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GEOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



SEINE FISHING IN THE LOCALITY BY THE CREW OF A NORTHERN VESSEL. Iii addition to 

 the local fisheries, a Northern fishing smack caine to Port Royal in 1877 to seine fish for shipment 

 to the Northern markets, but after a year's fishing at various points between Charleston and Fer- 

 nandina the business was abandoned by the crew, who pronounced it a failure financially. 



A NEW BEDFORD WHALER VISITS THE REGION. A whaling vessel, the Charles W. Morse, 

 Captain Hazard, of New Bedford, came to this region in the fall of 1878, to cruise along the shore, 

 making her headquarters at Port Royal. Meeting with good success, she returned the following 

 season and was again fairly successful. Whales are said to be now more plenty along the coast of 

 South Carolina and Georgia than they have been for many years. 



C. THE FISHERIES OF GEORGIA. 



184. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 



The sea fisheries of Georgia are as yet almost wholly undeveloped, and the State comes, next 

 to Eastern Florida, lowest on the list of the Atlantic bordering States. Immense quantities of 

 edible fish of various species gather in the numerous sounds and bays, and along the outer shore, 

 but comparatively few are taken, and the people are largely dependent upon the fishermen of 

 Western Florida for their supply. In 1880 the value of all sea products, exclusive of oysters, was 

 only $19,225. The oysters taken were valued at $35,000, making the total value of the sea products 

 $54,225. The river fisheries are more fully developed, and the Savannah, Ogeechee, and Altamaha 

 each yield considerable quantities of fresh-water and auadromous species. The principal fish 

 taken are shad and sturgeon; of the former 252,000 pounds and of the latter 364,000 pounds were 

 caught in 1880. 



The following statements show in detail the extent of the fishery interests of the State for the 

 year 1880 : 



Summary statement of persons employed. 



Detailed statement of capital invested and apparatus employed. 



