FISHERIES OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES. 
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In 1890 the quantity of fresh-water fish taken was 31,353,272 pounds, for which 
the fishermen received $833,165. The fish of which the largest catch was made were 
1 alewives, but the yield of shad was the most valuable. The principal fishes had the 
i, following values: Shad, $482,403; alewives, $166,106; striped bass, $33,942; black 
j bass, $30,431; sturgeon, $12,974; and catfish, $12,745. 
The apparatus with which the largest catch is made is the seine, which is credited 
with 14,305,273 pounds, valued at $296,961. Pound nets took 8,295,677 pounds, worth 
$123, S80. The gill-net catch was somewhat less than the pound-net, being 7,376,184 
pounds, but the value was nearly three times greater. In the yield of shad and mul- 
let the gill nets take first rank, in that of alewives and black bass the seines have 
precedence, and in that of striped bass the pound nets lead. 
50. — Table of persons employed. 
Kiver basins. 
Albemarle Sound an tributaries 
Pamlico Kiver 
Nouse Kiver 
Cape Fear Kiver and tributaries 
Winy ah Bay and tributaries 
Edisto Kiver and tributaries 
Combaliee, Asliepoo, and Coosawhatchie Kivers 
Savannah Kiver 
Ogeechee Kiver 
Altamaha Kiver and tributaries 
St. Marys Kiver 
St. Johns Kiver and tributaries 
Total 
1889. 
1890. 
*3, 5G1 
13, 550 
275 
330 
937 
991 
445 
420 
1, 096 
1,047 
314 
316 
70 
65 
170 
162 
116 
117 
698 
727 
52 
40 
+ 609 
§732 
8, 343 
8, 407 
* Includes 616 shoresmen and 51 transporters, 
t Includes 38 shoresmen. 
t Includes 588 shoresmen and 55 transporters. 
§ Includes 66 shoresmen. 
51. — Table of vessels, boats, apparatus, etc., employed. 
Albemarle Sound and tribu- 
taries. 
Pamlico 
Kiver. 
Neuse Kiver. 
Items. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
V alue. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
23 
$7, 775 
24 
$10, 650 
210. 94 
278. 17 
1 , 832 
1, 905 
Boats 
1, 192 
115, 129 
i, io8 
115, 054 
184 
$5, 920 
209 
$7, 794 
463 
$11,995 
490 
$12, 336 
869 
71, 395 
904 
74. 394 
28 
3, 100 
43 
5, 775 
Seines 
334 
64, 665 
331 
57, 145 
23 
5, 500 
30 
7,500 
73 
7, 100 
78 
7, 350 
Gill nets 
64, 428 
95, 328 
73, 875 
109, 319 
4, 000 
5, 220 
5, 300 
7, 420 
6, 500 
11, 100 
6, 266 
9, 757 
Miscellaneous nets 
251 
1,370 
265 
1, 448 
110 
550 
113 
560 
320 
960 
300 
900 
265 
410 
1,070 
1.615 
25 
40 
95 
140 
112, 455 
110, 801 
5,484 
5,675 
800 
820 
36, 500 
30, 100 
506, 859 
512, 431 
25,814 
34. 864 
31,955 
31, 163 
Cape Fear River and tributaries. 
Winyah Bay and tributaries. 
Edisto River and tributaries. 
Items. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Boats 
190 
$2, 495 
195 
$2, 615 
659 
$9, 229 
614 
$8, 797 
109 
$2, 316 
122 
$2, 572 
55 
1,506 
55 
1,506 
9 
485 
9 
485 
16 
700 
17 
760 
Gill nets 
127 
3. 586 
109 
3, 455 
5G8 
13, 721 
506 
9, 911 
928 
2,086 
804 
2,595 
Miscellaneous nets 
63 
203 
64 
208 
252 
963 
255 
831 
151 
403 
145 
388 
T iiipa 
4 
4 
71 
74 
1 1 
10 
m A . 
397 
403 
1,125 
1, 200 
8, 191 
8, 191 
24, 469 

20, 098 
6, 641 
7.525 
