 
  extensively 
  in 
  Nassau 
  

   and 
  Duval 
  counties 
  also, 
  in 
  the 
  prawn 
  fishery, 
  of 
  which 
  product 
  

   they 
  take 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  catch. 
  A 
  primitive 
  form 
  of 
  

   pound 
  net 
  was 
  used 
  on 
  St. 
  Johns 
  River 
  in 
  1902, 
  where 
  cat-fish 
  was 
  

   the 
  leading 
  species 
  taken. 
  One 
  vessel 
  from 
  Nassau 
  County 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  the 
  line 
  fishery 
  for 
  groupers, 
  red 
  snappers, 
  and 
  sea 
  bass. 
  In 
  the 
  

   boat 
  fishery 
  with 
  lines 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  and 
  squeteague 
  were 
  the 
  

   principal 
  species 
  secured, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  caught 
  by 
  Fort 
  

   Pierce 
  fishermen 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  months. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  scarcity 
  of 
  

   turtles 
  no 
  nets 
  have 
  been 
  set 
  especially 
  for 
  them 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   years. 
  Other 
  forms 
  of 
  apparatus 
  are 
  tongs, 
  rakes, 
  and 
  grabs 
  for 
  

   oysters 
  and 
  clams, 
  spears 
  for 
  flounders, 
  etc., 
  guns 
  for 
  alligators, 
  

   traps 
  for 
  otters, 
  and 
  shovels 
  for 
  periwinkles. 
  

  

  