﻿FISH-SCRAP FERTILIZER INDUSTRY OF ATLANTIC COAST. 

 Table V. — Showing disposition made of catch. 



21 



Species. 



For oil 

 and guano. 



Eaten. 



Salted 

 by crew. 



Sold for 

 bait. 



199,900 



10,000 



Thrown 

 over- 

 board, 

 etc. 





27,732,355 

 71,888 



24' 



1 



1 



1,292 



16 



393 



25, 000 



2,500 





5,000 



















Blucfish. . . 



•110 

 2 



356 

 2 



572 



17 

 50 













Butterfish . 





12 



Catfish 









3 



l 





Cod 



1 



44 



2 



2 



8 



5 



9 



246 



5 



8 



15 



28 



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86 

 2 





4 

















3 







Eel 





6 



Filefish 





I::::::::::::::::::: 







93 



1 



20 





10 



Gar 













3 





8 

 12 

 1 



























8 











631 











7 









Pollock 



1 

 2 











6 

 1 



19 

 36 





























37 



41 

























4 



Sea raven 











1 





43 

 266 



388 

 368 











Shad 



161 



712 





'675 







13 











4 





150 









Spot 



20 

 31 











231 

 1 



236 















6 











17 

 8 











22 

















1 Released alive. 

 TECHNOLOGY. 



FISHING. 



The time of fishing for menhaden is determined, of course, by the 

 habits of the fish. Since they appear in northern waters in April 

 and disappear in November, the fishing season then is delimited by 

 those months. As one goes farther south, the season is lengthened; 

 in the Carolinas the boats are not put out of commission until the 

 latter part of December, though fishing does not begin much earlier 

 there than in the northern region. In the southern region the spring 

 and fall fishing furnishes most of the raw material, there being a 

 dull season in midsummer when catches are rare and unimportant. 

 In Florida waters the fish are present throughout the winter. 



The range covered by the fishing boats is determined by the habits 

 of the fish 3 the situation of the factory to a slight extent, and by the 



