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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
7 . — Comparative statement of the number of persons engaged in the fisheries of the South Atlantic States 
in 1880 and 1890. 
States. 
Fishermen. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
1880. 
1890. 
Increase. 
1880. 
1890. 
Increase. 
1880. 
1890. 
Increase. 
Number. 
Per cent. 
North Carolina 
4,729 
7, 478 
2,749 
545 
2, 796 
2, 251 
5, 274 
10, 274 
5, 000 
94.80 
South Carolina 
904 
2, 577 
1, 613 
41 
124 
83 
1,005 
2, 701 
1. 696 
168. 76 
Georgia 
809 
1,421 
612 
90 
201 
111 
899 
1,622 
723 
80. 42 
Florida 
348 
1,174 
826 
20 
230 
210 
368 
1,404 
1,036 
281.52 
Total 
G, 850 
12, 650 
5, 800 
696 
3, 351 
2, 655 
7,546 
16, 001 
8,455 
112. 05 
8. — Comparative statement of the vessels, boats, apparatus, and property employed in the fisheries of the 
South Atlantic States in 1880 and 1890. 
States. 
Vessels. 
Boats. 
Seines. 
Number. 
Value. 
Number. 
Value. 
j Number. 
Value. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
North Carolina . . . 
South Carolina . . . 
Georgia 
Florida 
Total 
95 
22 
1 
128 
15 
23 
3 
$39, 000 
15, 000 
450 
$83, 550 
24, 800 
21, 025 
1,750 
2,714 
501 
358 
315 
3.862 
1,227 
788 
716 
$123, 175 
9, 790 
15. 425 
12, 950 
$188, 375 
31, 804 
9, 766 
29, 858 
835 
44 
17 
16 
1,273 
74 
51 
359 
$95, 982 
2,725 
800 
1,060 
$99, 649 
4, 008 
2, 052 
7, 480 
118 
169 
54, 450 
131, 125 
3,888 
6,593 
161, 340 
259, 803 
912 
1,757 
100, 567 
113,189 
States. 
Pound nets. 
Gill nets. 
Value of other 
apparatus and 
outfit. 
Shore and cash 
property. 
Number. 
Value. 
Number. 
Value. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
1880. 
1890. 
North Carolina ... 
South Carolina . . . 
Georgia 
Florida 
Total 
117 
950 
5 
5 
$30, 800 
$80, 394 
1,250 
570 
18, 796 
66 
251 
172 
90, 980 
1, 380 
398 
468 
$43,290 
3. 415 
9, 120 
11,915 
$154. 582 
13, 958 
7, 957 
27, 730 
355, 364 
19, 845 
8, 525 
5, 129 
$27, 132 
8, 667 
9, 021 
2, 198 
$118, 950 
15, 500 
44, 450 
12, 500 
$610, 306 
44, 525 
123, 360 
72. 519 
117 
960 
30, 800 
82, 214 
19, 285 
93, 226 
67,740 
204, 227 
88. 863 
47,018 191,400 
850, 710 
Total investment. 
States. 
1880. 
1890. 
Increase. 
Amount. 
Per cent. 
$506, 561 
66, 275 
78, 770 
43, 554 
$1,243,988 
127, 762 
174, 431 
$737, 427 
61, 487 
95, 661 
98, 551 
145. 57 
92. 78 
121. 44 
Florida 
142. 105 
226. 27 
695, 160 
1, 688, 286 
993, 126 
142. 86 
