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  REPOBT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  shoiving, 
  by 
  coanties 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  

   in 
  iSO^— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  BY 
  APPARATUS. 
  

  

  Vessel 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  Ten 
  counties 
  participated 
  in 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries, 
  

   the 
  products 
  being- 
  secured 
  with 
  purse 
  and 
  haul 
  seines, 
  gill 
  nets 
  (prin- 
  

   cipally 
  for 
  turtles), 
  lines, 
  spears, 
  sponge 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  oyster 
  tongs. 
  

   More 
  than 
  four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  was 
  made 
  with 
  lines, 
  and 
  of 
  

   this 
  7,969,936 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $234,206, 
  consisted 
  of 
  red 
  snappers. 
  

   Groupers 
  and 
  king-fish 
  were 
  the 
  other 
  principal 
  species. 
  In 
  the 
  seine 
  

   catch 
  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  occupy 
  first 
  place, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  taken 
  

   with 
  purse 
  seines 
  in 
  Hawks 
  Channel, 
  on 
  the 
  ea.st 
  coast, 
  during 
  January 
  

   and 
  February. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  turtle 
  

   fishery 
  of 
  Monroe 
  County. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  operating 
  from 
  here 
  

   visit 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Yucatan, 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  Honduras, 
  and 
  engage 
  in 
  the 
  

   fishery 
  there. 
  The 
  sponge 
  fishery 
  is 
  prosecuted 
  from 
  Franklin, 
  Hills- 
  

   boro, 
  Levy, 
  Monroe, 
  and 
  Pasco 
  counties, 
  with 
  Monroe 
  far 
  in 
  the 
  lead. 
  

   The 
  tong 
  fishery 
  for 
  oysters 
  is 
  most 
  important 
  in 
  Franklin 
  County, 
  

   but 
  is 
  also 
  prosecuted 
  from 
  Citrus, 
  Hillsboro, 
  and 
  Washington 
  coun- 
  

   ties. 
  It 
  shows 
  a 
  very 
  considerable 
  decrease, 
  however. 
  Spearing 
  was 
  

   practiced 
  in 
  but 
  one 
  county, 
  Monroe, 
  and 
  was 
  insignificant. 
  

  

  