FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
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Next, to the oyster, the most important product of the fisheries is the shad, the 
yield of which in point of value is nearly equal to that of all the other fishes of the 
State. After the shad, the species in the order of their importance are terrapin, sque- 
teague, catfish, and shrimp. In the output of terrapin Georgia is surpassed only by 
Maryland and Virginia. 
CONDENSED STATISTICS OP THE FISHERIES. 
Prom the three tables which follow a general idea may be obtained of the extent 
and condition of the fisheries in 1889 and 1890. 
Table 31 shows that in the latter year 64 persons found employment in the vessel 
fisheries, 1,357 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 201 in the shore industries, the total 
number, 1,622, being an increase of 125 over the previous year. 
The vessels, boats, apparatus, etc., used in the fisheries and the amount of capital 
invested are given in Table 32. The 23 vessels employed in 1890 measured 267.74 
tons and were valued at $26,800, the apparatus carried on them, consisting of seines 
and tongs, being worth $1,617 additional. The boats in use numbered 788, and had a 
value of $9,766. In the shore fisheries the gill net is the most numerous and valuable 
form of apparatus, after which come the seine, pound net, and cast net, the aggregate 
value being $12,888. Shore property and working capital constitute the largest 
investment, amounting to $123,360. The total value of fishing property in 1890 was 
$174,431, an increase of $53,456 over 1889, the advance being mostly due to additions 
to the fleet of oyster and fishing vessels and to the working capital. 
The quantities and values of the principal products taken in 1889 and 1890 are 
shown in Table 33. In the former year, 2,643,533 pounds of fish, oysters, shrimp, 
etc., were landed, valued at $105,727 ; in 1890 the catch was 2,994,117 pounds, worth 
$123,563. The value of oysters is greater than any other species, amounting to $40,520 
in 1890, after which are shad worth $30,918, terrapin worth $9,107, squeteague worth 
$7,911, catfish worth $8,175, and shrimp worth $6,081. The increase in the value of 
the yield in 1890 as compared with the previous years depended largely on an impor- 
tant augmentation of the oyster output. 
31. — Table of persons employed. 
How engaged. 
Number. 
1889. 
1890. 
29 
a 
50 
14 
1, 357 
201 
1.294 
171 
1,497 
1,622 
F. C. B. 1891—21 
