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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Products. 
  

  

  Apjiaratus. 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  Seines 
  . 
  

  

  Lines. 
  

  

  Turtle 
  nets 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Poinpano 
  

  

  Ulueti.sh 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  . 
  

   Mangrove 
  snapper 
  

   Kedflsh 
  

  

  Sheepsliead 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Bluefisb 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  . 
  

   Mangrove 
  snapper 
  

  

  Squeteague 
  

  

  Kedlish 
  

  

  Grouper 
  

  

  Croaker 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Bluetish 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  . 
  

  

  Grouper 
  

  

  Kinglish 
  

  

  Red 
  snapper 
  

  

  Mutton-fish 
  

  

  Angellish 
  

  

  Otliers 
  

  

  Green 
  turtle 
  

  

  Grand 
  total.. 
  

  

  1894. 
  

  

  1895. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value. 
  Pounds. 
  Value 
  

  

  11, 
  700 
  

  

  8,300 
  

  

  4,400 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  $176 
  

   581 
  

  

  88 
  

   5 
  

   5 
  

   2 
  

  

  22, 
  800 
  

  

  12, 
  500 
  

  

  7, 
  873 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  900 
  

  

  GOO 
  

  

  $342 
  

  

  875 
  

  

  158 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  14 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  24, 
  900 
  

  

  20, 
  400 
  

  

  8,100 
  

  

  5,100 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  1,100 
  

  

  600 
  

  

  500 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  29, 
  800 
  

   4,100 
  

   ],600 
  

   1,700 
  

   2,700 
  

   1,200 
  

   2,500 
  

   900 
  

   1,000 
  

  

  45, 
  500 
  

  

  3,407 
  

  

  111,407 
  

  

  857 
  

  

  306 
  

   567 
  

   102 
  

   15 
  

   6 
  

   7 
  

   3 
  

   17 
  

   9 
  

  

  45, 
  173 
  

  

  37,600 
  ! 
  1,046 
  

  

  25, 
  200 
  

   13, 
  500 
  

  

  6,200 
  

  

  700 
  

  

  1,300 
  

  

  980 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  1,900 
  

  

  1,100 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  53, 
  680 
  

  

  447 
  

  

  205 
  

   80 
  

   85 
  

  

  135 
  

   60 
  

  

  125 
  

   45 
  

   26 
  

  

  59, 
  300 
  

   8,400 
  

   3,100 
  

   3, 
  252 
  

   5,500 
  

   2,200 
  

   5,300 
  

   2,000 
  

   1,800 
  

  

  1, 
  208 
  90, 
  852 
  

  

  238 
  

  

  3,843 
  

  

  3,349 
  193,548 
  

  

  1,423 
  

  

  378 
  

  

  945 
  

  

  124 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  IB 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  18 
  

  

  420 
  

   155 
  

   163 
  

   275 
  

   110 
  

   265 
  

   100 
  

   45 
  

  

  269 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  BISCAYNE 
  BAY. 
  

  

  The 
  remoteness 
  from 
  the 
  markets 
  and 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  shipping 
  facihties 
  

   for 
  perishable 
  products 
  like 
  fish 
  have 
  retarded 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  section. 
  The 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  Railroad 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Worth 
  to 
  Biscayne 
  Bay 
  and 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  steamer 
  con- 
  

   nections 
  with 
  Key 
  West, 
  which 
  occurred 
  in 
  1896, 
  will, 
  however, 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  give 
  an 
  impetus 
  to 
  the 
  fishing 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  

   already 
  led 
  to 
  some 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  trade. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  reasons 
  why 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Florida 
  should 
  greatly 
  extend 
  its 
  fisheries 
  

   in 
  the 
  next 
  few 
  years, 
  now 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  closer 
  communication 
  with 
  other 
  

   points 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  general 
  food-lish 
  fisheries 
  should 
  increase 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  supply 
  

   the 
  new 
  demands 
  coming 
  from 
  a 
  larger 
  resident 
  population 
  and 
  from 
  

   the 
  numerous 
  winter 
  vivsitors 
  attracted 
  by 
  the 
  salubrious 
  climate 
  of 
  the 
  

   Biscayne 
  region. 
  The 
  inauguration 
  of 
  a 
  fish 
  trade 
  with 
  northern 
  mar- 
  

   kets 
  is 
  also 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  when 
  satisfactory 
  express 
  rates 
  are 
  arranged. 
  

  

  2. 
  Attention 
  will 
  doubtless 
  soon 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  oyster 
  planting 
  and 
  the 
  

   utilization 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  already 
  in 
  tlie 
  bay. 
  The 
  oysters 
  now 
  used 
  are 
  

   brought 
  from 
  Indian 
  Eiver. 
  

  

  3. 
  The 
  bay 
  should 
  become 
  the 
  regular 
  headquarters 
  of 
  many 
  sponge 
  

   and 
  turtle 
  vessels 
  operating 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  that 
  now 
  go 
  to 
  Key 
  West 
  

  

  