REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLIX 



Table, .showing the quantity and value of products taken in the fisheries of the South Atlantic 

 States in 1897 — Continued. 



Species. 



Alewives, fresh 



Alewives, suited 



Black bass 



Bluefish, fresh 



Bluelish, salfed 



Benito 



Bream ami sunfish 



Butter (ish 



Catfish 



Channel bass or redlish 



fresh 



Channel bass or redfisb 



salted 



Drum 



Eels 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Hickory shad , 



Kingfis'h 



Menhaden 



Mullet, fresh 



Mullet, salted 



Perch 



Pigfish 



Pike 



Pinfish 



Pompano 



Porgy , 



Sailor's choice 



Scad or round robin 



Sea bass 



Shad 



Species. 



Sharks 



Sheepshead 



Snappers 



Spanish mackerel 



Spots and croakers, fresh 

 Spots and croakers, 



salted 



Squeteague, fresh 



Squeteague, salted 



Strawberry bass 



Striped bass 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Taotog 



Warmouth bass 



Whiting 



Other lisli 



Shrimp 



Crabs, soft 



Oralis, hard 



Crawfish 



Terrapins 



Turtles 



Frogs 



( lystors 



< 'lams 



Scallops 



Caviar 



Trout sounds 



Refuse 



Total 



Total. 



Pounds. 



30, 000 

 722, 570 



88, 400 

 362, 390 



2, 035, 8X9 



105,240 



3, 057, 778 



83, 496 



21,725 



864, 22;i 



930, 425 



135, 230 



14, 125 



6,950 



737, 500 



103, 340 



627, 221 



986, 720 



228, 360 



4,000 



103, 2;*0 



48, 856 



1,800 



11,285,208 



i, 130, 648 



118, 321! 



111,905 



691 



3, 862, 200 



80, 390, 465 



Value. 



$300 

 17, 861 

 2, 520 

 19,832 

 29, 886 



4,749 



110, 352 



2,226 



866 



59, 121 



24,910 



3,o:s7 



283 



348 



32, 003 



3, 356 



28, 312 



3,992 



5,279 



80 



25, 129 



3,691 



450 



384, 934 



62, 820 



5,653 



31, 268 



104 



4,828 



1, 833, 155 



FISHERIES OF THE GULF STATES IN 1897. 



The canvass of the commercial fisheries of this region was conducted 

 chiefly during March, April, and May, 1898, by Messrs. Stevenson and 

 Hall, the former working in Louisiana and Texas and the latter in 

 Mississippi and Alabama. 



The statistics of the west coast of Florida were collected in the 

 autumn of 1897 by Mr Cobb, and refer to the preceding fiscal year. 



From the information collected it is shown that there were employed 

 in fisheries of the Gulf States 13,9G7 persons, 11,180 of whom were 

 fishermen and 2,787 shoresmen. The capital invested in the fisheries 

 amounted to $2,584,061, of which $717,076 represented vessels and 

 their outfits, $436,041 boats, $137,216 apparatus of capture, and 

 $1,293,728 shore property and cash capital. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 65,660,623 pounds, having 

 a first value of $2,271,726. The oyster fishery was valued at $748,760, 

 or more than twice the value of any other single fishery. Next in 

 importance is the sponge fishery, valued at $305,589. The catch of 

 red snappers was valued at $200,412, and that of mullet at $213,988, 

 all other fisheries being represented by smaller sums. 



A comparison of the results of the present canvass with those of the 

 canvass in 1890 shows that 2,215 more persons were employed. There 

 has been a slight decrease in other respects, as follows : $394,231 less 

 capital invested, 3,714,911 less pounds of products, and a reduction in 

 value of products of $166,949. 



