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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  12, 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $1,500. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  lines, 
  hooks, 
  and 
  leads 
  

   used 
  was 
  $1,114. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  who 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fishery 
  

   was 
  280 
  on 
  the 
  vessels 
  and 
  60 
  on 
  the 
  boats. 
  The 
  yield, 
  amounting- 
  to 
  

   5,103,532 
  pounds, 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  $155,714, 
  and 
  was 
  divided 
  as 
  follows 
  

   between 
  the 
  vessel 
  and 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  and 
  snappers 
  and 
  groupers: 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Ked 
  snappers 
  : 
  

  

  Caught 
  by 
  vessels 
  

   Caught 
  by 
  boats.. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Groupers: 
  

  

  Caught 
  by 
  vessels 
  

   Caught 
  by 
  boats.. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Grand 
  total. 
  

  

  4,587,715 
  

   195, 
  815 
  

  

  $U4,855 
  

   6,959 
  

  

  4, 
  783, 
  530 
  

  

  151,814 
  

  

  358,514 
  

   21, 
  488 
  

  

  380, 
  002 
  

  

  5, 
  163, 
  532 
  

  

  3,685 
  

   215 
  

  

  3,900 
  

  

  155,714 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  Pensacola 
  snapper 
  fishery 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  twenty 
  

   years 
  shows 
  an 
  almost 
  unbroken 
  annual 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  ves- 
  

   sels 
  engaged, 
  a 
  consequent 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  persons 
  finding 
  employment, 
  

   and 
  an 
  augmented 
  catch. 
  During 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1874-75, 
  the 
  first 
  year 
  

   for 
  which 
  statistics 
  are 
  available, 
  there 
  were 
  11 
  snapper 
  vessels 
  at 
  Pen- 
  

   sacola. 
  Their 
  tonnage 
  was 
  328, 
  and 
  their 
  crews 
  numbered 
  GO. 
  The 
  

   subsequent 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  to 
  1895, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  more 
  extensive 
  

   than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  year, 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  which 
  covers 
  all 
  

   vessels 
  that 
  regularly 
  landed 
  their 
  fares 
  at 
  Pensacola. 
  A 
  few 
  vessels, 
  

   each 
  year, 
  owned 
  in 
  other 
  places, 
  have 
  made 
  their 
  headquarters 
  at 
  this 
  

   port. 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  1875 
  

   1876 
  

   1877 
  

   1878 
  

   1879 
  

   1880 
  

   1881 
  

   1882 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  1883 
  

   1884 
  

   1885 
  

   1886 
  

   1889 
  

   189U 
  

   1895, 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   vessels. 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  662. 
  91 
  

   577. 
  96 
  

   751.56 
  

  

  1,149.10 
  

   980. 
  25 
  

   973. 
  65 
  

  

  1, 
  209. 
  62 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   men. 
  

  

  133 
  

  

  140 
  

   163 
  

   231 
  

   218 
  

   218 
  

   280 
  

  

  During 
  a 
  severe 
  storm 
  on 
  July 
  7, 
  1896, 
  the 
  fishing 
  fleet 
  of 
  Pensacola 
  

   suffered 
  some 
  damage. 
  Two 
  snapper 
  vessels 
  of 
  one 
  company 
  and 
  4 
  of 
  

   another 
  company 
  were 
  sunk 
  at 
  their 
  docks. 
  They 
  were, 
  however, 
  

   raised 
  and 
  repaired 
  at 
  considerable 
  expense. 
  

  

  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  of 
  red 
  snappers 
  by 
  the 
  fleet 
  rendezvousing 
  at 
  

   Pensacola 
  is 
  known 
  for 
  the 
  years 
  1889, 
  1890, 
  and 
  1895, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   given 
  approximately 
  for 
  1880 
  and 
  1884. 
  The 
  following 
  comparative 
  

   summary, 
  with 
  the 
  average 
  catch 
  per 
  vessel 
  and 
  per 
  man, 
  is 
  quite 
  

   instructive. 
  The 
  statistics 
  show 
  a 
  steady 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  yield, 
  the 
  

   output 
  for 
  1895 
  being 
  more 
  than 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  in 
  1880. 
  It 
  

   appears 
  that 
  in 
  1880 
  the 
  average 
  catch 
  of 
  snappers 
  to 
  a 
  vessel 
  was 
  

  

  