Identifier: reportofcommissi281902unit (find matches)
Title: Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: United States. Bureau of Fisheries
Subjects: Fisheries
Publisher: Washington, The Commission U.S. Govt. Print. Off
Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MBLWHOI Library

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uds bleaches them to a beautiful white or golden color inone or two weeks. This manner of l)leaching pre.serves the liber ofthe sponge intact, and it is as durable when l)leached as before. Thesesponges are either given away by the spongers or sold to the merchantsin Key West, who sell them to tourists. The two following tables show the condition of thc^ sponge-buyingbusiness during 1900, and the rapid increase in the ((uantity of .spongesbought at Tarpon Springs. In 1895 there were three l)uyers at thisplace and the total value of the sponges purchased amounted to100,000. In 1900 there were six buyers and their combined purchasesamounted to $278,550, an increase of three buj^ers and ^^218,550 invalue. In 1895 Key West had nine buyers, who purchased $312,020worth of .sponges, while in 1900 there were eleven buyers, an increaseof two, and the combined purchases amounted to $289,135 in value, adecrease of $31,865 in value. The decrease at Kev West would Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate 9.
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TIIK SlONGK FlSilEKY OF FLOKIDA IN IJOO. 175 uiKK)iil)k(lly luiv(> ))reii ^TcutiM- hud it not l)een for the exceptionallygood eiitelies on the key gTound.s durino- IKUO. All the keysponge.s arc .sold at Key West and will likely continue .so to be .sold, asTarpon Spring.s is too inaccessible for the key l)oats, but it is prob-able that in time mo.st, if not all, of the sponges from the ba)^grounds will be marketed at Tarpon Springs. Over two-thirds ofthem were so disposed of in 1!)00. All of the data in the first table,except wages and buyings, have alread) been shown in the regularfishcrv tables. Table sJitjirIm/ the cxleid uf llie ajiungc-hui/hu/ business in 1900. Items. Key West. Tarpon Springs. Total. No. Value. Xo. Value. No. Value. 11G7 657 17124 Employee^ 125,97890,400 817,969 1.9,332 . $43,947 99,732 116,378 27,301 !. 1 143,679 Kinds. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. 95,49049,13581,05512,428 $229,43331,97520,6131,7945,320 85,82124,12963,259 $253,83012,07012,650 181,31173,

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