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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  counties 
  the 
  yield 
  by 
  miscellaneous 
  apparatus 
  for 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  THE 
  SHAD 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  shad 
  fishery 
  shows 
  a 
  most 
  gratifying 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  canvass 
  

   of 
  1897. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  the 
  yield 
  was 
  1,011,180 
  pounds 
  of 
  shad, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $41,572, 
  while 
  in 
  1902 
  it 
  was 
  1,819,431 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $124,760. 
  

   Comparing 
  the 
  statistics 
  for 
  1902 
  with 
  those 
  for 
  1890, 
  when 
  the 
  catch 
  

   was 
  2,654,022 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $104,283, 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  decrease 
  of 
  

   834,591 
  pounds, 
  but 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $20,477 
  in 
  value. 
  Both 
  the 
  St. 
  

   Johns 
  and 
  St. 
  Marys 
  rivers, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  shad 
  are 
  taken, 
  show 
  an 
  

   increase. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  

   value 
  of 
  shad 
  secured 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  

   in 
  1902: 
  

  

  Table 
  shoiving 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  shad 
  taken 
  in 
  each 
  county 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  

  

  in 
  1902. 
  

  

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  Represents 
  1,819,431 
  pounds. 
  

  

  