FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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importance were the following: Cero and kingfish, 405,860 pounds, 

 valued at $31,903; groupers, 5,626,329 pounds, valued at $222,215; 

 mullet, 25,109,951 pounds, valued at $1,168,696; redfish or red drum, 

 937,490 pounds, valued at $38,068; sheepshead, 988,662 pounds, 

 valued at $32,627; red snapper, 7,230,168 pounds, valued at $455,640; 

 Spanish mackerel, 3,435,901 pounds, valued at $245,531; sque- 

 teagues or "sea trout," 1,662,311 pounds, valued at $149,306; 

 shrimp, 3,250,468 pounds, valued at $81,408; sea crawfish, 322,015 

 pounds, valued at $16,064; oysters, 2,615,942 pounds, or 373,706 

 bushels, valued at $121,820; and sponges, 452,188 pounds, valued at 

 $725,155. 



nSHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The statistics as to the number of persons employed, investment, 

 and products of the fisheries, by counties, of the west coast of Florida 

 in 1918 are given in the following table: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of Fisheries of West Coast 

 OP Florida in 1918, by Counties. 



