FISHERY INDUSTRIE 
S OF THE UNITED STATES. 
109 
Persons ENGAGED, INVESTMENT, AND Propucts or THE FISHERIES OF THE EAST 
Coast or Fioripa In 1918, By CountTrIEs—Continued. 
Item. 
PRODUCTS. 
Angelfish 
Barracuda 
Bluefish 
Blue runner or hardtail. .... 
Bonito 
Cero and kingfish 
Cowfish and ‘ 
Menhaden 
WeietishY Ss... oo teeta 
Sea gar or needlefish. . 
Sergeantfish or snook 
Shad 
Sheepshead 
Snapper: 
Squeteague or ‘‘sea trout’’.. 
Yellowtail or ‘“‘silver perch’’. 
Shrim 
GTOUSHU ALG so oU aoe se coe 
Sea crawfish or spiny lobster. 
Wittns-nard jos. 5250 sus-5 cece 
Oysters, market: 
Public 
182,707} 10, 158 
| | 
St. John. 
Pounds.| Value.| Pounds. 
5, 398, 140 
St. Lucie. 
Volusia. 
Pounds. 
327, 739 
Value. 
136, 000 
261, 513 1,725,557) 78, 874 
963, 606 
63, 775 
104, 303 
23, 186 
241, 078 
20, 200 
43, 970 
8, 867, 918 
152, 000 
23, 503 
3 313, 425 
4145, 565 
6, 850 
7, 000 
| 81, 211, 488 
3, 061, 965 
393, 030 
| 1,645, 223 
22, 400 
| 
| 
| 
1 
Value. 
$10, 373 
390 
91 
1, 746, 175 
1 156,000 in number. 
2300 bushels. 
FISHERIES BY 
3 44,775 bushels. 
APPARATUS. 
420,795 bushels. 
Gill nets were the most productive form of apparatus employed in 
the fisheries of the east coast of Florida in 1918, the catch amounting 
to 11,636,930 pounds, valued at $671,599. 
taken with this form of upp 
valued at $275,395; Spanis 
The principal species 
aratus were: Mullet, 6,882,403 pounds, 
mackerel, 2,301,590 pounds, valued at 
$166,592; shad, 591,719 pounds, valued at $87,789; squeteague or 
“sea trout,’ 1,030,347 
374,340 pounds, valued at $36,156. 
menhaden, mullet, and Spanish mackerel, yielded 51,446,435 pounds, 
pounds, valued at $86,549; and bluefish, 
Purse seines, taking mostly 
