322 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION 
32. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
13 
118. 50 
$6, 675 
20 
212. 33 
$10, 025 
3,960 
f, 000 
3, 375 
11,000 
2 
27. 37 
3 
55. 41 
850 
7, 384 
423 
104 
587 
7,458 
760 
240 
1,250 
837 
123 
294 
560 
49, 240 
36, 200 
2, 400 
9, 766 
1,305 
312 
747 
7, 957 
740 
285 
1, 250 
893 
124 
306 
586 
51,560 
71, 800 
725 
9 
13 
18 
373 
152 
9 
5 
297 
76 
788 
28 
40 
23 
398 
148 
11 
5 
307 
76 
Apparatus of capture — vessel fisheries: 
Apparatus of capture — shore fisheries : 
112 
117 
120, 975 
174, 431 
33. — Table of produ cts. 
Species. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Valuo. 
Ale wives 
36, 000 
$720 
24, 000 
$580 
Bream and perch 
20, 385 
974 
18, 400 
888 
Catfish 
192, 251 
8,122 
192, 232 
8,175 
Channel bass 
32, 095 
1,762 
38, 870 
2, 215 
Drum 
16, 580 
331 
15, 000 
300 
Hickory shad 
18, 400 
921 
23, 100 
1,150 
Mullet 
57, 425 
2, 589 
52, 740 
2, 381 
Sea bass - 
8,200 
492 
10, 000 
600 
Shad 
356, 352 
27, 000 
399. 660 
30, 918 
Sheepshead 
5, 165 
310 
5, 000 
300 
Spots and croakers 
14, 185 
807 
13, 800 
790 
Squeteague 
130, 337 
7,183 
144, 000 
7,911 
Striped bass 
13, 260 
1,100 
9, 000 
720 
Sturgeon 
206, 360 
3,838 
80, 560 
1, 497 
Suckers 
5, 692 
299 
5, 923 
311 
Whiting 
11,790 
660 
18, 374 
1, 060 
Miscellaneous 
Ido , 274 
7, 640 
112, 897 
6, 259 
Oysters 
* 1, 142, 400 
26, 684 
;i, 570, 485 
40, 520 
Quahogs 
1 3, 200 
250 
£ 4, 000 
300 
Shrimps 
150, 000 
5, 975 
162, 160 
6, 081 
Crabs 
43, 267 
935 
47, 866 
1,060 
Terrapins 
38, 040 
6,270 
43, 050 
9, 107 
Caviare 
5, 875 
865 
3, 000 
440 
Total 
2, 643, 533 
105, 727 
2, 994, 117 
123, 563 
* 163,200 bushels. 1 224.357 bushels. J 400 bushels. § 500 bushels. 
THE FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY COUNTIES. 
Of the twenty counties the fisheries of which are covered by this report, only six 
are directly on the seaboard, the remainder being on the Savannah, Altamaha, and 
other rivers. The coastal counties are Chatham, Bryan, Liberty, McIntosh, Glynn, 
and Camden. 
The fisheries of Chatham County are much more important than those of all the 
other counties combined It has the most numerous fishing population, the greatest 
