92 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 
INDUSTRIES OF NORTH CAROLINA IN 1918. 
MENHADEN INDUSTRY. 
Item. Number. Value. Item. Number. | Value. 
Hstablishments:-=-¢-65---5- 21 | $905, 436 PRODUCTS. 
Cash capital-..3.-.-:...2.2. SeSoqoebeeee 66, 800 || 
Persons engaged.......-.... 590) eee Olle. 3. tse eee gallons..| 1979,068 | $761,588 
WiAes Dard ees yee ee cna aes 2605037 || "Dry scrap'-=-s---s-25- tons... 9,488 674, 850 
Acidulated scrap. ...do.... 3, 600 615, 764 
WHOLESALE TRADE IN FRESH AND SALTED FISH, OYSTERS, CLAMS, SCALLOPS, AND 
CRABS. 
Establishments..........--- 46 | $158,950 || Persons engaged...........- 208) | eaters 
Cash capitaliey ou- 1. Sycsce eal acess Ouseiee 61 7o0n| | Wages paid ene Se. |store oes eee ee eee eae $85, 475 
wore err | seal 
PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND CERTAIN BY-PRODUCTS. 
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Establishments---.....-.-.-| 8 | $180,715 || Shrimp, canned: 
Cashvcapital a: see eee fases ice Raed 30, 500 No: 1 cans:-.----cases: -| 39,200 $38, 256 
Persons engaged.....-.....- | BOO) | ease ere No. 14. cans. .....do..-..| 1 550 1,320 
\WEGGS EMG sas. cesdorodordoljossseeseesse | 49,100 | 
Total® 25 wets eer ne Sane ees 39, 576 
PRODUCTS. —— ee Se 
|| Alewife roe, canned: No. 2 
Cysters, canned: CANIS! Sa-e 4a scepecae cases. .| 21,100 4,070 
4-ounce cans..-.. cases. . 2724 | 1,665 || Redfish, canned: No. 2 
DOs 22 = =e O® «1-2 31,700 8, 500 CONSE oars cicteee e eet cases. . 2 200 450 
5-ounce cans. . -.-do...- 2 23,389 45,034 || Alewives, salted...pounds. - 392, 667 7, 068 
DOnsciecerpes Goeeee 35,000 26,500 |} Oyster shells, crushed (ag- 
S-ounce cans. ...-do.... 2 526 2,420 ricultural lime)..-pounds..) 6,200,000 18, 600 
10-ounce cans. ..-do.... 2 5,643 28, 215 
Rotalet. too sesssAS MEME CRE Ee 112, 334 
1 Includes 720 gallons of shark oil, valued at $540. 3 Four dozen cans per case. 
2 Two dozen cans per case. 
FISHERIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA. : 
The coastal fisheries of South Carolina are less extensive than those 
of the other South Atlantic States, the products representing only 
1.13 per cent of the total quantity and 3.88 per cent of the total value 
for the region. In 1918 the number of persons employed in the fish- 
erles of this State was 2,000, of whom 103 were on fishing vessels, 20 
on vessels transporting fishery products, 1,121 in the shore and boat 
fisheries, and 756 shoresmen in the wholesale fish establishments and 
other fishery industries. Compared with 1902, there has been a de- 
crease of 1,713 persons, or 46.14 per cent. 
The total investment of the fisheries of the State was $221,251. 
This included 43 fishing and transporting vessels, valued at $39,000, 
of a net tonnage of 505 tons, and with outfits valued at $7,840; 690 
boats, valued at $36,410; fishing apparatus used on vessels and boats 
to the value of $22,126; shore and accessory property worth $95,775, 
and working cash capital to the value of $20,100. 
The total yield of the fisheries in 1918 was 3,746,932 pounds, 
valued at $207,690, representing a decrease as compared with 1902 
of 4,427,531 pounds, or 54.16 per cent in quantity, and $55,333, or 21.03 
per cent in value. The five most important species arranged in 
order of value were as follows: Oysters, 2,783,830 pounds, or 397,690 
bushels, baie at $96,542; shad, 167,462 pounds, valued at $29,085; 
