﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  ATLANTIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  409 
  

  

  WHOLESALE 
  FISHERY 
  TRADE. 
  

  

  Brevard 
  County 
  leads 
  in 
  cver}^ 
  respect 
  in 
  the 
  wholesale 
  trade 
  in 
  

   fishery 
  products. 
  Indian 
  River 
  is 
  almost 
  wholly 
  within 
  the 
  limits 
  of 
  

   this 
  county 
  and 
  along- 
  its 
  shores 
  are 
  many 
  firms 
  and 
  individuals 
  who 
  

   furnish 
  the 
  fishermen 
  the 
  necessary 
  netting 
  to 
  engage 
  in 
  the 
  business 
  

   and 
  then 
  reimburse 
  themselves 
  from 
  the 
  catch. 
  In 
  Duval, 
  Putnam, 
  

   Volusia, 
  and 
  Orange 
  counties, 
  which 
  are 
  on 
  St. 
  Johns 
  River, 
  the 
  

   principal 
  species 
  handled 
  by 
  the 
  wholesale 
  firms 
  are 
  shad, 
  black 
  bass, 
  

   bream, 
  and 
  mullet. 
  All 
  of 
  the 
  data 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  ice 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  wages 
  paid, 
  have 
  been 
  included 
  

   in 
  the 
  regular 
  tables 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  the 
  

   fisheries: 
  

  

  Table 
  shoimng 
  by 
  courdies 
  the 
  investment 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  whole- 
  

   sale 
  fishery 
  trade 
  on 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  a 
  One 
  establishment 
  in 
  each 
  county. 
  

  

  PREPARED 
  PRODUCTS. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  fishery 
  products 
  prepared 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  are 
  oysters 
  and 
  

   prawn, 
  the 
  latter 
  being 
  locally 
  known 
  as 
  shrimp. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  the 
  can- 
  

   ning 
  of 
  oysters 
  was 
  an 
  important 
  business 
  in 
  Nassau 
  County, 
  where 
  

   4 
  factories 
  were 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  1894, 
  but 
  in 
  1897, 
  when 
  this 
  region 
  was 
  

   canvassed, 
  there 
  was 
  but 
  one 
  factory 
  in 
  the 
  county. 
  In 
  1902 
  2 
  fac- 
  

   tories 
  were 
  operating, 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  coming- 
  

   from 
  Georgia 
  waters. 
  A 
  factory 
  was 
  operated 
  at 
  St. 
  Augustine 
  also. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  canning 
  oysters, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  in 
  Nassau 
  County 
  

   put 
  up 
  pickled 
  prawn. 
  In 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  this 
  product 
  the 
  heads 
  of 
  

   the 
  prawn 
  are 
  removed, 
  the 
  bodies 
  boiled, 
  and 
  then 
  put 
  in 
  pickle 
  in 
  2, 
  

   3, 
  5, 
  8, 
  and 
  15 
  gallon 
  kegs. 
  A 
  15-gallon 
  keg, 
  when 
  filled, 
  has 
  a 
  gross 
  

   weight 
  of 
  about 
  125 
  pounds. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  

   the 
  preparation 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  on 
  this 
  coast. 
  

  

  