﻿FISHERIES' 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  

  

  421 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  products. 
  

  

  Amber-fish 
  

  

  Angel-fish 
  

  

  Barracuda 
  

  

  Black 
  bass 
  

  

  Blue-fish, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Blue-fish 
  , 
  salted 
  

  

  Bonito 
  

  

  Butter-fish 
  

  

  Cat-fish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass 
  or 
  red-fish. 
  

  

  Crevalle 
  

  

  Drum, 
  salt-water 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  German 
  carp 
  

  

  Groupers 
  

  

  Grunts 
  

  

  Hog-fish 
  

  

  Hound-fish 
  

  

  Jurel 
  

  

  King-fish 
  

  

  Lady-fish, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Lady-fish, 
  salted 
  

  

  Margate-fish 
  

  

  Menhaden 
  

  

  Moon-fish 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  salted 
  

  

  Mullet 
  roe, 
  salted 
  

  

  Mutton-fish 
  

  

  Permit 
  

  

  Pig-flsh 
  

  

  Pike 
  and 
  pickerel 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Porgy 
  

  

  Pork-fish 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  or 
  pin 
  fish 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Snapper, 
  red 
  

  

  Snappers, 
  other 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  fresh 
  .. 
  

   Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  salted 
  . 
  

  

  Spot 
  

  

  Sturgeon 
  

  

  Sturgeon, 
  caviar 
  

  

  Suckers 
  

  

  Sun-fish 
  

  

  Tang 
  

  

  Trout 
  or 
  squeteague, 
  fresh 
  

   Trout 
  or 
  squeteague, 
  salted 
  

  

  Trunk-fish 
  

  

  Turbot 
  

  

  Whiting 
  

  

  Yellow-tail 
  

  

  Other 
  fish 
  

  

  Alligator 
  hides 
  

  

  Clam 
  

  

  Conch 
  

  

  Crab, 
  hard 
  

  

  Crab, 
  soft 
  

  

  Crab, 
  stone 
  

  

  Crawfish 
  

  

  Otter 
  skins 
  

  

  Oyster 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  

  

  Sponges 
  

  

  Terrapin 
  

  

  Tortoise-shell 
  

  

  Turtle 
  

  

  Turtle 
  eggs 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  1,373,650 
  

   8,074,066 
  

  

  358. 
  256 
  

   1,432,3.56 
  

  

  40, 
  .550 
  

  

  14, 
  250 
  

  

  343, 
  291 
  

  

  5, 
  691 
  

  

  4,800 
  

  

  15, 
  100 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  1,804,614 
  

  

  54,098 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  850 
  

  

  20, 
  254 
  

  

  93, 
  687 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  a 
  54, 
  400 
  

  

  b800 
  

  

  o 
  3, 
  334 
  

  

  d 
  1, 
  333 
  

  

  (■280 
  

  

  / 
  11, 
  681 
  

  

  55, 
  664 
  

  

  a 
  356 
  

  

  1 
  4, 
  057, 
  107 
  

  

  17, 
  280 
  

  

  346, 
  889 
  

  

  i 
  30, 
  899 
  

  

  495 
  

  

  369. 
  257 
  

  

  8128 
  

  

  21,686 
  

  

  237, 
  428 
  

  

  10, 
  428 
  

  

  55, 
  908 
  

  

  1,622 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  8,532 
  

  

  3,026 
  

  

  372 
  

  

  (i46 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  44, 
  221 
  

  

  2,024 
  

  

  12 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  303 
  

  

  6,036 
  

  

  16 
  

  

  4,109, 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  890 
  

  

  84 
  

  

  1,799 
  

  

  3, 
  282 
  

  

  1, 
  015 
  

  

  124, 
  108 
  

  

  288 
  

  

  364,422 
  

  

  4,227 
  

  

  1, 
  732 
  

  

  28, 
  386 
  

  

  "Represents 
  9,067 
  in 
  number. 
  

   b 
  Represents 
  100 
  bushels. 
  

   c 
  Includes 
  30 
  pearls, 
  valued 
  at 
  S623. 
  

   dRepresenls 
  3,999 
  in 
  number. 
  

   e 
  Represents 
  840 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  /Represents 
  11,681 
  in 
  number. 
  

   g 
  Represents 
  201 
  in 
  number. 
  

   A 
  Represents 
  679,587 
  bushels. 
  

   i 
  Represents 
  10,593 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  Commercial 
  fishing 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  18 
  of 
  the 
  19 
  coastal 
  counties. 
  

   Monroe, 
  Escambia, 
  and 
  Hillsboro 
  counties 
  have 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   fishing 
  interests, 
  Monroe 
  leading 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  particular, 
  owing 
  

   largely 
  to 
  its 
  extensive 
  vessel 
  and 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  for 
  sponges 
  and 
  

   turtles. 
  Hillsboro 
  occupies 
  second 
  place 
  in 
  most 
  respects, 
  and 
  carries 
  

   on 
  important 
  red-snapper, 
  mullet, 
  and 
  sponge 
  fisheries. 
  Nearly 
  every 
  

   county 
  shows 
  a 
  substantial 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  

   canvass, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  increase 
  is 
  very 
  large. 
  In 
  1890 
  the 
  catch 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  27,418,562 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,064,189; 
  in 
  1895 
  to 
  

   31,929,127 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $1,111,086; 
  while 
  in 
  1902 
  it 
  was 
  48,120,019 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,462,166, 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  20,701,457 
  pounds 
  and 
  $398,027 
  

   over 
  1890, 
  and 
  of 
  16,190,892 
  pounds 
  and 
  $351,080 
  over 
  1895. 
  

  

  