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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
STATISTICAL PRESENTATION. 
Condensed statistics covering various phases of the fisheries of the South Atlan- 
tic States are contained in the following tables. The specification is by States. A 
series of three tables is first presented, showing the number of persons engaged in the 
industry, the number and value of the vessels, boats, nets, etc., employed, and the 
quantity and value of the principal products taken. From Tablet it will be seen that 
16,001 persons found employment in the fisheries of this region in 1890, of whom 12,650 
were fishermen and 3,351 were shoresmen. The investment in fishing property, as 
shown in Table 2, was $1,688,286, of which $159,164 represented vessels, $259,803 boats, 
$418,609 apparatus, and $850,710 shore, accessory, and cash property. The amount 
of the catch as given in Table 3 was 67,201,630 pounds, for which the fishermen 
received $1,573,704. Of this sum $482,403 accrued from the sale of shad, $254,141 
from oysters, $166,106 from alewives, $133,635 from mullet, and $537,419 from all 
other products. 
1. — Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1890. 
States. 
Fishermen. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
North Carolina 
7,478 
2, 79G 
10, 274 
South Carolina 
2, 577 
124 
2, 701 
Georgia 
1,421 
201 
1,622 
Florida 
1,174 
230 
1. 404 
Total 
12, 650 
3, 351 
16, 001 
2. — Table showing the n umber and value of vessels, boats, and apparatus, and the value of the shore property 
and cash capital employed in the fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1890. 
Items. 
North Carolina. 
South Carolina. 
Georgia. Florida. 
Total. 
No. Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. No. 
Value. 
No. 
V alue. 
Vessels 
128 
1, 615. 59 
3, 862 
1, 273 
90, 980 
950 
36 
1, 165 
728 
$101, 029 
15 
240. 04 
1, 227 
74 
1, 380 
$29, 325 
23 
267. 74 
788 
51 
398 
5 
11 
$26, 800 
3 
39. 25 
716 
359 
468 
5 
$2. 010 
169 
2, 162. 62 
6, 593 
1,757 
93, 226 
960 
47 
1, 165 
1,845 
351 
$159, 164 
Boats 
Seines 
Gill nets 
Pound nets 
188, 375 
99, 649 
154, 582 
80, 394 
384 
1,755 
2, 798 
31,804 
4, 008 
13, 958 
9, 766 
2, 052 
7, 957 
1, 250 
285 
29, 858 
7, 480 
27, 730 
570 
259, 803 
113, 189 
204, 227 
82,214 
669 
1,755 
6, 279 
1,768 
1,555 
6,751 
202 
435,510 
415, 200 
Skim and other minor nets. . 
734 
2, 464 
383 
148 
157 
1.017 
740 
. 306 
898 
203 
1,028 
630 
280 
57 
4, 457 
202 
306, 506 
303, 800 
562 
1, 116 
Tongs 
1, 479 
169 
59 
1,864 
Shore and accessory property 
27, 525 
17. 000 
51, 560 
71, 800 
49, 919 
22, 600 
1,243, 988 
127, 762 
174, 431 
142, 105 
1,688, 286 
