FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 



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Table showing by counties and apparatus the yield of the shore fisheries of the eastern coast 



of Florida — Continued. 



SUMMARY. 



Apparatus and species. - Lbs. Value. Apparatus and species. Lbs. I Value. 



Seines : 



Alewives, freSh 



Alewives, salted 



Black bass 



Blue-flsb 



Channel bass or red-fish. 



Mullet 



Ponipano 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots and croakers 



Sqaeteagne 



Sun-fish 



Other fish 



Total 



Gill nets: 



Blue-fish 



Channel bass or red-fish. 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Pornpano 



Shad 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteague 



Other fish 



Total 



Cast nets : 



Blue-fish 



Cliannel bass or red-fish. 

 Mullet, fresh 



33, 913 



5,000 



52, ,516 



2,810 



10,800 



10. .'')00 



44, 560 



260, 350 



33, 000 



2, 000 



15, 020 



25, 800 



248, 989 



46, 722 



$404 



125 



2,184 



56 



253 



100 



2,448 



11, 409 



495 



80 



400 



861 



6,827 



1,386 



797, 980 



27, 028 



4, 092, 430 I 78, 123 



200 



13, 710 



217, 600 



16 



219 



4,958 



Cast nets — Continued. 



Mullet, salted 



Sheepshead 



Squet«ague 



Other fish 



Total 



Turtle nets: 

 Turtles .. 



Lines: 



Cat-fish 



Channel bass 



Drum 



Sea bass 



Sheepshead 



Spanish mackerel.. 

 Spots and croakers. 



Squeteague 



Whiting 



Other fish 



Total 



Miscellaneous : 



Oysters 



Clams 



Craw-fish 



Crabs 



Shrimp 



Terrapins 



Total 



49, 000 

 3,100 



36, OOO 

 8,120 



52 



1,160 



265 



327, 730 



23, 856 



124, 000 

 13, .539 

 17, 000 

 5,570 

 16, 037 

 800 

 8,113 

 8, <J00 

 8,000 

 .14, 430 



7,650 



1,751 



216, 389 



3,720 

 271 

 175 

 210 

 290 

 40 

 372 

 267 

 365 

 572 



6,282 



362, 802 



4,800 



4,000 



3, 700 



38, 625 



10, 350 



424, 277 



11,766 



300 



80 



175 



1, 497 



1,425 



15,243 



Grand total 5,882,662! 136,077 



NOTES ON THE SHAD FISHERY. 



The shad fishery has always been of great interest to the fishermen 

 of this section of Florida, and is particularly so now in view of the 

 decline which has taken place since 1890. 



With the exception of a small fishery on the St. Marys Kiver the 

 shad fisheries of the State are confined to the St. Johns River. 



Shad make their appearance in the St. Johns River in November, 

 and can be found there from that time until the early part of May. 

 The legal season for the fishery is from December 1 to March 31, 

 although the nets in the lower river are usually taken out about the 

 middle of March, as after that time low j^rices prevail in the aSTorthern 

 markets. The abundance of shad in each month of the season is indi- 

 cated by the statement of one buyer below Jacksonville, who purchased 

 all the fish caught in 22 gill nets, which yielded fish as follows : 



December 1, 073 



January 7, 557 



February 13,633 



March (first two week.s ) 6, 122 



The only forms of apparatus in use on the river in this fishery are 



seines and gill nets. On the lower river the gill nets average about 



575 yards in length, 4| to 5 inch mesh, and from 40 to 50 meshes in depth. 



On the upper river these nets average about 300 yards in length, with 



5-inch mesh. j^ c no i5 



