120 Fishing in North Carolina. 



A full sized female fisli with roe will often 

 bring the fisherman $80, and it is a matter of 

 record that in 1906 a North Carolina fisher- 

 man, who caught 47 large sturgeon in salt 

 water, received for them over $2,500 after de- 

 ducting all expenses of shipment. From the 

 roe, caviar is made, which is a gTeat delicacy 

 and very expensive. 



The sturgeon is a bottom feeder, and ascends 

 rivers to spawn. It attains a large size, ex- 

 amples having been taken that were 12 feet long 

 and weighed 500 pounds. 



The flesh is too oily to be palatable. Indeed, 

 the commercial value consists in the oil and 

 the roe. 



The annual migTation of alewives (herring) 

 from the sea to the rivers is for the purpose of 

 spawning. The herrings are very prolific; and 

 probably 100,000 eggs to the fish is a fair 

 average. 



JSTorth Carolina is the leading herring State, 

 and for many years caught more of these fish 

 than any other two States. More than half a 

 million fish have been taken at one haul of the 



