FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE YEAR 1880. 



311 



(&.) Kiver Fisheries : 1. Maryland's place in sea-fishery is unim- 



Persons employed: fishermen, 2,822 aen, ^ portant, but in oyster and river fisheries she 



Vessels,' 13; boats, 'i.204 total.......!! '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. i',2i7 ranks next to Massachusetts in the value of 



Capital invested (vessels, nets, shore-property, ^ products, and first on the list in the number 



Pounds of products '("ale wiVeV,' shad; mixed fish, of persons employed. The oyster interests are 



etc.) 2 *'^H*A mol *e important than in any other State. More 



Value to fishermen >ob4,950 ^^ ^ are ^^ than in ftny other g^ 



Per C son?r4ioye d d U fScrmen, i,ooo ; shoresmen, and she ranks second only to North Carolina 



20 1,020 in the extent and value of her alewife (called 



Vessels, 90; boats, 800 890 v,p rr : no .\ fiahprip^ 



Capital invested (vessels, boats, shore-property, 



e'tc.) ;..;..... $63,500 2. Virginia ranks seventh on the list of fish- 



Bushei's of oysters HJM^ producing States. In the oyster-fishery she 



Valueassold ... $60,000 J^ ^^ ^ Mary j and> Her menhade n. 



4. South Carolina: fishery is much increased; and her river-fisli- 



pSn? emplo h y e e r d e : 'fishermen, 629 ; shoresmen, ? are important, yielding shad and alewives 



24 653 in large abundance. 



Vessels,' 10; boats, 287 total 247 3. North Carolina ranks first in alewife- 



Capital invested(vessels, boats, nets, factories,etc ) $42,175 , 11 j ^ \ fi a harv the. nnt^i hmno- 1 ^ 



Pounds of products (including terrapin, crabs, (called heinng-) nshery, the catch being 15,- 



etc.)..... 4,749,400 520,000 pounds, worth $142,784. The shad 



Value to fishermen .153,125 taken near i y equa j t i lose o f Maryland, but bring 



Pe^'onf Impbyedi'fishermen, 287; shoresmen, higher price, owing to their early appearance 



12 299 in Northern markets. In the mullet-fishery 



Vessels, 2 ; boats 217-totai 219 ^ or th Carolina is second only to Florida, the 



S^a&S^b^^^"v::: iJSJS catch amounting to 3,368,000" pounds, worth 



Value to fishermen $39,357 $80,500. 



(c.) Oyster industry : 4. South Carolina is twentieth in the list of 



P 7o^ em ^ 185 fish-producing States. Her shrimp-fisheries 



Vessels, ib ; "boat's, loo total no are more important than those of any other 



gSKf?^^^:^::::::::::::::: $ 5,S State. In 1880 her fishermen secured 18 OOO 



Valueassold $20,000 bushels, valued at $37,500. Alewives, shad, 



5. Georgia: an d sturgeon are the chief -fishes caught. 



(a.} Sea-Fisheries: 5 - Georgia's sea-fisheries are as yet undevel- 



Persons employed: fishermen, 121; shoresmen, oped, and rank lowest on the list. Her river- 



Bo 4 a a t - s J j>J fisheries are better, shad and sturgeon being 



CaJitei\nVe8ted\"boatsVnets\'factories,'etc.y.".'.'.'.' $43,625 the principal fish caught. 



Pounds of products (including terrapin, crabs, ^ 6. Eastern Florida, on the Atlantic coast 



Vahwta fishermen. '.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'. '.'.'."'.'.'.['..'.'.'.'.'.'.'. $19,220 fishing chiefly by hook-and-line and cast-nets. 



(6.) Kiver-Fisheries : Green-turtle were taken on Indian River 



Persons employed: fishermen, 488; shoresmen, amounting to 88,250 pounds, valued at $6,000. 



ve 2 ssei s ;v;boaV s ;225:::::::::::::::::::.:::::: iie shad-fisheries are recent but extensive The 



Capital invested (boats, nets, etc.) $22,545 yield for 1880 was 251,700 pounds, valued at 



Pounds of products (including shad, mixed fish, ^20 136 



Vahie^ofisherrnen^V/.V//.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'..'.'. '$65^68 7. Further, it appears that two fifths of the 



(c.) Oyster industry : product of fishery in the South Atlantic States 



Persons employed: fishermen, 300; shoresmen, are oyster-meats. Menhaden are the largest 



Boat's".'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' loo catch, being over 92,000,000 pounds. Next are 



Capitai'in vested (boat's',' gear,' etc.')'." .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' $is,500 alewives (called herring), about 32,000,000 



Vait e ass f oM Ster8 $K2 P ounds > and shad, nearly 11,000,000 pounds. 



j-, /!"'.V" Mullet, crabs, blue-fish, perch, and striped-bass 



are taken in quantities exceeding 2,000,000 



PeSnfe^pioytd 6 ? 'fishermen, 223 ; shoresmen, P oun <^ ? and nine other species range between 



15 . 288 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 pounds. 



Boats 245 



Capital invested (boats, nets, etc.) $27,794 GENERAL SUMMARY OP FISHING INTERESTS OF THE 



Pounds of products (including terrapin, turtle, SOUTHERN ATLANTIC STATES. 



shrimps, etc.) 1,479,300 _ KO^IQ 



Value to fishermen $41,072 Persons employed 52418 



,, . T.. .,. , . Fishing-vessels 3,014 



(b.) River- Fisheries : Tonnage of same . 60,880 



Persons employed : fishermen, 170 ; shoresmen, Fishing-boats . . V. 13,381 



-V' J 2 Capital dependent on fishery industries $8,951,722 



Boats Pounds of fish sold fresh for food 42,571,840 



Capital invested (boats, nets, etc.) ..... . . $15,950 p ounds o f fish salted for food 80,579,500 



Pounds of products (including shad, mixed fish, Pounds of products, other than fish, for food .... 129,719,527 



, c ' Y x- 667,450 p oun ds of miscellaneous products for fertilizers 



Value to fishermen $32,336 and other purposes 94,663,800 



(c.) Oyster Indu stry : Value of products to the fishermen $9,602,737 



Persons employed : fishermen, 50 ; shoresmen, 6. 56 



Boats 60 It is estimated that some 30,000 families are 



gSetorovst'S ^' gear ' etc ' ) fo'oSo" represented in the fishing interests in this dis- 



Vaiue as sold .' .'.'..'.'.'.".'.".'.'.' $5 1 ,ooo trict, and that the total number of people de- 



