﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  COASTAL 
  WATERS 
  OF 
  FLORIDA. 
  

  

  293 
  

  

  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  places 
  uamed. 
  The 
  yield 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  6,000 
  

   busliels, 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $2,115. 
  Twenty-nine 
  persons 
  were 
  enga.yed 
  

   in 
  the 
  business. 
  The 
  conditions 
  seem 
  very 
  favorable 
  for 
  the 
  expansion 
  

   of 
  the 
  oyster 
  industry, 
  provided 
  cognizance 
  is 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  methods 
  

   which 
  in 
  other 
  States 
  have 
  x^roved 
  satisfactory, 
  namely, 
  the 
  allotment 
  

   of 
  land 
  for 
  oyster 
  cultivation, 
  the 
  spreading 
  of 
  oysters 
  on 
  prepared 
  

   grounds, 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  seed 
  and 
  cultch, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  fislwries. 
  — 
  Tn 
  1895 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Indian 
  IJiver 
  gave 
  

   employment 
  to 
  254 
  persons. 
  These 
  were 
  distributed 
  as 
  follows 
  among 
  

   the 
  different 
  branches 
  : 
  

  

  How 
  engaged. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Gener.il 
  flslieries 
  172 
  

  

  Oyster 
  fishery 
  29 
  

  

  Turtle 
  fishery 
  1- 
  

  

  Preparing 
  products 
  41 
  

  

  Total 
  - 
  

  

  The 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  $41,512, 
  

   representing 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  shore 
  property, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  quantity 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  River 
  in 
  

   1895 
  was 
  2,659,815 
  pounds, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $37,657. 
  The 
  catch 
  was 
  

   made 
  up 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Black 
  drum. 
  

   Blnefish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass 
  or 
  red 
  drum. 
  

   Crevalle 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Mangrove 
  snapper. 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Mullet, 
  salted 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  . 
  . 
  

   Trout 
  

  

  Pound.s. 
  ! 
  Value. 
  

  

  Whiting 
  

  

  other 
  fish 
  

  

  Turtles 
  

  

  Oysters 
  (meats) 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  10,900 
  

  

  3:i, 
  086 
  

  

  142. 
  400 
  

  

  14, 
  700 
  

  

  i), 
  noo 
  

  

  76, 
  900 
  

   1,585.869 
  

  

  25, 
  000 
  

   149, 
  111 
  

  

  11,560 
  

  

  301,141 
  

  

  1.100 
  

  

  200, 
  735 
  

  

  25, 
  300 
  

  

  11,516 
  

   * 
  18, 
  909 
  

   142,588 
  

  

  $140 
  

   703 
  

  

  2,115 
  

   184 
  

   136 
  

  

  1,1.17 
  

  

  11.501 
  

  

  7.'>() 
  

  

  9, 
  475 
  

   157 
  

  

  4,445 
  

   06 
  

  

  2, 
  872 
  

   375 
  

   166 
  

  

  1,320 
  

  

  2,115 
  

  

  2, 
  659, 
  815 
  

  

  37,657 
  

  

  *519 
  in 
  number. 
  

  

  t6,084 
  bushels. 
  

  

  