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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Yield op Shore Fisheries of West Coast of Florida in 1918, by Ari'ARATtrs, 

 Counties, and Species — Continued. 



BY SPONGE APPARATUS. 



BY OTHER APPARATUS. 



notes ox certain fisheries. 



The Mullet Fishery. — In 1918 the catch of mullet constituted 

 45.85 per cent of the total quantity and 34.16 per cent of the total 

 value of the fishery products of the west coast of Florida. Although 

 the most important fishery of the Gulf States, its prosecution is 

 confined largely to the west coast of Florida, 25,109,951 pounds, or 

 87.67 per cent of the total quantity, valued at $1,168,696, or 88.64 



