FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 63 
Compared with the Bureau’s returns for 1902, there has been an 
increase in the products of the fisheries of 226,168,051 pounds, or 
212.47 per cent, in quantity and of $2,508,983, or 88.35 per cent, in 
value. Compared with the census returns for 1908, the increase 
MILLIONS OF POUNDS 
STATES “ AEE 
TOTAL Debts 3 
NORTH CAROLINA 
STATES 
TOTAL | 332,614,123 
N.CAROLINA | 210, 501,750 
SOUTH CAROLINA 
166, 875,000 
101,422,000 
GEORGIA S.CAROLINA| 3, 746,332) 14,104,000 
GEORGIA 37, 153,953) 14 828000 
FLORIDA 81,211,488] 36,521,000 
FLORIDA 1918 Saal 
(EAST COAST) 190877 
HUNDEDS OF THOUSANDS OFDOLLARS 
STATES 10 1s 20) 2S) 7 450 poor e400 to 5 
TOTAL ; 
thy ae ene 
NORTH CAROLINA 
Ylllllébltébt 
SOUTH CAROLINA ESTATES: |, 1916 = |. 1908. | 
Y TOTAL | 5,348, 616 | 4,034,000 
‘sein N.CAROLINA | 2,978, 708 
2 S.CARCLINA 
Wt; GEORGIA 
ese eis FLORIDA 
FLORIDA e ga 18 2a 
(EASTCOAST) LZ 1908LZ 
PER CENT OF TOTAL QUANTITY & VALUE 1918 
50 60 70 
N. CAROLINA 63.28 
55.69 
S. CAROLINA 1.12 
3.88 
QUANTITY [Ree 
GEORGIA a VALUE Wz: 
7.71% 
FLORIDA 74.41 
32.65 
Fic. 7.—Top: Quantities of fish taken in the commercial fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1918 
compared with 1908. Center: Values of fish taken in the commercial fisheries of the South Atlantic 
States in 1918 compared with 1908. Bottom: Percentages of total quantity and value of fishery prod- 
ucts for each of the South Atlantic States in 1918. 
amounts to 165,739,123 pounds, or 99.31 per cent, in quantity and 
$1,314,616, or 32.58 per cent, in value. The large increase in the 
catch for 1918 over that of previous years is due to the increase in 
the catch of menhaden, the 1902 catch amounting to 18,862,000 
pounds, valued at $31,420. The catch of other species in 1902 
