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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  sliipments 
  of 
  fresli 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  River 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1895 
  

   agg'regated 
  2,573,318 
  pounds. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  iish 
  sent 
  from 
  Fort 
  

   Pierce, 
  namely, 
  986,110 
  pounds, 
  was 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  combined 
  ship- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  the 
  two 
  next 
  important 
  centers, 
  Titusville 
  and 
  Cocoa, 
  which 
  

   contributed 
  409,710 
  pounds 
  and 
  470,725 
  pounds, 
  respectively. 
  From 
  

   Eau 
  Gallic 
  and 
  Eden 
  over 
  200,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  sent, 
  and 
  from 
  Sebastian 
  

   over 
  100,000 
  pounds. 
  The 
  difterence 
  between 
  these 
  figures 
  and 
  those 
  

   given 
  as 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  at 
  the 
  fishing 
  centers 
  represents 
  the 
  

   local 
  consumption, 
  although 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  fish 
  caught 
  by 
  sports- 
  

   men 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  hotels 
  and 
  private 
  houses, 
  of 
  which 
  no 
  

   account 
  is 
  taken 
  in 
  these 
  statistics. 
  From 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  showing 
  

   the 
  monthly 
  fish 
  shipments 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  1895, 
  it 
  appears 
  

   that 
  the 
  smallest 
  shipments 
  were 
  in 
  June, 
  from 
  which 
  month 
  to 
  Decem- 
  

   ber 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  steady 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  trade. 
  The 
  shrinkage 
  in 
  the 
  

   business 
  in 
  February 
  and 
  March, 
  which 
  are 
  ordinarily 
  very 
  good 
  months, 
  

   was 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  the 
  memorable 
  cold 
  snap. 
  The 
  fish 
  sent 
  from 
  

   Indian 
  River 
  during 
  the 
  warmer 
  mouths 
  are 
  chiefly 
  from 
  the 
  northern 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  colder 
  months 
  the 
  largest 
  consignments 
  

   are 
  from 
  that 
  .section 
  below 
  Indian 
  River 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  Table 
  sho2ving 
  the 
  monthly 
  shipments 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  from 
  points 
  on 
  Indian 
  River, 
  

  

  Florida, 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  