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. 
Thrown 
over- 
board, 
etc. 
27, 732, 355 
71,888 
24' 
1 
1 
1,292 
16 
393 
25,000 
199, 900 
10, 000 
2,500 
5, 000 
410 
2 
356 
2 
572 
17 
50 
;;;;;; 
Butterfish 
12 
Catfish 
Cero 
3 
Cod 
1 
44 
2 
2 
8 
5 
9 
246 
5 
8 
15 
"28 
86 
2 
4 
3 

Eel 
6 
Filefish ". 
93 
1 
20 
10 
Gar 

3 
8 
12 
1 
Bake 
8 
631 
Pipefish 
Pollock 
7 
1 
2 
Pompano 
Rudder fish 
G 
i 
36 
Sculpins 
Scup 
37 
41 
1 
4 
1 
Sea robin 
43 
266 
388 
368 
Shad 
161 
712 
i 675 
13 
4 
Spanish mackerel 
150 
20 
31 
1" 
Squeteague 
Striped bass _ 
231 
1 
236 
Swellfish 
6 
| 
Tautog 
17 
8 

"Whiting 
22 

i 
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, the situation of the factory to a slight extent, and by the 
