358 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
121. Table showing b\j apparatus and species the yield of the shore fisheries of South 
Carolina in 1887 and 1888, exclusive of crabs, terrapin , and oysters. 
Apparatus. 
Species. 
1887. 
1881 
i. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
94, 000 
200, 000 
$2, 820 
7, 000 
94, 000 
150, 000 
$2, 820 
5, 200 
Mullet, salted 
Sheepshead 
10, 000 
300 
12, 000 
360 
Spots and croakers 
15, 000 
450 
15, 000 
450 
Squeteague 
157, 000 
4, 730 
147, 580 
4, 450 
Miscellaneous fish 
50, 000 
1,500 
40, COO 
1,200 
Shrimp 
8, 000 
400 
12, 000 
600 
Total 
m 
534, 000 
17, 200 
470, 580 
15, 080 
12, 625 
252 
13, 000 
20, 665 
260 
Mullet’. 
5, 000 
" 150 
619 
Shad 
361,772 
22, 590 
428, 800 
26, 800 
Sturgeon 
182, 058 
7, 068 
251, 065 
9, 633 
Total 
561, 455 
30, 060 
^ 713,530 
37, 312 
Fyke nets . . 
Catfish. 
3, 000 
3, 500 
80 
3, 000 
2, 865 
80 
Striped bass 
190 
171 
Miscellaneous fish 
6, 000 
240 
6, 000 
240 
Total 
12, 500 
510 
11, 865 
491 
Cast nets and dip 
Mullet 
1,000 
30 
1, 000 
30 
nets. 
Shad 
4, 000 
250 
4, 000 
250 
Squeteague 
1, 000 
40 
1,000 
40 
Shrimp 
330, 000 
18, 000 
346, 860 
18, 260 
Total 
336, 000 
18,320 
352, 860 
18, 580 
TTn/nrl linns 
Rlu efi sh 
158, 000 
16, 560 
4,740 
508 
150, 605 
16, 085 
4, 518 
460 
Catfish 
Channel bass 
54, 673 
1,638 
50, *600 
1,618 
Drum 
90, 065 
1,600 
75, 000 
1,400 
Sea bass 
425, 745 
12, 772 
398, 895 
11,966 
Sheepshead 
91,095 
2, 740 
99, 060 
2, 980 
Spots and croakers 
36, 606 
1, 190 
42, 000 
1,290 
- 
Squeteague 
58, 605 
1,794 
58, 000 
1, 770 
Whiting ( Menticirrus ) 
617, 685 
18, 528 
600, 680 
238, 750 
18, 014 
Miscellaneous fish 
237, 156 
7, 159 
7, 200 
Total 
1, 786, 190 
52, 669 
1, 729, 675 
51, 216 
Grand total 
3,230,145 
118, 759 
3, 278, 510 
122,679 
GEORGIA. 
The canvass upon which the tables are based covered all coast fish- 
eries and the river fisheries to the head of tide water ; this field prac- 
tically embracing the entire commercial fisheries of the State with the 
exception of those in the upper Savannah and Altamaha Rivers. 
The fisheries of this State have generally declined since 1880, notice- 
ably in personnel, capital invested, and value of catch ; but the actual 
output of the fisheries in 1888 exceeded by about 600,000 pounds the 
catch reported in 1880. 
In the fisheries for sturgeon, alewives, and mullet, there has been a 
marked decadence ; while the vessel fishery shows an increase in ma- 
terial from 1 vessel in 1880 to 12 in 3888. These engage chiefly in the 
oyster industry, but also fish for red snappers, sea bass, and terrapin. 
