FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 105 
FISHERIES OF EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. 
The statistics here presented are for the eastern coast of Florida 
and, among the South Atlantic States, were surpassed only by North 
Carolina. The number of persons employed was 3,330, of whom 395 
were on fishing and transporting vessels, 2,104 in the shore or boat 
fisheries, and 831 in the wholesale fishery trade, the menhaden indus- 
try, and the oyster and shrimp canning industry. Compared with 
1902, there has been an increase in the persons employed of 632. 
The investment amounted to $2,210,679, which includes 30 fishing 
and transporting vessels, valued at $409,900, with a net tonnage of 
814 tons and outfits valued at $75,137; 839 power boats, valued at 
$459,650; 607 sail, row, and other boats, valued at $20,180; fishing 
apparatus employed on vessels and boats, valued at $235,492; shore 
and accessory property to the value of $858,720; and working cash 
capital amounting to $151,600. Compared with 1902, the increase in 
the investment amounts to $1,855,844. 
The products of eastern Florida amounted to 81,211,488 pounds, 
valued at $1,746,175, an increase of 61,627,223 pounds, or 314.67 
per cent, in the quantity and $1,268,307, or 265.41 per cent, in the 
value as compared with 1902. 
The 10 leading products arranged in order of value follow: Mul- 
let, 10,417,889 pounds, valued at $397,147; shrimp, 8,867,918 pounds, 
valued at $266,651; Spanish mackerel, 3,061,965 pounds, valued at 
$218,085; menhaden, 48,362,600 pounds, valued at $210,175; cero 
and kingfish, 2,271,792 pounds, valued at $147,608; squeteague or 
“sea trout,” 1,645,223 pounds, valued at $142,091; shad, 963,606 
pounds, valued at $135,844; bluefish, 561,301 pounds, valued at 
$54,715; red and black drum, 900,091 pounds, valued at $24,638; 
and oysters, 458,990 pounds, or 65,570 bushels, valued at $20,128. 
Compared with 1902, the increase in the catch of bluefish amounts 
to 481,801 pounds, or 606.03 per cent; of red and black drum, to 
765,206, or 567.30 per cent; of mullet, to 3,076,973 pounds, or 41.91 
per cent; of Spanish mackerel, to 2,402,877 pounds, or 364.57 per 
cent; of squeteague, to 746,660 pounds, or 83.09 per cent; and of 
shrimp, to 5,855,064 pounds, or 194.33 per cent. There has been a 
decrease in the catch of shad as compared with 1902, amounting to 
855,825 pounds, or 47.04 per cent; and of oysters, of 1,704,493 
pounds, or 243,499 bushels, or 78.78 per cent. No cero, kingfish (not 
king whiting), or menhaden were included in the returns for 1902. 
A comparison of the fisheries of the east and west coast of Florida 
in 1918 is given on pages 116, 117. 
FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 
The statistics of the number of persons engaged, investment, and 
products of the fisheries of the eastern coast of Florida in 1918, by 
counties, are given in the table following. 
