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for 39 per cent of the total number of fishing vessels and Calhoun, 

 22 per cent. Neuces County led in the number of motor and other 

 small boats, accounting for 25 per cent of the total and was followed 

 by Galveston County with 24 per cent. 



CATCH BY COUNTIES 



Fishing was prosecuted in the marine waters of 12 counties of 

 Texas during 1929. Ranked according to value, the fisheries of 

 Galveston County were most important, accounting for 32 per cent 

 of the total catch and 33 per cent of the total value of the catch, 

 Neuces County w^as next in importance accounting for 21 per cent 

 of the quantity and 19 per cent of the value. Other important pro- 

 ducing counties listed in order of their importance with respect to 

 the value of the catch were Calhoun, San Patricio, Cameron, Mata- 

 gorda, and Aransas. 



Fisheries of Texas, 1929 



OPERATING UNITS: By gear 



Items 



Haul seines 



Common 



Long 



Gill nets 



Anchor 



Drift 



Set 



Trammel 

 nets 



Fishermen; 



Onvessels __. 



On boats and shore- 

 Regular 



Casual 



Total - 



Vessels: 

 Motor— 



5 to 10 tons 



Net tonnage- 

 Boats: 



Motor 



• other 



Apparatus: 



Number 



Length, yards 



Square yards 



Number 



225 

 83 



Number 

 198 



Number 

 52 



Number Number 



198 



52 



27 

 103 



134 



28, 508 



1 

 110 



78 

 14, 166 



27, 300 



Number 

 2 



140 



150 



295 



2, 400 52, 612 



50, 204 



