FISHERIES^ OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



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THE FISHERIES WITH REFERENCE To APPARATUS EMPLOYED. 



The vessel fisheries of Georgia are devoted principally to the taking 

 of oysters. Tougs are employed almost entirely, a limited number of 

 dredges being used in Chatham County. Since 1890 the value of the 

 yield of the vessel fisheries of the State has increased from $13,476 to 

 $32,577. In the shore fisheries the yield by gill nets was valued at 

 $50,455, the yield by seines at $13,399, by lines at $8,724. The value 

 of the oysters taken by tongs was $54,132. The other forms of appara- 

 tus employed were pound nets and cast nets, the catch by which was 

 not important. 



Table showing by counties the yield of the vessel fisheries of Georgia in 1897. 



lahh showing by counties, apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of 



Georgia in 1891. 



