FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Comparative table shouing the extent of the fisheries of the South Atlantic States in ISSO, 

 ISDO, and i^^?— Continued. 



PRODUCTS. 



States. 



Korth Caroliua 

 Soutli Carolina 



Georfjia 



Florida 



Total.... 



Pouuds. 



32, 249, 488 51, 799, 142 



6,143,250 4,932,703 



2,272,500 j 2.991,117 



2,286,750 7,461,656 



64, 234. 257 

 5, 280, 446 

 4,993.100 

 5, 882, 662 



42, 951, 988 i 67, 184, 618 , 80, 390, 465 



Increase or 



deciease 



in 1897 



compared 



with 1890. 



+ 12.435,115 

 + 347, 743 

 + 2,001,983 

 — 1,578,994 



+ 13,205,847 



Percentage 

 ofincrease 

 or decrease 



in 1897 

 compared 

 with 1890. 



+24. 01 

 + 7.05 

 +66. 93 

 —21. 16 



+ 19.65 



States. 



North Carolina 

 South Caroliua 



Georjii.a 



Florida 



Total 



Value. 



$845, 695 

 212, 482 

 119,993 

 78, 408 



1, 256, 578 



$1, 027, 669 

 202, 6ii2 

 123, 563 

 219, 870 



1,573,704 



$1,316,017 

 210, 456 

 170, 605 

 136, 077 



Increase or 



decrease 



in 1897 



com pared 



with 1890. 



+ 288,348 



+ 7. 854 

 + 47,042 

 — 83,793 



1, 833, 155 



+ 259,451 



Percentage 

 of increase 

 or decrease 



iu 1897 

 compared 

 with 1890. 



+ 28.06 

 + 3.88 

 + 38.07 

 —38. 11 



+ 16.49 



FISHERIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



The fisheries of North Carolina have continued to increase iu nearly- 

 all respects and are now of greater importance than ever before. In 

 the number of persons employed and value of products they are more 

 than twice as important as those of all the other South Atlantic States 

 combined and nearly equal them in point of capital invested. The 

 prominent position of the fishing industry in this State is due chiefly to 

 the vast extent of its sounds and other coastal bodies of water, fresh 

 and salt. Several rivers have fisheries on their lower courses, and the 

 ocean banks are fished extensively. The industry as a whole is of greater 

 value than any other branch of trade in the eastern part of the State. 



The three tables on p. 178 show the extent of the fisheries in 1897. 



The total number of persons employed was ll{,045. 



The capital invested amounted to $1,218,459. The value of vessels 

 and their outfits was $151,375; of boats, steam flats, and pile-drivers, 

 $202,709; of apparatus of capture, $410,811; of shore property and 

 working- cai)ital, $453,5(34. 



The yield amounted to 64,234,257 pounds of fishery products with a 

 value of $1,316,017, an increase of over 12,000,000 pounds since 1890. 

 Shad continues to be the most imi^ortant species in the North Carolina 

 fisheries, the value of which was $362,811. The yield of this species 

 shows an increase in weight of 3,195,075 pounds, and in value of $56,796. 

 The next species in importance, the oyster, had a value of $241,099, an 

 advance of $65^532 since 1890. Alewives had a value of $127,055, after 



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