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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
In addition to tlie products shown in the foregoing table the following were, taken 
by the fishermen of Key West and mostly used for bait: In 1889, 135,000 spiny lob- 
sters (Panulirus americanus), locally called “ crawfish,” valued at $4,500; 12,500 meats 
of the conch ( Strombus gigas), valued at $625; and 73,000 pounds of “ sardines” and 
“pilchards” ( Glupea pensacoUe and G. sardina ), valued at $1,168; in 1890, 166,000 spiny 
lobsters, valued at $5,533; 13,000 conch meats, valued at $650; and 79,000 pounds of 
“sardines” and “pilchards,” valued at $1,264. 
The alligator industry of the west coast of Florida, which is not covered in the 
regular statistics, resulted as follows: In 1889, 43,455 alligator hides, valued at 
$32,963; 70,286 alligator feet, valued at $3,506, and 825 otter skins, valued at $1,912; 
in 1890, 48,942 alligator hides, valued at $35,465; 84,110 alligator feet, valued at 
$4,205, and 775 otter skins, valued at $1,787. The hunting of alligators is prosecuted 
in Lee, De Soto, Manatee, Hillsboro, Levy, Wakulla, and Franklin counties, but is 
most important in Lee County, where about eleven-twelfths of the product is taken. 
The otter (Lutra canadensis) is incidentally hunted with the alligators in Lee and De 
Soto counties. 
The fisheries by counties . — There are 19 coastal counties on the Gulf side of 
Florida; in 18 of these there are commercial fisheries. The two counties having the 
most extensive fishing interests are Monroe and Escambia, which occupy the two 
extremes of the coast line and contain the important fishing towns of Key West and 
Pensacola. 
Detailed figures for each county are given in the three following tables, relating 
to persons employed, capital invested, and products. Many additional phases of the 
fisheries in each county are also contained in the tables showing the vessel and shore 
fisheries and the fisheries by apparatus. 
11. — Table showing by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the west coast of Florida in 
1889 and 1890. 
Counties. 
On vessels 
fishing. 
On vessels 
transporting. 
In shore fish- 
eries. 
On shore, in 
factories, etc. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Monroe 
660 
717 
10 
16 
714 
724 
96 
101 
1, 480 
1, 558 
85 
106 
10 
10 
95 
116 
6 
8 
89 
105 
22 
24 
117 
137 
Manatee 
3 
3 
8 
8 
115 
128 
12 
12 
138 
151 
Hillsboro 
7 
2 
14 
14 
165 
208 
84 
107 
270 
331 
16 
24 
16 
24 
41 
42 
41 
42 
35 
40 
9 
9 
44 
49 
Levy 
13 
21 
2 
6 
170 
161 
25 
24 
210 
215 
40 
40 
40 
40 
112 
112 
2 
2 
114 
114 
4 
10 
4 
10 
5 
206 
224 
1 
1 
207 
230 
Franklin 
62 
49 
4 
3 
193 
233 
106 
137 
365 
422 
24 
24 
24 
24 
25 
28 
121 
123 
146 
151 
4 
4 
6 
6 
30 
10 
Escambia 
178 
198 
202 
207 
38 
39 
418 
444 
Total 
952 
1,030 
44 
55 
2,338 
2,517 
405 
466 
3, 739 
4, 068 
