20)6 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewlves 



Black bass . . . 



Bine-fish 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass. 



Drum 



Groupers 



Hickory shad 

 Mullet, fresh . 

 Mullet, salted 



Perch 



Pompano 



Sailor's choice 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Sharks 



Lbs. 



2,000 



1,000 



40, 000 



28, 500 



110, 000 



215, 000 



33, 000 



36,800 



46, 000 



10, 000 



2,000 



5,000 



8,800 



632, 400 



506, 125 



30, 000 



Value. 



$40 



30 



1,600 



535 



2,500 



1,875 



1,170 



1,516 



885 



200 



40 



300 



440 



26, 356 



27, 696 

 300 



Species. 



Sheep.shead 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel . . 

 Spots and croakers. 



Squeteague 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Whiting 



Crabs 



Shrimp 



Terrapin.^ 



Oysters 



clam s 



Caviar 



Lbs. 



Total 5,280,446 



36, 200 



54,000 



10, 000 



49, 000 



80, 000 



10, 100 



411, 100 



638, 500 



' 110,000 



374, 500 



40, 916 



n. 504,300 



n85, 400 



69, 805 



Value. 



$1, 460 



1,660 



1,090 

 730 



2,030 

 556 



7,325 

 28, 405 



2.240 

 18, 395 



9, 635 

 45, 360 



8,652 

 17, 525 



210, 456 



1 330,000 in number. 



2 214,900 bushels. 



3 23, 175 bushels. 



The tables iiresentiug the fisheries of this State by counties show the 

 most imijortaiit fisheries to have beeu carried on in Charleston County, 

 where 989 i)ersous were employed, $104,747 invested, and the products 

 valued at $124,473. In Georgetown County the yield of the fisheries 

 was valued at $50,237, while in Beaufort County the value was $34,546. 

 In Colleton County the fisheries are of small importance, the catch 

 being confined to oysters, which were valued at $1,200. 



Table showiiuj the number of persons employed in the fisheries of South Carolina in 1S97. 



Table showing by counties the vessels, boats, and apparatus employed in the fisheries of 



South Carolina in 1897. 



*No apparatus shown for this county. Th« men employed picksd oy stars frem rsafs by haad. 



