210 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



FISHERIES OF GEORGIA. 



Ill 181)7, 1,869 i^ersous were engaged iu the ftslieries of Georgiii— 159 

 in the vessel fisheries, 1,215 boat fishermen, and 465 shoresmen. 



The investment in the fisheries amounted to $281,864. Fifty-one 

 vessels were employed, worth, with their outfit, $28,833, and 080 boats, 

 valued at $20,277. The apparatus of capture was valued at $17,898, 

 while the shore property and cash capital amounted to $217,856. 



The yield of the fisheries of this State was 4,993,100 pounds, worth 

 $170,605. The most important items in the fisheries of Georgia are 

 oysters, the yield being valued at $86,709, and shad, the value of which 

 was $46,705. The catcli of terrapin was valued at $11,254, and sturgeon 

 at $4,060. The value of products, when compared with that of 1890, 

 shows an increase of $47,042. 



Fei'sons engaged. 



Tabic of apparatus and capital. 



Items. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats fishing 



Boats transporting 



Ajjparatiis — vessel fisheries : 



Dre<lges 



Oyster tongs 



Oyster grabs 



Items. 



Apparatus — shore fisheries : 



Pound nets 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Cast nets 



Minor nets 



Lines 



Oyster tones 



Oyster grabs 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



Total 



No. 



4 

 424 

 66 

 82 

 50 



203 

 134 



Value. 



$800 



11,905 



2,395 



385 



25 



205 



1, 46!) 



162 



100, 356 



111,500 



284, 804 



Table of products. 



Species. 



Alewives 



Black bass . . . 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass. 



Croakers 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Hickory shad 



Mullet'. 



Perch 



Sailor's choice 



Shad 



Slieepshead . . 



Species. 



Squeteague. . 

 Striped bass. 



Sturgeon 



Sun-ti.sh 



Whiting 



Shrimp 



Crabs 



Terrapins . . . 



Turtles 



Oysters 



Clams 



Caviar 



Lbs. 



Total 4,993,100 



54, 650 



9,000 



147, 700 



3,900 



45, 700 



67, 600 



a 74, 660 



34, 785 



1, 000 



63,406,440 



c2, 640 



" 9, 600 



Value. 



.$2, 512 



530 



4, 06 L) 



19.') 



2,100 



2, .535 



1,864 



11,251 



20 



86, 709 



16.') 



2,581 



170, 605 



a223,980 iu number. 



6 486,634 bushels. 



c3:i(l bushels. 



