202 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The sliiid is the preeminent flsh in Xorth Carolina so far as vaUie is 

 concerned. The following table shows the number caught during the 

 years 1889, 1890, 189G, and 1897. The continued preponderance of 

 Dare County in this fishery is clearly brought out, the catch in 1897 

 being almost one-third that of the entire State. 



Table showing the number of shad taken in each county in North Carolina iti 1889, 1890, 



1896, and 1897. 



Counties. 



Beaufort 



Bertie 



Bladen 



Brunswick 



Camden 



Carteret 



Chowan 



Columbus 



<Jumberlaud 



Currituck 



Dare 



Duplin 



Edgecombe 



Gates 



Greene 



Hertford 



Hyde 



Johnston 



Lenoir 



Martin 



New Hanover 



Onslow 



Pamlico and Craven . 



Pasquotank 



Pender 



Perq uimans 



Pitt 



Sampson 



Tyrrell 



Washington 



Wayne 



Total 



1889. 



1890. 



No. 

 59, 618 

 161, 050 



6,894 



26, 600 



7,571 



119, 126 



54, 400 

 595. 217 



4,03i 

 24, 046 



4,300 



6,354 

 19, 850 



7,000 

 24, 000 

 43, 677 



7,194 

 145, 000 

 34, 479 

 31, 783 

 30, 390 



8,794 



6,714 

 28, 480 

 73, 822 



No. 

 65, 050 

 106, 800 



6,741 



39, 375 



5,750 



125, 841 



70, 763 



690, 749 



3,210 



20, 694 



4,760 



8,150 

 27, 780 



7,497 

 26, 410 

 37, 700 



5,543 

 148, 000 

 37, 830 

 26, 160 

 27, 750 

 10, 736 



5,350 

 32, 850 

 71, 105 



1, 530, 394 



1, 612, 594 



No. 



54, 282 



148, 950 



6,202 



7,434 



33, 000 



21, 151 



348, 898 



1,220 



2,265 



36, 053 



675, 700 



3,534 



1,960 



700 



4,193 



12, 870 



50, 365 



850 



14, 787 



54, 089 



40, 038 



160, 383 



59, 398 



8,492 



51, 324 



13, 382 



6,130 



156, 169 



119, 839 



3,146 



2, 096, 804 



No. 



51,774 



122, 491 



7,044 



2,250 



51, 000 



270, 041 



91, 100 



786, 782 



4,200 



2,650 



12, 095 

 56, 000 



21, 356 

 31,500 

 52,618 



141, 000 



58, 728 



4,375 



65, 706 



12, 585 



15, 200 



196, 360 



113, 945 



2, 170, 800 



INDUSTRIES. 



The shore enterprises of North Carolina dependent on the fisheries 

 are of considerable importance. The prominent features of each of 

 these is shown in the tables that follow, which are presented in a con- 

 densed form. 



The menhaden business of North Carolina is centered in the vicinity 

 of Beaufort, and six factories were operated in 1897. The capital 

 invested in buildings, vessels, apparatus, etc., was $102,810, the num- 

 ber of persons employed was 200, the value of the fish handled was 

 $19,605, and the value of manufactured products $35,527. 



The wholesale trade and canning industry was carried on by 27 firms 

 which included 1 establishment canning oysters and 1 canning clams. 

 To avoid showing private business of these two canneries they have 

 been combined with the firms dealing in fish, oysters, etc. The pro- 

 ducts sold had a value of $411,941. More than half of this amount 

 represented fresh and salted fish, while the oysters that were sold open 

 brought $100,181 for 149,181 gallons. 



