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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Angel-fish 
  

  

  Bluefish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass 
  

  

  Crevalle 
  

  

  Grunts 
  

  

  PoiDpano, 
  fresh 
  

  

  Ponipauo, 
  salted 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  or 
  pinflsh.. 
  

  

  Sliet'pshead 
  

  

  Snappers, 
  gray, 
  and 
  others 
  

   Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  fresh 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  salted. 
  . 
  

  

  Trout 
  , 
  

  

  Other 
  fisli 
  

  

  Total 
  , 
  

  

  17, 
  100 
  

   89, 
  376 
  

  

  243, 
  420 
  

   14, 
  594 
  

   23, 
  000 
  

  

  246, 
  887 
  

   28. 
  000 
  

   39, 
  202 
  

  

  344, 
  602 
  

   31, 
  333 
  

  

  237, 
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   20, 
  000 
  

  

  265, 
  968 
  

   25, 
  544 
  

  

  1, 
  627, 
  015 
  

  

  .$235 
  

  

  1,786 
  

  

  3,613 
  

  

  219 
  

  

  345 
  

  

  13, 
  563 
  

  

  1,080 
  

  

  588 
  

  

  5,167 
  

  

  480 
  

  

  10,930* 
  

  

  1,210 
  

  

  5,353 
  

  

  404 
  

  

  45, 
  573 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  haul 
  seines 
  and 
  stop 
  nets 
  operated 
  primarily 
  for 
  mullet, 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  quantities 
  of 
  other 
  fish 
  are 
  caught, 
  the 
  species 
  being 
  practi- 
  

   cally 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  foregoing 
  gill-net 
  fishery. 
  The 
  fish 
  thus 
  

   incidentally 
  secured 
  in 
  1895, 
  as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  aggregated 
  

   269,084 
  pounds 
  and 
  had 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $5,494. 
  

  

  Red- 
  snapper 
  fisliing. 
  — 
  In 
  1895 
  a 
  Tampa 
  vessel 
  of 
  17 
  tons 
  burden, 
  carry- 
  

   ing 
  5 
  men, 
  made 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  trips 
  to 
  the 
  red-snapper 
  banks, 
  located 
  

   about 
  75 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  Egmont 
  Key 
  Light, 
  at 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  

   Tampa 
  Bay. 
  These 
  trips 
  were 
  remarkably 
  successful, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  

   that 
  other 
  vessels 
  will 
  soon 
  enter 
  this 
  fishery. 
  The 
  catch 
  amounted 
  to 
  

   300,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  red 
  snappers, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $9,000, 
  and 
  24,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  groupers, 
  worth 
  $360. 
  

  

  Turtle 
  fishing. 
  — 
  The 
  turtle 
  fishing 
  in 
  this 
  extensive 
  section 
  is 
  quite 
  

   limited. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  Tampa 
  region 
  the 
  green 
  turtles 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  killed 
  off 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  now 
  pay 
  to 
  follow 
  the 
  business, 
  

   although 
  in 
  1890, 
  when 
  an 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  Florida 
  fisheries 
  

   was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  the 
  fishery 
  was 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  important. 
  In 
  1895 
  one 
  small 
  vessel 
  from 
  Tampa 
  and 
  two 
  

   boats 
  from 
  Punta 
  Rassa 
  engaged 
  in 
  hunting 
  turtles 
  during 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   year, 
  four 
  nets 
  being 
  used. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  was 
  9,375 
  pounds 
  

   (representing 
  55 
  turtles), 
  valued 
  at 
  $563. 
  

  

  