354 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
115. Tabic showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of North 
Carolina in 1887, exclusive of the shellfish, crustacean, and reptilian fisheries. 
Species. 
Haul 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Gill nets. 
Pounds. Value. 
Pound nets. 
Pounds. Value. 
Alewives 
Alewives, salted... 
Alewives, smoked . 
Bluefish 
Bluefish, salted 
Catfish 
Channel bass 
Chub or black bass 
Chub, salted 
Eels 
Hickory shad 
Menhaden 
Mullet - 
Mullet, salted 
Perch 
Perch, salted 
Pike - - - 
Shad 
Shad, salted 
Sheepshead 
Sheepshead, salted 
Spots and croakers 
Squeteague 
Squeteague, salted 
Striped bass 
Striped bass, salted 
Sturgeon 
Miscellaneous fish 
Miscellaneous fish, salted. 
Porpoises 
Total 
2, 701,600 
7, 785, 440 
$31, 214 
82, 342 
71, 780 
202, 000 
67, 500 
10, 000 
95, 105 
381, 360 
1,000 
6, 500 
2, 700 
300 
2, 700 
17, 849 
60 
212, 560 
53, 076 
8, 000 
141, 420 
4, 404 
583, 000 
793, 500 
216, 067 
7, 700 
21, 674 
1, 619, 012 
58, 100 
111, 585 
1,500 
62,230 
368, 030 
78, 355 
149, 422 
18, 638 
30, 690 
7, 069 
248 
1, 023 
98, 136 
2, 785 
3, 367 
30 
1,832 
10, 016 
2, 449 
6, 831 
14, 086 
199; 800 
175, 625 
340, 323 
17, 000 
2, 562, 381 
12, 800 
39, 300 
47, 275 
200, 095 
99, 155 
412 
5,743 
3, 293 
*9, 255 
182, 560 
65, 000 
46, 779 
6, 500 
188, 980 
67, 000 
28, 000 
$677 
6,675 
1,980 
200 
380 
250 
5, 550 
12, 386 
390 
'166,224" 
450 
1,572 
6, 225 
2,310 
3, 491 
215 
4, 670 
2,160 
865 
3, 261, 059 
3, 920, 196 
4, 000 
10, 200 
8,814 
9, *289 
5, 945 
34, 935 
1, 650 
‘ 169,' 096" 
738 
389, 921 
14, 962 
950 
43, 500 
203, 335 
1,500 
46, 325 
15, 802, 125 
349, 886 
4, 291, 550 
216, 670 
8, 126, 415 
$21, 975 
32, 990 
120 
408 
264 
H8 
297 
1, 253 
7, 284 
33 
1,429 
649 
38 
11,553 
1, 776 
107, 241 
Species. 
Fyke nets. 
Cast nets and 
skim nets. 
Hand lines. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
.Alewives .......... 
5, 962, 659 
11, 855, 416 
4,000 
519, 760 
120, 576 
18, 814 
129, 105 
39C, 649 
$56, 189 
116, 899 
120 
16, 633 
4, 680 
564 
3, 740 
18, 267 
60 
Alewives salted 
78, 000 
$890 
Alewives smolted 
Bluefish .......... 
95, 000 
$3, 050 
Bluefish sS'lt'efi ... 
Catfish - ....... 
Channel bass ............ 
26, 000 
840 
Chub or black bass 
Chub salted ....... ...... 
1,000 
5, 945 
196, 691 
199, 800 
760, 275 
1, 133, 823 
385, 163 
24, 700 
22, 412 
14, 785 
4, 673, 164 
73, 062 
140, 5S5 
40, 800 
87, 730 
622, 340 
143, 355 
400, 786 
6,500 
237, 755 
18, 975 
373, 420 
128, 405 
Eels ...... 
297 
Hickory shad ... 
6, 250 
$25 
6, 062 
250 
Menhaden 
Mullet 
24, 254 
43, 076 
14, 353 
638 
Mullet salted 
| 
Perch - . . . ...... 
"Pereli sal ted _ _ .... 
Pike ’. 
1, 056 
Sea bass 
14, 785 
575 
575 
Shad 
101, 850 
5,846 
294, 635 
3, 434 
4, 365 
1, 602 
Shad salted 
Sheepshead 
250 
10 
15, 000 
50G 
Sheepshead salted 
Spots and croakers 
25, 500 
25, 000 
985 
2, 817 
17, 714 
4, 759 
21, 950 
215 
Squeteague 
3, 250 
65 
750 
Squeteague salted ... 
Striped bass .. ..... 
1, 250 
75 
Striped bass, salted ... 
Sturgeon 
5,112 
790 
Whiting 
18, 975 
60, 000 
790 
Miscellaneous fish 
1, 900 
11, 579 
4,208 
9, 255 
Miscellaneous fish, salted. 
Porpoises 
1,250 
50 
Total 
12, 250 
225 
179, 850 
6, 736 
280, 260 
9, 390 
28, 692, 450 
690, 148 
* The value of 3,622 porpoises sold by the fishermen to be made into oil and leather. 
