. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. ^ natives, in the passes of theAleutian Islands during their first southward migration. THE SPONGE FISHERY OF FLORIDA IN 1900. JOIIlSr N. COBB, Agent of (he United tStates Fish Conrtntssiou. F. C. 1902 11 161 Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate 6. I r d ? t**^ ^<*.--V:*~« SSminiitti. BRINGING SPONGES FROM THE VESSELS TO SPONGE WHARF AT KEY WEST. * *^ 1 e.^ .Jli^ kB -M p--? .. Jis A SPONGE AUCTION AT ANCLOTE. THE SPONGE FISHERY OF FLORIDA IN IJOO. By John N. Cobb,Agent of the United States Fish Co)n)nission. In 11)01 the writer w
. Report of the Commissioner for the year ending June 30, 1902. ^ natives, in the passes of theAleutian Islands during their first southward migration. THE SPONGE FISHERY OF FLORIDA IN 1900. JOIIlSr N. COBB, Agent of (he United tStates Fish Conrtntssiou. F. C. 1902 11 161 Report U. S. F. C. 1902. Plate 6. I r d ? t**^ ^<*.--V:*~« SSminiitti. BRINGING SPONGES FROM THE VESSELS TO SPONGE WHARF AT KEY WEST. * *^ 1 e.^ .Jli^ kB -M p--? .. Jis A SPONGE AUCTION AT ANCLOTE. THE SPONGE FISHERY OF FLORIDA IN IJOO. By John N. Cobb,Agent of the United States Fish Co)n)nission. In 11)01 the writer was detailed to make an investigation of thecommercial aspects of the lislierj^, and the following notes give com-plete data showing its condition in the calendar year 1900: GROUNDS, VESSELS, METHODS OF THE FISHERY, ETC. « There are two well-defined areas of the Florida coast in which spong-ing is prosecuted. A chain of keys, or islands, starts from the mainland at aboutMiami, on the east coast, and extends, in the shape of a horn, far intothe Gulf of Mexico, the Dry Tortugas being the westernmost point ofthe horn. In the waters surrounding most of these ke^^s, and alsobetween the keys and the mainland as far as Cape Sable, sponges arefound. This is called the key grounds and is worked exclusivelyby spongers from Ke}^ West and the few i
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