80 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
Persons ENGAGED, INVESTMENT, AND Propucts oF THE FISHERIES OF NorTH 
CAROLINA IN 1918, By CounTres—Continued. 
Item. Pender. Tyrrell. Washington. Total. 
PRODUCTS—Ccontinued. 
Number.| Value. | Number. | Value. | Number. | Value. | Nwmber. Value. 
Maitoges 4. Fk aee cease hc anemadlelonoeee ltt cette anne ene cee ee 150 
Mellowitall 5002 sane 20, 000 $965) [nk ec. ol aE eae Base seee 31,278 1,379 
MAPLIN she 3 ood seem ayaa Beto aiel| oe ann aie si| eae eee Sar tee ee | eae Se ea ane | ee 940, 120 23, 485 
Crabs: 
Hard 22S) f oes ten one Site es ee Eee eee ek see bees | ete tAken | ee 1145, 605 1,983 
SO Mcp g ee Mere eis Ooo aaa | ee eons ce ae tee BO | em Sigs | ee Pee cg eae | ee ee 2 233,705 23, 821 
SP ORD AD UM oo etna ote tats bre eases | 2 Ya sims eee Ne eee ee | Se ee oe ee rete | ee ogee eas RE 92 
MINUILOSS SESE RELL sai ee Ue ae 2h Wie Ya oe | 2p ac oe ne 8, 400 77 
(lems bnrdepeeeeaooeeee cee 35; 200! 29% S00) se sce a ce ees Spe he 3 197, 576 46, 598 
Oysters, market: 
IPibliCwee see eee 145000) | 8015 OOO 8] 2 eee eee a] Cees Cee Lr Eee |b Selene 41, 500, 534 67, 380 
IPTUV RUA SEs cee he Oe so epe| ete hl a ce a ee eS ee ie ee |b ale are 5 18,2 2, 900 
BCALOPS Ree eee Ces | Meee ae | es Sie ee em |e Me atl SP ae en Joss sas 6 422, 832 31, 618 
PS) STE Al a0 (eS ene ara ta ge peat PN Ty IE is AS UR Th (ee eal Wes eerie ne 19,125 
Otheraquatichides 7. G2o6 soek cSt ee aa ee AP eel Ss ena UR 1, 050 157 
TOtAlSs © octaniee We neers 501, 750 | 44,284 |1, 937,404 /$40, 554 |1, 880, 232 |$105, 297|210, 501, 750 |2,978, 708 
1 
1 436,815 in number. 3 24,697 bushels. 5 2,600 bushels. 
2 701,115 in number. 4 214,362 bushels. 6 70,472 bushels. 
FISHERIES BY APPARATUS, 
In the vessel fisheries of North Carolina, in which seven counties 
are represented, the forms of apparatus in use included purse seines, 
gill nets, lines, otter trawls, oyster dredges, and oyster tongs. The 
total yield from all forms of apparatus used on vessels was 179,072,191 
pounds, valued at $1,355,684. The catch with purse seines amounted 
to 178,101,814 pounds, valued at $1,305,057, of which 177,868,599 
pounds, valued at $1,297,582, were menhaden. Other of the more 
important species taken in purse seines included mullet, 71,165 
pounds, valued at $2,630; croakers, 57,000 pounds, valued at $1,765; 
and spots, 69,300 pounds, valued at $1,385. Gill-net fishing yielded 
83,300 pounds of fish, chiefly squeteague, croaker, kingfish, and 
bluefish, valued at $6,265, and was prosecuted only from vessels 
pperating in Carteret County. The catch of sea bass with lines was 
£7,500 pounds, valued at $4,725. Shrimp were taken with otter 
trawls to the amount of 10,000 pounds, valued at $300; oysters 
with dredges, 725,218 pounds, or 103,603 bushels, valued at $34,912; 
and oysters with tongs, 104,359 pounds, or 14,908 bushels, valued at 
$4,425. 
In the shore or boat fisheries pound nets were the most productive 
form of apparatus, the catch amounting to 16,233,529 pounds, 
valued at $683,292. The catch of alewives in pound nets amounted 
to 12,254,728 pounds, valued at $301,577, or 75 per cent in quantity 
and 44 per cent in value of the total take by this form of gear. Other 
species of importance were squeteagues, shad, and butterfish. The 
catch with seines in the shore fisheries amounted to 6,028,340 pounds, 
valued at $340,795, of which 5,605,300 pounds, valued at $332,938, 
were taken in haul seines, the remainder being credited to purse 
seines. Among the more important species taken in haul seines 
cwere alewives, 1,589,037 pounds, valued at $66,825; black bass, 
533,364 pounds, valued at $60,977; and mullet, 667,065 pounds, 
vyalued at $53,559. The yield by gill nets, which was slightly less in 
‘juantity and exceeded in value that of seines, amounted to 5,995,917 
