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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  detailed 
  figures 
  on 
  these 
  items 
  for 
  the 
  

   various 
  fishing 
  centers: 
  

  

  Table 
  sliowhuj 
  the 
  qiiaut'ttij 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  commenia.l 
  Jifiheries 
  

   of 
  Indian 
  Biver, 
  Florida, 
  in 
  1S95. 
  

  

  Fisliinj; 
  tenters 
  

  

  Titusville 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Cocoa 
  

  

  Eau 
  Gallic 
  . 
  

   Melbourne 
  . 
  

   Sel)astian 
  .. 
  

   Fort 
  Pierce 
  - 
  

  

  Eden 
  

  

  Jensen 
  

  

  Stuart 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Mullet 
  gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  Pompano 
  gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  Turtle 
  nets. 
  

  

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  U"ef"' 
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  9,000 
  

   8,250 
  

   8,250 
  

   5,400 
  

   2,700 
  

   U,700 
  

   750 
  

  

  750 
  

  

  46, 
  800 
  

  

  550 
  

   385 
  

   300 
  

   150 
  

   050 
  

   30 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  2,700 
  163 
  

  

  .$2, 
  280 
  

   240 
  

  

  380 
  

   960 
  

   300 
  

   420 
  

  

  4, 
  700 
  66 
  

  

  1,800 
  

   12,000 
  

   6,000 
  

  

  $60 
  

   400 
  

   200 
  

  

  19, 
  800 
  

  

  660 
  

  

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  centei-.>- 
  

  

  Titusville 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Cocoa 
  

  

  Eau 
  Gallie 
  . 
  

   Melboui'ne 
  . 
  

   Sebastian 
  . 
  . 
  

   Eort 
  Pierce. 
  

  

  Eden 
  

  

  Jensen 
  

  

  Stuart 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Length 
  

   (feet). 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Oyster 
  tongs. 
  

  

  No. 
  Value. 
  

  

  $56 
  

   63 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  1, 
  350 
  $100 
  

  

  2, 
  475 
  165 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  3,825 
  

  

  182 
  

  

  Value 
  of 
  

   shore 
  and 
  

   accessory 
  

   property. 
  

  

  $4, 
  365 
  

  

  2,000 
  

  

  1,400 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  2,600 
  

  

  3,700 
  

  

  1,300 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  350 
  

  

  16, 
  115 
  

  

  Cash 
  

   capital. 
  

  

  $2, 
  500 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  2,400 
  

  

  800 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  10,100 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  aud 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  x)rincipal 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  

   fisheries 
  in 
  1895 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  condensed 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  comprised 
  2,598,318 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $34,222; 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  

   the 
  519 
  turtles 
  was 
  18,909 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,320; 
  the 
  6,084 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   oysters 
  yielded 
  42,588 
  pounds 
  of 
  meats, 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  

   $2,115: 
  

  

  Table 
  showin;/ 
  the 
  qnantitii 
  and 
  valueof 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  other 
  products 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  commer- 
  

   cial 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Indian 
  Biver, 
  Florida, 
  in 
  1S95. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Black 
  drum 
  

  

  llluetish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass 
  or 
  red 
  drum 
  

  

  Crevalle 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Mangrove 
  snapper 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  salted 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  10, 
  000 
  

  

  ^3, 
  08C 
  

   142, 
  400 
  

  

  14,700 
  

   9,000 
  

  

  76, 
  900 
  

   1, 
  585, 
  869 
  

  

  25, 
  OOU 
  

   149, 
  111 
  

  

  11,560 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $140 
  

   703 
  

  

  2,115 
  

   184 
  

   i:iO 
  

  

  1,137 
  

  

  11,501 
  

  

  750 
  

  

  9,475 
  

   157 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  

  

  Trout 
  

  

  Whiting 
  

  

  other 
  fish 
  

  

  Turtles 
  

  

  Oysters 
  (me.'its) 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  301, 
  141 
  

  

  1,100 
  

  

  200, 
  735 
  

  

  25. 
  300 
  

  

  11,516 
  

  

  a 
  18, 
  909 
  

  

  6 
  42, 
  588 
  

  

  2, 
  659, 
  815 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $4, 
  445 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  2,872 
  

  

  375 
  

  

  160 
  

  

  1,320 
  

  

  2,115 
  

  

  37, 
  657 
  

  

  a 
  519 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  6 
  6,084 
  bushels. 
  

  

  More 
  detailed 
  figures 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  are 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  next 
  table, 
  which 
  shows 
  by 
  fishing 
  centers 
  and 
  apparatus 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  each 
  principal 
  species. 
  The 
  fishing 
  centering 
  at 
  

   Fort 
  Pierce 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  have 
  yielded 
  over 
  $11,700 
  in 
  1895, 
  a 
  sum 
  cousid- 
  

  

  