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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
PRODUCTS WITH REFERENCE TO THE APPARATUS USED. 
Tlie quantity and value of tlie products of tlie fisheries taken by means of lines 
are much greater than those taken by any other form of apparatus, amounting in 1890 
to 2,448,043 pounds, worth $79,485. The most prominent fish captured are sea bass and 
whiting. Next to lines in importance are gill nets, the yield of which was 781,593 
pounds, valued at $40,494, of which $30,051 represented shad. The catch in seines 
was 537,853 pounds and sold for $17,050, more than half of which represented mullet. 
Such miscellaneous types of nets as skim nets, cast nets, dip nets, etc., took 183,116 
pounds, valued at $11,681, consisting chiefiy of shad. The details of this phase of 
the industry are given by counties in Table 29, which relates to the shore fisheries. 
Although the vessel fisheries of South Carolina rank second in value among those 
of the States of this region, they are relatively and actually unimportant when com- 
pared with the shore or boat fisheries. Vessels are employed only in Charleston 
County and engage only in line fishing on the banks off Charleston. Sea bass and 
snappers are the species taken. In 1889 the catch amounted to 528,911 pounds, worth 
$17,631, and in 1890 to 538,278 pounds, valued at $17,641. 
29. — Table showing by counties, apparatus, and species the yield of the shore fisheries of South Carolina in 
1S89 and 1890. 
Apparatus and species. 
Chesterfield. 
Marlboro. Marion. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
V aluo. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Seines : 
Catfish, fresh 
Hickory shad, fresh. . 
1, 378 
682 
3,393 
1, 067 
994 
446 
$41 
33 
384 
32 
50 
20 
1, 012 
733 
3,108 
910 
1,047 
260 
$30 
36 
280 
27 
52 
10 
919 
455 
$28 
22 
675 
489 
$20 
24 
Sturgeon, fresh 
Suckers, fresh 
Other fish, fresh 
Total 
711 
662 
297 
21 
33 
13 
607 
698 
173 
18 
35 
7 
7, 960 
560 
7, 070 
435 
3, 044 
117 
2, 642 
104 
Gill nets : 
Bream and porch, 
3, 050 
3, 500 
1,950 
$120 
150 
78 
3,300 
3, 945 
2, 750 
$130 
158 
86 

Total 
1 
| 
8, 500 
348 
9, 995 
374 
Miscellaneous nets : 

1 
16, 200 
15, 860 
405 
1, 219 
12, 300 
16, 021 
310 
1, 386 
Shad, fresh 
5, 801 
10, 875 
420 
694 
435 
15 
8, 645 
11. 050 
370 
885 
442 
13 
3,410 
350 
2, 600 
265 
Other fish, fresh 
Total 
Lines : 
Bream and perch, 
fresh 
Catfish, fresh 
Other fish, fresh 
Total 
Grand total 
2, 125 
85 
1, 250 
50 
17, 096 
1, 144 
20, 065 
1, 340 5, 535 
435 
3, 850 
315 
32, 060 
1, 624 
28, 321 
1,696 
8, 830 
7, 290 
5, 310 
428 
218 
212 
8, 580 
7, 400 
5, 240 
415 
222 
210 
12, 000 
10, 930 
7, 135 
585 
328 
285 
12, 240 
10. 400 
7,360 
594 
312 
294 
17, 865 
14, 680 
9, 635 
856 
464 
385 
17. 500 
15, 600 
10, 000 
829 
495 
400 
21,430 
858 
21, 220 
847 i 30,065 
1, 198 
30, 000 
1,200 
42, 180 
1,705 
43, 100 
1, 724 
46,486 
2, 562 
48, 355 
2,622 38,644 
1, 750 
36, 492 
1,619 
82, 740 
3,677 
81, 416 
3, 794 
