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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Texas, 1929 — Continued 

 CATCH: By counties— Continued 



Species 



Amberjack 



Catfish and bullheads 



Croaker 



Drum: 



Black 



Red 



Flounders 



Oroufiers 



Jowflsh 



King whiting or "kingfish' 



Mullet - - 



Pompano 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Snook or sorgeantfish 



Spadp.fish 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteagucs or "sea trout' 



Crabs: Hard -.. 



Shrimp.-. 



Oysters: 



Market, public 



Market, private 



Total. 



Chambers 



Pounds 



7, SOO 



4,000 



200 



200 

 800 



400' 



13, 100 



Value 



$375 



200 



10 



10 

 80 



60 



Galveston 



Pounds 



22, 250 

 4,400 



9,500 



106, 890 



14,700 



15, 998 



32, 550 



11,450 



10, 000 



1, 540 



3,650 



736, 236 



100 



2,115 



13, 500 



173, 800 



118, 080 



2, 979, 095 



1,031,800 

 65, 100 



735 5,352,784 



Value 



$909 

 269 



579 



7,066 



2,940 



529 



2,279 



692 



300 



308 



371 



5,114 



16 



156 



2,700 



4,430 



7,772 



3,326 



37,813 

 9,300 



296, 869 



Harris 



Pounds 



12, 900 



13, 000 

 000 



2,300 



20,000 



100 



50 

 500 



31, 500 

 28,000 



86, 520 



195, 670 



"['aiue 



$1,032 



520 



52 



226 



3,085 



15 



6,250 

 2,100 



8,430 



21, 794 



Jefferson 



Pounds 



2,000 

 300 



400 

 4,400 



100 



6,850 

 6,000 

 12,000 



32, 250 



Value 



$160 

 18 



24 

 792 



20 



1,370 



450 



1,800 



4,649 



Sppcies 



Matagorda 



Neuces 



Refugio 



San Patricio 



Blueflsh 



Catfish and bullheads 



Croaker 



Drum: 



Black 



Red.,. 



Flounders 



Jewfish 



Kingfish or "king mackerel" 

 King whiting or "kingfish". 



Pompano 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Snook or sergeantflsh 



Spadefish 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteagucs or "sea trout". 



Shrimp 



Oysters: Market, public 



Pounds 



16,928 

 10,016 



7, 815 

 52, 984 

 8,789 



3.349 



559 



2,689 



1,072 



150 



51, 325 



695,217 



544,611 



Total. 



1, 399, 507 



Value 



$676 

 401 



313 

 5,829 

 1,143 



Poimds 



300 



8, 375 



9,397 



287, 307 



252, 530 



13, 000 



6.659 



134 

 73 

 167 



43 

 20 



7,062 

 20, 886 

 32, 189 



6,000 



3, 489 



8, 732 



58, 795 



35, 887 



1,000 



55, 159 



223, 689 



2, 258, 134 



185, 920 



08, 936 



3. 414, 373 



Value 

 $34 

 335 

 315 



11,492 



25, 849 



1, 629 



393 



Pounds 



3,500 

 150 



700 

 ,000 



280 



734 



473 



6, 610 



3,790 



50 



5,588 



29, 385 



69, 046 



18, 440 



200 



3,400 



io,"56o" 



Value 



Pounds 



$140 

 6 



28 

 800 



2,400 

 2,100 



31,600 

 68,000 

 3,400 

 3,000 

 4,500 

 3,600 

 2,000 

 2,550 



20 



11,. 500 



408 



i,'i25' 



16, 500 



62, 780 



1, 597, 518 



174,473 26,600 2,536 1,811,448 78,204 



Value 



84 



1,264 

 8,160 

 408 

 150 

 180 

 144 

 248 

 102 



1,380 



1. 670 



8.0S9 



56,229 



INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Wholesale. — There were 62 wholesale establishments in Texas in 

 1929 engaged primarily in handling fresh and frozen products. These 

 establishments employed 361 persons, who received $183,105 in 

 salaries and wages. 



Manufacturing. — There were 9 establishments in Texas in 1929 

 engaged primarily in the manufacture of fishery products or by- 

 products. They employed 205 persons, who received $103,452 in 

 salaries and wages. The products manufactured, consisting principally 

 of canned shrimp, were valued at $402,613. Detailed statistics of 

 most of the production of canned fishery products and by-products 

 may be obtained from Fisheries Document No. 1095, entitled "Fishery 

 Industries of the United States, 1929." 



