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Table showing by counties and species the yield of the fisheries of South Carolina in 1897 



Species. 



Alewives . . 

 Black bass. 

 Bluo-fish... 

 Cat-flah 



Beaufort. 



Lbs. Value 



Channel baas 



Drum 



Groupers 



Hickory shad 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch 



Pompano 



Sailor's choice . . . 



Sea bass 



Shatl 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel 

 Spots and croak- | 



ers 



Squeteague . . . 

 Striped bass . . 



Sturgeon 



Whiting 



Crabs 



Shrimp 



Terrapins 



Oysters 



Clams 



Caviar 



10, 000 

 180, OUO 



800 

 6,000 



Charleston. 



Lbs. 



$500 

 1,350 



40, 000 

 25, 000 

 100, 000 

 35, 000 

 33, 000 

 3,800 

 30, 000 



40 

 300 



Total 



6,000 

 4,000 



42, 000 

 3, 000 

 16,500 

 10, 028 

 998, 200 

 84, 200 



1, 374, 928 



300 



200 



1, 700 

 100 

 495 



2,075 

 23, 680 



3,356 



5.000 

 8,000 

 626, 400 

 28, 125 

 30, 000 

 35, 00(1 

 54, 000 

 10, 000 



Value. 



$1, 600 



500 



2, 000 



525 



1,170 



76 



450 



Colleton. 



Lbs. Value. 



43, 



67, 



5, 



151, 



595, 

 97, 



358, 

 26, 



329. 

 78, 

 12, 



300 



400 



26, 056 



1,406 



300 



1,400 



1,660 



1,000 



430 



1,480 



306 



3,325 



26, 675 

 1,940 



17, 900 

 6, 960 



19, 000 

 4,433 

 3,181 



34,546 ;2, 826, 043 ,124,473 



Georgetown. 



Total. 



Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value- 



2,000 

 1,000 



84, 000 



3,500 



33, 000 

 3,000 



10, 000 

 2,000 



478, 000 



$1, 200 



9,000 



5,000 



260, 000 



1,500 



10, 000 



$40 

 30 



350 



250 



4,000 



30 



200 



1,440 

 45 

 200 

 40 



26, 290 



4,000 { 600 

 93,100 ! 1,480 

 23,000 I 863 

 57,375 14,344 i 69,805 



2,000 



1,000 



40. 000 



28, 500 



110,000 



215, 000 



33, 000 



36, 800 



46, 000 



10, 000 



2,060 



5,000 



8,800 



632, 400 



506, 125 



30. 000 



36, 200 



54, 000 



10, 000 



49, 000 

 80, 000 

 10, 100 

 411,100 

 638, 500 

 110,000 

 374, .500 

 40,916 

 1,504,300 

 185, 400 



1,200 ,995,475 50,237 15,280,446 



I I I 



$40 



30 



1,600 



535 



2,500 



1,875 



1, 170 



1,516 



885 



200 



40 



300 



440 



26, 356 



27, 696 



300 



1, 400 



1,660 



1,000 



730 



2,030 

 556 



7, 325 

 28, 405 



2,240 

 18, 395 



9,635 

 45, 360 



8,652 

 17, 525 



210, 456 



PRODUCTS IN RELATION TO APPARATUS. 



The catcliof tlie vessel fislieries amounted to 24:3,000 pounds, valued 

 at $11, ICG. The principal part of the catch by vessels was made by 

 lines, the fishes taken being- sea bass, groupers, red snappers, and 

 squeteague, with a total value of $S,81G. The shore fisheries are of 

 vastly greater importance. The catch by lines amounted to 1,766,200 

 pounds, with a value of $61,055; the catch by gill nets 1,030,630 

 pounds, with a value of $54,302. The yield of oysters and clams by 

 tongs and by hand was worth $52,662. The catch by seines amounted 

 to 191,516 pounds, valued at $12,681, while the yield by bow nets and 

 cast nets was 370,000 pounds, worth $18,590. 



Table showiny by apparatun and species the yield of the vessel fisheries of South Carolina 



in 1897. 



Note.— All the vessel fisheries of South Carolina are centered at Charleston. 



