FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
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16. — Table showing by counties and species the yield of the vessel fisheries of North Carolina in 1889 and 1890. 
Species. 
Craven. 
Carteret. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V alue. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
8,000 
12,209,400 
15,000 
500 
8,000 
473,984 
$200 
15, 920 
150 
35 
160 
17, 597 
8,000 
12,209,400 
15,000 
500 
8,000 
673,484 
$200 
15, 920 
150 
35 
160 
24, 722 
Menhaden 
8,558,250 
$11,273 
8,558,250 
$11,273 
Spanish mackerel 
Squeteague 
Oysters 
Total 
210, 000 
$7, 500 
199, 500 
$7, 125 
8,000 
402,500 
160 
13,380 
8,000 
612,500 
160 
20,880 
210, 000 
7, 500 
199, 500 
7, 125 
8,968,750 
24,813 
12,714,884 
34, 062 
9,178,750 
32,313 
12,914,384 
41, 187 
The shad is taken in every county and, as is already shown, is the most valuable 
fishery product of the State. The following table, giving the number of shad caught 
in each county during the two years covered by this report, may prove instructive. 
The great importance of the shad fisheries of Bare County is clearly brought out, the 
catch there being three-sevenths of that of the entire State. The yield in Pamlico and 
Craven, Chowan, and Bertie counties is also large, amounting to more than 100,000 
fish in each. 
17 . — Table showing the number of shad taken in each county in North Carolina in 1889 and 1890. 
Counties. 
1889. 
1890. 
Counties. 
1889. 
1890. 
54, 400 
70, 763 
Pitt 
8, 794 
10, 736 
26, 600 
39, 375 
24, 046 
20, 694 
34^ 479 
37 ’ 830 
145, 000 
148’ 000 
30, 390 
27’ 750 
l\ 000 
7^497 
119, 126 
125, 841 
7' 571 
5, 750 
4, 300 
4, 760 
7, 194 
5’ 543 
6, 354 
8, 150 
43^ 677 
37' 700 
161, 050 
106, 800 
31, 783 
26’ 160 
24, 000 
26, 410 
4’ 035 
3’ 210 
73, 822 
71, 105 
6, 714 
5^ 350 
28, 480 
32, 850 
6, 894 
6, 741 
595, 217 
690 749 
19, 850 
27, 780 
1, 530, 394 
1, 612, 594 
Beaufort 
59, 618 
65, 050 
THE FISHERIES CONSIDERED WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPARATUS USED. 
A knowledge of the relative and actual effectiveness of the different forms of 
apparatus employed in the fisheries is of great practical advantage to the fishermen, 
and the following comprehensive table has been prepared with special reference to 
this fact. It shows, for each county, the quantity and value of each product taken 
with each kind of fishing device employed in the fisheries, and should be examined 
in connection with several preceding tables, in which the number and value of each 
form of apparatus are given. 
It is seen that the seine is the form of apparatus that takes the largest quantities 
of fish and yields the greatest money returns. In 1889, 15,952,688 pounds of fish, 
valued at $349,269, were caught in this way, and in 1890, 17,984,830 pounds, worth 
$401,036. The fish secured in largest quantities are alewives, of which 8,177,340 
pounds, valued at $82,031, were sold in 1889, and 9,152,799 pounds, worth $92,374, in 
1890. The shad, however, is a more valuable fish than the alewives in the seine fish- 
eries, and in 1890 was worth $98,457, although the value in 1889 was somewhat less 
