State Produces
$22,623,803
In Fisb Products
This Income Was Realized
Over Two-Year Period
Beginning June 1, 1948
The value of North Carolina's
fin fish and shellfish for the pe
riod July 1, 1948 to June 30, 1950
was $22,623,803, according to the !
recently released biennium report j
ot the state commercial fisheries <
division.
Fin fish value amounted to $18,
908.925 and shellfish $3,714,878. j
The menhaden catch accounted for
$13,384,260 of the fin fish figure.
The food fish catch was valued at '
$5,524,665.
Food Fish
Food fish taken fluring the two
>ear period are listed below, fol
lowed by the number of pounds. |
then the value of that specific fish: j
spotted trout. 1.200.000. $360,000; '
gray trout. 4.700,000, $705,000; sea
mullet. 600,000. $60,000; blue fish. ,
800.000, $120,000.
Mullet, 5,250,000. $787,500;
croakers. 3,700,000. $370,000; spot,
10.300,000, $824,000; hog fish. 300.
000. $30,000; mackerel, 600,000,
$120,000; shad. 900.000. $225,000;
herring. 22,362,623, SI, 116, 665.
Butters, 100,000, $10,000; carp,
900,000, $135,000; rock or striped
bass. 500.000. $150,000; flounder.
2,000,000, $300,000; puppy drum,
300,000. $45,000; white perch, 200,
000, $30,000; cats, 500,000, $75,000;
eels, 50,000, $7,500; jack, 300,000,
$36,000.
Pike. 25,000, $3,000; pompano,
10,000, $5,000; channel bass, 100,
000, $8,000; sheep head, 10,000, $2,
000.
(The above figures do not in
clude number of pounds of those
species taken as game fish).
Shellfish
Shellfish production and value
follows: oysters, 356,198 bushels
(four-peck), $445,247; clams, 62.
615 bushels, $93,925; soft 'shell
crabs, 45,824 dozen, $45,824; escal
lops. 532 gallons. $1,330; hard
crabs, 4,003.460 pounds. $120,103;
shrimp, 15,042,245 (heads on), $3,
008,449.
Fisherman Finds Method
Of Landing Tarpon
Hatteras Joe Massoletti of New
York, who has a cottage here, be
lieves he's solved the problem of :
persuading tarpon to strike at 1
hooks in North Carolina waters.
Commercial fishermen for years
have been taking the big game iish
in nets along the coast, especially
in sounds. But hook-and-line catch
es have been extremely rare. Mas- .
soletti tackled the problem about
10 years ago. and this year spent
30 days working on it.
Tests near the head of Sloop
Channel, he says, solved matters.
His solution: anchor and "play out
a live mullet five or six inches in
length and hooked through the
lips from bottom through head just
in front of eyes." Late afternoon
fishing. Massoletti adds, is best.
He says the secret is to get the
desired-size mullet and keep them
alive until you get where the tar
pon are most plentiful.
Among Beaufort's Best
BONNER L. WILL1
Capt. Bonner L. Willis, pictured above, aboard
the boat which bears his name, is recognized as
one of the best captains in this area. Maay's the
lime the Bonner L. has come in, top boat in the
fleet.
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Record Fleet in '49
Fish Dealer
(Continued from page 4)
Beach during the war between the
states. She was trying to run the
blockade and ran aground. The old
vessel can be seen now at low tide
about 200 yards off the beach.
The anchor came to light in July
of this year. The boat Philip, fish
ing for Ottis, snagged it while
trawling. With the help of the
Lucky Star, a boat owned by David
Jones. Beaufort, the anchor was
brought up and taken ashore.
The hooked part buried in the
sand is encrusted with shells while
the other, which was exposed a
bove the sand, has been eaten away
by action of the salt water and
currents. Strangely enough, the
heavy hempen rope around the
ring is "petrified." Strands of the,
rope can be pried loose with a pen
knife, but the wooden stalk thrust
through the iron shaft has rotted
away.
Whether he instinctively knows
it, or has learned by experience, 1
one can't tell, but Ottis has proved
that it pays to keep his name and
business before the public, using
all channels possible. His art of
showmanship has had a lot to do
with making him one of the most
successful fish dealers in Carteret
county.
Clam license and tax revenue in |
North Carolina last year amounted i
to $2,613.53.
Food fish licenses and taxes a
mounted to $20,439.80 in North
Carolina in 1M9-50.
(Continued from page 1)
H. Potter, and C. R. Wheatly inter
ests, Morris Fish co., owned and
operated by Lambert Morris.
In Morehead City the plants and
their operators are Carteret Fish
and Oil. Clarence Taylor, R. W.
Taylor co., R. W. Taylor. Wallace,
Fisheries. George Roberts Wallace;
Phillips Fisheries, Lewellyn, Jas
per, and Orlando Phillips.
Large Investment
More investment is required in
the menhaden industry than any
other fishery in the state. The
plants represent an investment of
more than $4,000,000. boats $2.000,- '
CKH) and nets $180,000. Many of the
boats are not native Tar Heel
craft, but come here from other
states for the winter fishing sea
son.
In the two-year period, July 1.
1948 to June 30. 1950, fish taken
numbered 669.213.000. valued at
$13,384,260 as against a catch in
the previous period of 445.250,000
at a Value of $9,225,580.
According to state commercial
fisheries division reports, the 1948
50 catch produced 48.125 tons of
scrap valued at $6,256,250 and 5,
550,000 gallons of oil valued at
$5,550,000.
Fishes for His Life
South Gate, Calif. ? (AP) ? Rob
ert Thompson's iove of fishing paid
off. Because of his powerful cast
ing arm, he saved his own and the
lives of three others.
Stranded on an island by the in
coming tide, Thompson, 17, cast
his line 150 feet to the mainland
and then reeled in a life-line. The
i men then were pulled ashore one
I at a time by life guards.
Fisheries Instilue
Executive Council Meets
Routine business was considered
last Tuesday at the quarterly meet
ing of the executive council of the
Institute of Fisheries Research.
Members of the council who at- 1
tended were Dr. Harden F. Taylor.
Rex Winslow. Mrs. Roland McClam
roch. Roy Hampton. Dr. Donald P
Costello. and Dr. R. E. Coker.
The session was held at the In- i
stitute.
Institute Adds
Six 'Fishermen'
As Advisers
Six "practical fishermen." North
Carolina fish dealers, have been
added to the advisory council of
the Institute of Fisheries Research,
Morehead City. u
It has long been the desire of W.
A. Ellison, jr.. director of the in
stitute. to have men. other than
scientists, on the advisory board.
This was accomplished at the re
cent annual meeting of the council
when IV Dameron Midgett. Engle
hard; Clyde Potter, Belhaven; Earl
Holton. Vandemere; Gordon Willis,
Morehead City; Clayton Fulcher,
Atlantic, and Lewis Hardee, South
port. be^an their two-year terms
of office.
These men represent each major,
fishing center along the coast. All'
attended the meeting except Pot
ter. Another new member of the
council is Dr. Don B. Anderson,
head of the biological division,
State college.
Director Ellison termed the
meeting "very satisfactory" and
said he was extremely pleased that
the new members consented to
serve.
During the session there were
talks by Dr. H. E. Coker, chairman
of the council. W. Roy Hampton,
chairman of the North Carolina
Fisheries committee, William S.
Wells, chairman of the shrimp sur
vey and a member of the council,
and members of the Institute of
Fisheries Research staff.
Prague ? <AP) ? Union fisher
men from all the streams in Czech
oslovakia went to a school that did
not consist of fish. The official
news -agency said about 100 o?
them attended an eight-day course
of "political and specialist school
ing" arranged by the Union of Fish
ermen in Prague.
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