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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Vessel fisheries by customs districts . — The west coast of Florida is occupied by five 
customs districts, viz, Key West, Tampa, St. Marks, Apalachicola, and Pensacola. 
The importance of the vessel fisheries of the State justifies the presentation of the 
following special tables, showing the extent of the fishing done by craft taking out 
licenses in each of these districts. 
19. — Summary by customs districts of the vessel fisheries of the west coast of Florida in 18S9 and 1890. 
FISHING VESSELS. 
Customs districts. 
Key West . . . 
Tampa 
St. Marks 
Apalachicola 
Pensacola . . . 
Total . . . 
Number and nationality of fishermen. 
1889. 
127 
10 
6 
62 
117 
18 
30 
23 
23 
660 
10 
13 
02 
207 
952 
1890. 
141 
5 
16 
49 
129 
340 
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ai o 
SB 
'C'i> 
572 
598 
14 
29 
29 
23 
23 
23 
23 
717 
5 
29 
49 
230 
1, 030 
Number of ves- 
sels fishing. 
Net tonnage. 
Value of vessels. 
V alue of outfit, gear, 
provisions, fuel, etc. 
Value of catch. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
81 
88 
1, 159. 83 
1, 187. 08 
$124, 900 
$128, 470 
$75, 450 
$80, 826 
$254, 738 
$281 , 660 
3 
2 
53. 83 
17. 40 
4,900 
900 
962 
607 
4, 362 
3,358 
1 
3 
18. 50 
42. 57 
2, 250 
5, 050 
792 
1,877 
65 
4. 200 
12 
12 
93. 26 
86. 70 
6, 150 
5, 750 
2, 533 
2,376 
11,807 
9, 954 
35 
40 
871. 19 
1, 022. 92 
63, 000 
73, 820 
51,033 
59, 587 
104, 334 
128, 590 
132 
145 
2, 196. 01 
2, 356. 67 
201, 200 
213, 990 
130, 770 
145, 273 
375, 306 
427, 762 
Customs districts. 
Key West . . . 
Tampa 
St. Marks 
Apalachicola 
Pensacola 
Total . . . 
TRAN SPORTIN G VESSELS. 
Customs dis- 
tricts. 
No. of ves- 
sels trans- 
porting. 
Net tonnage. 
Value of ves- 
sels. 
Value of 
provisions, 
fuel, etc. 
Number and nationality of crew. 
V alue of prod- 
ucts trans- 
ported. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Americans. 
British pro- 
vincials. 
Spaniards. 
Total. 
Americans. 
British pro- 
vincials. 
Spaniards. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
Key West 
5 
7 
94.99 
134. 56 
$7, 800 
$11, 300 
$1,070 
$1,570 
8 
4 
4 
16 
12 
7 
5 
24 
$25, 460 
$29, 326 
9 
9 
88. 82 
88. 82 
12, 050 
12, 050 
2, 640 
2,730 
22 
22 
22 
22 
30, 000 
40 000 
1 
3 
5. 19 
19. 50 
500 
2, 100 
125 
325 
2 
2 
6 
6 
7 500 
12 500 
2 
1 
31. 15 
16. 92 
1, 400 
800 
190 
90 
4 
4 
3 
3 
1, 630 
2, 155 
Pensacola 
1 
1 
20. 41 
20.41 
2, 000 
1,500 
120 
50 
*[3] 
[3] 
1 800 
1,975 
Total 
18 
21 
240. 56 
280. 21 
23, 750 
27, 750 
4, 145 
4,765 
36 
4 
4 
44 
43 
7 
5 
55 
66, 390 
85, 956 
Employed also in the shore fisheries and there enumerated. 
