﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  COASTAL 
  WATERS 
  OF 
  FLORIDA. 
  295 
  

  

  long, 
  10 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  litive 
  a 
  L^-ineh-stretch 
  mesh. 
  Two 
  seiiie.s 
  were 
  

   used 
  iu 
  1894 
  aud 
  3 
  iu 
  1895, 
  chiefly 
  iu 
  winter. 
  The 
  most 
  prominent 
  

   species 
  taken 
  are 
  pompano, 
  sheepshead, 
  and 
  bluetish, 
  in 
  tlie 
  order 
  

   named, 
  but 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  others 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  small 
  quantities. 
  The 
  

   yield 
  in 
  1891 
  was 
  37,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $1,036, 
  and 
  iu 
  1895 
  was 
  53,680 
  

   Ijounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,004. 
  

  

  The 
  l(H;al 
  turtle 
  fishing 
  is 
  not 
  important. 
  Only 
  120 
  turtles 
  were 
  taken 
  

   in 
  1891 
  and 
  153 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  fishing 
  each 
  year 
  was 
  done 
  by 
  fishermen, 
  

   who 
  employed 
  21= 
  nets. 
  The 
  latter 
  are 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   River. 
  They 
  are 
  set 
  at 
  all 
  seasons, 
  being 
  fastened 
  to 
  stakes 
  and 
  vi.sited 
  

   night 
  and 
  morning. 
  This 
  branch 
  yielded 
  $238 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  $269 
  in 
  1895. 
  

  

  The 
  line 
  fishing 
  in 
  the 
  ocean 
  from 
  Palmbeach 
  is 
  mostly 
  of 
  a 
  semi- 
  

   professional 
  character, 
  being 
  done 
  chiefly 
  by 
  boatmen 
  engaged 
  in 
  taking 
  

   out 
  pleasure 
  parties 
  of 
  sportsmen 
  and 
  tourists 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  mouths. 
  

   The 
  catch 
  is 
  largely 
  sheepshead, 
  although 
  bluefish, 
  snappers, 
  mutton- 
  

   lish, 
  kingfish, 
  groupers, 
  Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  are 
  also 
  

   taken 
  in 
  considerable 
  quantities. 
  In 
  1894 
  this 
  fishery 
  yielded 
  45,500 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,208, 
  and 
  in 
  1895, 
  90,852 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  -92,422. 
  

  

  About 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  shipped 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  northern 
  markets, 
  

   and 
  the 
  remainder 
  is 
  sold 
  locally 
  to 
  hotels, 
  etc. 
  In 
  1895 
  about 
  165 
  tons 
  

   of 
  ice 
  were 
  consumed 
  in 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  fish 
  prior 
  to 
  and 
  during' 
  

   sliipment; 
  this 
  quantity 
  of 
  ice 
  cost 
  the 
  fishermen 
  and 
  dealers 
  $990. 
  

  

  Extent 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Worth 
  region 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  1895. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  

   year 
  70 
  ])ersons 
  are 
  shown 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  industry, 
  

   $3,905 
  was 
  invested, 
  and 
  193,548 
  pounds 
  of 
  j)roducts 
  were 
  taken, 
  having 
  

   a 
  value 
  of 
  $5,718. 
  

  

  Persons 
  employed. 
  

  

  Vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  tic. 
  

  

  