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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
It is interesting to observe the different average values of the products taken in 
the various kinds of apparatus. From the preceding table the following average 
prices per pound may be deduced : 
Average values of products taken in different forms of apparatus. 
Means of capture. 
Price per 
pound. 
Cents. 
1. 56 
3. 89 
1.50 
3. 58 
4.75 
6. 01 
3.39 
3.11 
10. 49 
Total 
2. 34 
In Table 5 the values of the fisheries for the different classes of products are 
given for each State. The general food-fish fisheries, valued at $1,219,556, greatly 
outrank the combined yield of all the other fisheries and surpass by nearly $1,009,000 
the value of the next prominent branch — the molluscan fisheries. The taking of 
shrimps and crabs ranks third in importance, followed by the reptilian, menhaden, and 
mammalian fisheries, the two last named existing in only one State. 
5. — Table showing the values of the different fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1890. 
Fisheries. 
North Car- 
olina. 
South Car- 
olina. 
Georgia. 
Florida. 
Total. 
$806, 309 
16, 171 
4,398 
5,714 
6, 620 
188,457 
$150, 690 
$66, 495 
$196, 062 
$1, 219, 556 
16, 171 
4, 398 
29, 063 
36, 835 
267, 681 
8, 376 
20, 332 
23, 204 
9,107 
7, 141 
40, 820 
5, 866 
2,742 
15, 200 
1,027, 669 
202, 602 
123, 563 
219, 870 
1, 573, 704 
About five-ninths of the money accruing from the fisheries of this region represent 
fresh water products. The fresh-water fisheries of North Carolina and Florida are 
considerably more important than those prosecuted in salt water. The relative extent 
of the river and other fresh- water fisheries of the South Atlantic States is probably 
greater than in any other coast section and constitutes one of the principal features 
of the industry. From the following table it will be seen that in 1890 the salt-water 
products had a value of $740,539 and the fresh-water were worth $833,165. 
6. — Value of the products of the salt-water and fresh-water fisheries of the South Atlantic States in 1890. 
States. 
Salt-water 
fisheries. 
Fresh- 
water 
fisheries. 
Total. 
$453, 944 
137, 530 
80, 242 
68, 823 
$573, 725 
65, 072 
43, 321 
151, 047 
$1, 027, 069 
202, 602 
123, 563 
219, 870 
740, 539 
833, 165 
1, 573, 704 
