FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 



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Industries related to the fisheries of Texas, 1930 

 TRANSPORTING IN MATAGORDA COUNTY 



Persons engaged on vessels 3 



Vessels 1 



Net tonnage 6 



WHOLESALE AND MANUFACTURING 



Operatino Units, Salaries, and Wages 



Products Manufactured 



FISHERMEN'S MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS 

 [Number of persons engaged, 210] 



Crab meat, packaged (fresh-cooked) pounds. 



Shrimp, fresh headless, packaged .do... 



Oysters, fresh-shucked.. .gallons- 

 Total 



$144 



3,840 



38, 391 



42,375 



• Includes fresh-cooked crab meat; sun-dried shrimp; shrimp bran; cooked shrimp; canned oysters; and 

 oyster-shell products. 



* Data not available. 



Note. — Some of the above products may have been manufactured from fishery products imported from 

 another State or country; therefore, they can not be correlated directly with the catch within the State. 

 Of the total number of persons engaged in the preparation of fishermen's manufactured products, 196 

 have also been included as fishermen. This fact should be considered when computing the total number 

 of persons in the fishery industries exclusive of duplication. 



