Ricou Brothers Fish Company men with record catch of mackerel, 1923
Item
Title
Ricou Brothers Fish Company men with record catch of mackerel, 1923
Subject
Description
"Mackerel, caught Jan 6, 1923, in Ocean near Stuart, Fla. These fish are shipped in barrels to New York."
Listed in Florida Photographic Concern record book 2 (M) as "7540 Mackerel Ft. Pierce."
Used in report presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption: "A record catch of Spanish mackerel taken in a single day off the St. Lucie inlet by fishermen for the R.R. Ricou & Sons Co. of Jensen and Stuart. There were 100,000 pounds of fish in this haul. For twenty years commercial fishing has been one of the leading industries of these lower east coast communities."
Listed in Florida Photographic Concern record book 2 (M) as "7540 Mackerel Ft. Pierce."
Used in report presented by the Stuart Commercial Club to the United States Government Engineers at a public hearing (16 Jan 1923) in Stuart, Florida as part of a report requesting aid for a deep water harbor. Published in the South Florida Developer (28 July 1925) with the caption: "A record catch of Spanish mackerel taken in a single day off the St. Lucie inlet by fishermen for the R.R. Ricou & Sons Co. of Jensen and Stuart. There were 100,000 pounds of fish in this haul. For twenty years commercial fishing has been one of the leading industries of these lower east coast communities."
Source
Scan gift of Bette Kindberg, via Sandra Thurlow.
Publisher
Stuart Commercial Club (Stuart, Fla.)
Rights
No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Format
Black and white print; 9.3x8 inches
Language
English
Type
Still image
Identifier
Thurlow-2024-022-SCC-018
2024.022
FPC 7540
Original Format
Photographic print
Citation
Florida Photographic Concern (Ft. Pierce, Fla.), “Ricou Brothers Fish Company men with record catch of mackerel, 1923,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/4987.