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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  [94] 
  

  

  Pago. 
  

   Red-snapper 
  fishery 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  sounding-line 
  used 
  in 
  72 
  

  

  trawl-lines 
  used 
  in 
  72 
  

  

  vessels 
  employed 
  in 
  61, 
  C7 
  

  

  Red 
  snappers, 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  for 
  61 
  

  

  foodof 
  66 
  

  

  habits 
  of 
  65 
  

  

  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  for 
  74,75 
  

  

  reasons 
  for 
  depletion 
  of 
  65,66 
  

  

  study 
  of 
  breeding 
  habits 
  of. 
  82 
  

  

  taken 
  in 
  gill-nets 
  19 
  

  

  vessel 
  fishery 
  for 
  66 
  

  

  vessels, 
  running 
  for 
  market. 
  77 
  

   ways 
  of 
  preventing 
  decrease 
  

  

  of 
  81 
  

  

  Ripple, 
  smack 
  68,81 
  

  

  Rock 
  Island 
  fisheries 
  31 
  

  

  sponge 
  tracts 
  off 
  33 
  

  

  Rock 
  shell-fish 
  57 
  

  

  Runner 
  57 
  

  

  Ruse, 
  Maj. 
  John 
  C 
  80 
  

  

  Sailor's 
  choice 
  57 
  

  

  Saint 
  Andrew's 
  Bay 
  02 
  

  

  Saint 
  Andrew's 
  Harbor 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  ." 
  88 
  

  

  care 
  of 
  fish 
  88 
  

  

  disposition 
  of 
  catch 
  89 
  

  

  financial 
  profits 
  of 
  89 
  

  

  grounds 
  of 
  87 
  

  

  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  88 
  

  

  shore 
  seine, 
  use 
  of 
  87 
  

  

  Saint 
  Joseph 
  Harbor 
  fisheries 
  : 
  

  

  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  - 
  88 
  

  

  care 
  of 
  fish 
  88 
  

  

  disposition 
  of 
  catch 
  89 
  

  

  financial 
  profits 
  of 
  89 
  

  

  grounds 
  of 
  87 
  

  

  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  88 
  

  

  shoro 
  seine, 
  use 
  of 
  87 
  

  

  Saint, 
  Louis, 
  Mo., 
  red-snapper 
  market 
  of 
  . 
  78 
  

  

  Saint 
  Mark's 
  sponge 
  fishery 
  31 
  

  

  Sand-dollars 
  15 
  

  

  San 
  Miguel, 
  gill-net 
  fishing 
  near 
  9 
  

  

  S;m1;i 
  Rosa 
  Fish 
  Company, 
  formation 
  of.. 
  81 
  

   vessels 
  char- 
  

   tered 
  by 
  68 
  

  

  Santa 
  Rosa 
  Island 
  fishery 
  62 
  

  

  Sarah 
  L. 
  Harding, 
  schooner 
  03,68 
  

  

  catch 
  of 
  79 
  

  

  Sarasota, 
  seining 
  station 
  of 
  59 
  

  

  Sardines 
  as 
  bait 
  r>2 
  

  

  Sargo 
  43 
  

  

  Sargus 
  caribieus 
  43 
  

  

  Saunders 
  &. 
  Co., 
  E. 
  E., 
  vessels 
  owned 
  by. 
  68, 
  81 
  

  

  Savannah 
  Steamship 
  Company 
  78 
  

  

  Scamp 
  18, 
  20, 
  57, 
  76 
  

  

  Scandinavian 
  fishermon 
  67 
  

  

  Schoolmaster 
  57 
  

  

  Scisena 
  punctatus 
  7 
  

  

  Sea 
  trout 
  24, 
  83, 
  87 
  

  

  urchins 
  23 
  

  

  Sellers, 
  L. 
  11 
  80 
  

  

  Seri< 
  da 
  18 
  

  

  Shad 
  29,57 
  

  

  Sharks, 
  abundance 
  of 
  24 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Sharks, 
  used 
  as 
  bait 
  73 
  

  

  Sharpy-skiff, 
  construction 
  of 
  50 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  24, 
  57, 
  83, 
  86, 
  87 
  

  

  Sheepswool 
  sponge 
  30 
  

  

  Shore 
  seine 
  fishery, 
  boats 
  used 
  in 
  59 
  

  

  of 
  Key 
  "West 
  58 
  

  

  Shovel-nosed 
  sharks 
  24 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  66 
  

  

  Sierra 
  43 
  

  

  Skate 
  28 
  

  

  Smacknes, 
  description 
  of 
  48 
  

  

  Smacks, 
  fishing 
  gear 
  of 
  ' 
  46 
  

  

  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  46 
  

  

  Snapper-catcher, 
  crew 
  of 
  67 
  

  

  Snappers 
  18 
  

  

  Sombrero 
  Key, 
  kingfish 
  near 
  4, 
  46 
  

  

  red 
  snapper 
  grounds 
  near. 
  47 
  

  

  Sounding-lines 
  used 
  in 
  snapper 
  fishery.. 
  . 
  72 
  

  

  Southwest 
  Fishing 
  Ground 
  61 
  

  

  Spanish 
  fishermen 
  •. 
  67 
  

  

  hogfish 
  57 
  

  

  mackerel 
  57, 
  83, 
  86, 
  87 
  

  

  Sparus 
  18 
  

  

  Sponges, 
  American 
  30 
  

  

  European 
  30 
  

  

  Sponge 
  culture 
  in 
  Florida, 
  laws 
  governing 
  33, 
  34 
  

  

  disposition 
  of 
  catch 
  41 
  

  

  fishery, 
  financial 
  profits 
  42 
  

  

  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  38 
  

  

  of 
  Key 
  West 
  30 
  

  

  fleet, 
  description 
  of 
  vessels 
  34, 
  35 
  

  

  gathering, 
  boats 
  used 
  for 
  37 
  

  

  grounds, 
  poisoned 
  water 
  on 
  32 
  

  

  grounds, 
  depletion 
  of 
  32 
  

  

  grounds 
  31 
  

  

  hook, 
  description 
  of 
  39 
  

  

  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  for 
  39, 
  40 
  

  

  process 
  of 
  cleaning 
  40 
  

  

  drying 
  32 
  

  

  time 
  employed 
  in 
  fishing 
  for 
  40, 
  41 
  

  

  Spongia 
  agaricina 
  30 
  

  

  corlosia 
  31 
  

  

  dura 
  31 
  

  

  punctata 
  31 
  

  

  equina 
  30,31 
  

  

  cerebriformis 
  31 
  

  

  gossypina 
  30 
  

  

  meandriniformis 
  31 
  

  

  officinalis 
  31 
  

  

  tubulifera 
  31 
  

  

  graminea 
  31 
  

  

  Spotted 
  hind 
  18,20,57 
  

  

  S<|ualus 
  acanthias 
  29 
  

  

  Squid 
  00 
  

  

  Squirrel-fish 
  57 
  

  

  Stearns, 
  Silas 
  12,15, 
  17,19,33,44,40,50,01,02, 
  

  

  63,69,71,75,81,86,87 
  

  

  Stonington, 
  Conn., 
  smacks 
  from 
  81 
  

  

  Snwaneo 
  River 
  33 
  

  

  Swift, 
  Ensign 
  23 
  

  

  Tampa 
  23 
  

  

  Bay, 
  seining 
  station 
  of 
  * 
  59 
  

  

  ■Railroad, 
  advantages 
  of 
  27 
  

  

  red 
  snapper 
  grounds 
  in 
  vicinity 
  <>(' 
  2~ 
  

  

  Tanner, 
  Capt. 
  Z 
  r, 
  11,17 
  

  

  