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116. Table showing by apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of North 
Carolina in 1888, exclusive of the shellfish, crustacean, and reptilian fisheries. 
Species. 
Alewives 
Alewives, salted 
Alewives, sruoked 
Bluefish 
Blaefish, 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 
Haul seines. 
Pounds. Value. 
148, 367 
235, 147 
216, 200 
57, 500 
12, 000 
105, 895 
406, 922 
1,200 
145, 100 
606, 375 
667, 600 
210, 393 
8, 350 
26, 261 
,731,863 
45, 850 
116, 176 
1, 400 
62, 340 
393, 275 
76, 535 
161,300 
45, 800 
277, 174 
93, 235 
13, 852, 258 327, 881 
$25, 886 
72, 844 
7,080 
2, 300 
360 
2, 805 
20, 534 
72 
4, 519 
19, 622 
24, 742 
6, 960 
264 
1,263 
83, 763 
1,957 
3, 545 
28 
1, 881 
10, 901 
2,426 
o, 438 
421 
8, 144 
3, 001 
*16. 125 
Gill nets. 
Pounds. Value. 
3, 200 
309, 525 
53, 059 
8, 000 
13, 956 
180, 000 
170, 000 
308, 550 
18, 100 
3, 338, 352 
22, 000 
35, 90t> 
229, 395 
58, 500 
51,157 
6, 400 
222, 500 
91, 000 
32, 075 
5, 216, 669 
$653 
10, 435 
1, 955 
200 
378 
249 
5, 350 
1 1, 274 
412 
i 79, 945 
1,436 
7, 680 
1,973 
3, 651 
218 
4, 870 
2, 850 
1 , 010 
235, 199 
Pound nets. 
Pounds. Value. 
2,985,533 ' $24,950 
3, 837, 780 36, 382 
4, 000 120 
5, 300 212 
7, 381 
10, 650 
7, 016 
33, 105 
221 
426 
1, 356 
1,250 
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8, 339 
900 
433, 269 
. 16,870 
1, 050 
40 
21, 631 
663 
42 
24, 200 
479 
270, 487 
15, 288 
1,650 
57, 670 
35 
2, 169 
7, 898, 075 
112, 877 
Species. 
Fyke nets. 
Cast nets and 
skim nets. 
Hand lines. 
Total. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives 
5, 133, 900 
10, 211; 627 
4, 000 
626, 025 
110, 559 
19, 381 
140, 395 
417, 572 
1,200 
7,016 
192, 161 
180, 000 
783, 875 
976, 150 
410, 357 
26, 450 
27, 161 
$50, 836 
110,717 
120 
20, 777 
4, 255 
Alewives, salted 
70, 500 
$838 
Alewives, smoked 
Bluefish 
95, 000 
$3, 050 
Bluefish, salted 
Catfi sb 
581 
3, 865 
20, 960 
72 
Channel bass 
26, 500 
860 
Chub or black bass 
Chub, salted 
Eels 
486 
6,253 
249 
Hickory shad 
Menhaden 
Mullet, 
6, 250 
$25 
25, 035 
36, 016 
15, 299 
676 
1, 303 
Mullet, salted . _ 
Perch 
Perch, salted . . 
Pike 
Sea bass 
15,115 
610 
15, 115 
5, 630, 709 
62, 720 
155, 226 
37, 550 
89, 903 
675, 570 
135, 035 
484, 194 
6, 400 
269, 950 
20,000 * 
510, 844 
126, 560 
610 
Shad 
127, 225 
7, 070 
292, 409 
2, 620 
Shad, salted __ 
Sheepshead 
16, 000 
550 
4, 797 
1,474 
2, 906 
Sheepshead salted . . 
250 
10 
Spots and croakers 
27, 563 
25, 000 
1, 025 
Squeteague 
3, 700 
75 
750 
19! 885 
4, 399 
25, 452 
218 
5, 326 
800 
Squeteague, salted 
Striped bass 
1,250 
75 
Striped bass, salted 
Sturgeon 
Whiting 
20, 000 
83,000 
800 
2, 570 
Miscellaneous fish 
2, 000 
1, 250 
60 
15, 793 
4, 061 
16, 125 
Miscellaneous fish, salted 
50 
Porpoises 
Total 
14, 700 
295 
197, 725 
7, 908 
308,178 
10,215 
27,487,605 j 
1 
694,375 
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' The value of 6,450 porpoises sold by the fishermen to be jp&de into oil and leather. 
