FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES. 

 Table of apparatus and capital. 



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Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Apparatus — vessel fisheries : 



Seines 



Turtle gill nets 



Lines 



Tongs 



Sponge apparatus 



154 

 2, 502. 32 



29 

 268. 70 



1,621 



Value. 



$241,201 



179, 259 

 32, 976 



12, 302 

 130, 548 



675 

 1,692 

 1,007 



136 

 2,122 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries : 



Seines 



Gill nets 



Cast nets 



Trap nets 



Turtle gill nets 



Lines 



Tongs 



Sponge apparatus 



Guns 



Traps 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



Total 



No. 



271 



858 



28 



25 



61 



207 



297 

 202 



Value. 



$16, 287 



22, 998 



190 



75 



1,586 



184 



1,575 



1,134 



4,455 



122 



112 



175, 526 



323, 100 



1, 149, 262 



Table slwwing by species the yield of the fisheries of the xcest coast of Florida in 1897. 



Species. 



Angel-fish 



AmT)er-tish 



Barracuda 



Blue-fish 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass 



Crevalle... 



Drum 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Grunts 



Hog-fish 



Jurel 



King-fish 



Lady-fish 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Mullet roo, salted 

 Pompano, fresh . . . 

 Pompano, salted. . 



Porgies 



Pork-fish 



Sailor's choice 



Sardines 



Sheepshead 



Lbs. 



59, 186 

 18, 600 



31, 000 

 264, 971 



5,000 



236, 368 



38, 140 



37, 855 



32, 561 

 781, 155 

 671, 876 



81,600 



7,500 



440, 000 



123, 223 



639, 615 



503, 703 



143, 999 



359, 151 



23, 225 



98, 200 



11,962 



89, 381 



150, 000 



663, 317 



Value. 



$1,696 



620 



1,240 



6,057 



100 



3,597 



494 



622 



549 



9,349 



16, 833 



3,480 



75 



6,600 



2,633 



125, 172 



55,880 



13,310 



17, 964 



1,236 



2,450 



1,196 



3,198 



3,090 



9,793 



Species. 



Snappers, red 



Snappers, other 



Spanish mackerel, fresh. 

 Spanish mackerel, salted 



Spots and croakers 



Sturgeon 



Sun-fishes 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whiting 



Tello-w-tail 



Other fish 



Oysters 



Ciams 



Conchs 



Sponge 



Crabs 



Craw-fish 



Turtles 



Terrajiins 



Alligator hides 



Otter skins 



Total 



Lbs. 



5, 314, 487 



110, 631 



456, 322 



23, 579 



26, 113 



9,254 



7,909 



703, 830 



63, 105 



9,589 



73, 440 



537, 138 



1, 258, 008 



7,084 



500 



332, 856 



6,240 



157, 500 



634, 616 



2 11,400 



(') 



28, 255, 219 



Value. 



$171, 234 

 3,296 



21, 757 

 1, 193 



495 



331 



238 



15, 148 



2,524 



109 



6,594 



24, 317 



50, 258 



171 



30 



305, 589 



208 



3,150 



22, 736 

 1, 250 



12,450 

 14,481 



944, 793 



1 179,715 bushels. 



2 3,800 in number. 



'17,300 in number. 



•12,936 in number. 



THE FISHERIES BY COUNTIES. 



Commercial fisliiug is carried on in 16 of the 19 coastal counties, 

 but most extensively in Monroe, Escambia, and Hillsuoro counties. 



Vessel fisheries. — The vessel fisheries of the west coast of Florida are 

 more important than those of any other State in this region. They are 

 prosecuted from 8 counties, but principally from Monroe and Escambia 

 counties. In the former the sponge and turtle fisheries are most prom- 

 inent, while ill the latter the red-snapper fishery occupies the leading 

 position. The total vessel catch amounted to 7,221,987 pounds, valued 

 at $488,531. The more important of the products are sponges, valued 

 at $276,295; red snappers, $161,999; oysters, $17,144, and turtles, 

 $16,308. While the shore fisheries yielded a larger quantity of fishery 

 products, the value of the vessel fisheries was greater. 



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