FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



The catch of all forms of apparatus used in the vessel fisheries 

 amounted to 17,084,241 pounds, with a value of $278,409; in the 

 shore or boat fisheries it amounted to 7,930,519 pounds, valued at 

 $398,834. The catch in the vessel and shore fisheries with seines 

 was 18,930,250 pounds, valued at $325,732; with trammel nets, 

 424,920 pounds, with a value of $34,773; with gill nets, 165,830 

 pounds, valued at $14,570; with lines, 1,869,716 pounds, valued at 

 $140,260; and with tongs, 2,980,922 pounds, valued at $128,214. 

 Various other forms of apparatus, such as dredges, cast nets, fyke 

 nets, spears, etc., were employed, but the catch was relatively 

 unimportant. 



The products of the vessel and shore fisheries of Texas, by coun- 

 ties, in 1918 are shown in the following tables: 



Yield of Vessel Fisheries of Texas in 1918, by Counties, Apparatus, and 



Species. 



