176 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing the quantity and value of products taken in the fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States in 1897 — Continued. 



SUMMARY. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-fish, fresh 



Blue-fish, salted 



Bonito 



Butter-fish 



Catfish 



Clianiicl bass or red-fish 



fre.sh 



Channel bass or red-fish 



salted 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Hickory shad 



King-fish 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch 



Pig-fish 



Pike 



Pin fish 



Pompano 



Porgy • 



Sailor's choice ■ 



Scad or round robin 



Sea basa 



Shad 



Sharks 



Lbs. 



5,755,114 



10, 101,236 



593 458 



1, 568, 796 

 213, 800 



2,350 

 94, 750 

 502,311 



434, 132 



40, 200 



297, 700 



101,700 



180,475 



33, 000 



275, 550 



358, 070 



11,310,000 



3,241,382 



2, 693, 560 

 811,979 

 412,807 

 100, 420 



61, 600 



254, 519 



39, 910 



48, 400 



8,100 



827, 195 



11,268,343 



30, 000 



Value. 



$49, 700 



78, 424 



26, 147 



44, 329 



5,144 



35 



1,758 



11,635 



8,062 



804 



3,715 



4, 151 



3,489 



1,1-0 



9,361 



7, 628 



19, 700 



40, 148 



75, 317 



24, 224 



10, 285 



2,655 



1,064 



15, 121 



472 



1,445 



46 



32, 130 



478, 784 



300 



Species. 



Sheepshead 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel 



Si)ots and croakers, fresh 

 Spots and croakers, 



salted 



Sqiieteague, fresh 



Squeteai^ue, salted 



Strawberry bass 



Striped bass.- 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Sun-fish 



Tautog 



Warinouth bass 



Whiting 



Other fish 



Shrimp , 



Crabs, soft 



Crabs, hard 



Craw-fish 



Terrapins 



Turtles 



Frogs 



Oysters 



Clams 



Scallops 



Caviar 



Sfjueteague sounds 



Refuse , 



Total 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Comparative table shotcinf/ the extent of the fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1880, 



1890, and 1897. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



States. 



North Carolina 

 South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Total.... 



5,274 



1,005 



899 



368 



7,546 



10, 274 

 2,701 

 1,622 

 1,404 



16, 001 



1897. 



12, 045 

 2,139 

 1,869 

 1,132 



17, 185 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1890. 



+ 1,771 



— 562 

 + 247 



— 272 



+ 1,184 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1890. 



+ 17.23 



—20. 81 

 -1-15.23 

 —19.37 



+ 7.40 



CAPITAL INVESTED. 



States. 



North Carolina 

 South Carolina 



Georgia 



Florida 



Total.... 



$506, 561 

 66, 275 

 78, 770 

 43, 554 



695, 160 



.$1,213,988 

 127, 762 

 174, 431 

 142, 105 



1, 688, 286 



$1, 218, 459 

 174, 354 

 284, 864 

 151, 155 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1890. 



— 25, 529 

 + 46, 592 

 + 110,433 

 -f 9, 050 



1,828,832 I +140,546 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



iu 1897 

 compared 

 with 1890. 



— 2.05 

 + 36.47 

 + 63.31 

 + 6.37 



+ 8.32 



