﻿THE 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  INDIAN 
  RIVER, 
  FLORIDA. 
  

  

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  The 
  followiug 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  arnouut 
  invested 
  in 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  

   apparatus, 
  shore 
  property, 
  and 
  cash 
  capital 
  at 
  the 
  various 
  fishing- 
  cen- 
  

   ters. 
  The 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  investment 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  subsequent 
  tables. 
  

   The 
  largest 
  investments 
  are 
  at 
  Titusville 
  and 
  Fort 
  Pierce, 
  where 
  the 
  

   most 
  men 
  are 
  employed 
  and 
  the 
  principal 
  business 
  done. 
  

  

  Table 
  sliowiiKj 
  the 
  capital 
  hirested 
  in 
  the 
  commercial 
  Jlsheriof 
  of 
  Indian 
  Uivvr, 
  Florida, 
  

  

  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  centers. 
  

  

  Titusville.. 
  

  

  Cocoa 
  

  

  Ean 
  OJiillie 
  . 
  

   Melbourne. 
  

   Sebastian 
  . 
  . 
  

   Fort 
  Pierce 
  

  

  Edeu 
  

  

  Jensen 
  

  

  Stuart 
  ...',. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Amount. 
  

  

  $10, 
  921 
  

   5,103 
  

   4, 
  047 
  

   1,140 
  

   3, 
  530 
  

   8,786 
  

   4,390 
  

   1, 
  100 
  

   2, 
  495 
  

  

  41, 
  512 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  

   Indian 
  River 
  fisheries 
  are 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  tabulation. 
  Only 
  one 
  

   vessel 
  of 
  over 
  5 
  tons' 
  burden 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  river; 
  this 
  

   is 
  a 
  sloop 
  of 
  8.09 
  net 
  tons, 
  having 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Eden. 
  A 
  steamer 
  of 
  

   3.56 
  tons 
  is 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  fisheries 
  at 
  Stuart. 
  Of 
  the 
  100 
  boats 
  

   employed, 
  84 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  fisheries, 
  15 
  in 
  the 
  oyster 
  fishery, 
  and 
  

   7 
  in 
  the 
  turtle 
  fishery. 
  The 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  was 
  

   $6,790. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  showinfj 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  comm<Tcial 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  Indian 
  Eiver, 
  Florida, 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  

   fisheries 
  was 
  $8,507; 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property 
  and 
  the 
  cash 
  

   capital 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $26,215. 
  Tlie 
  mullet 
  and 
  pompano 
  gill 
  nets 
  

   used, 
  numbering 
  221, 
  had 
  an 
  approximate 
  combined 
  length 
  of 
  102,300 
  

   feet 
  (or 
  over 
  30 
  miles), 
  and 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $7,400. 
  The 
  06 
  turtle 
  nets 
  

   were 
  valued 
  at 
  $600, 
  and 
  were 
  19,800 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  

  

  