FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 275 



Comparison of the recorded yield of certain species taken in the fisheries of 

 the Gulf States, in pounds, 1890 to 1923— Continued 



TEXAS 



Year 



1890. 



1897. 

 1902 

 1908 

 1918 

 1923 



Croaker 



175,950 



(') 



58, 050 

 159, 000 

 197, 557 



67, 970 



Drum 



Black 



4,000 

 50, 400 

 157, 400 



1, 873, 436 

 1,028,451 



Red, or 

 redfish 



1,107,950 

 1, 144, 376 



898, 450 



2 1, 309, 000 



1, 336, 535 



877, 760 



Groupers 



3,463 

 40, 169 



20, 840 

 32, 725 



Menhaden 



14,118,340 

 8, 517, 000 



Sheepshead 



778, 800 

 467, 504 

 217, 330 

 298, 000 

 197, 662 

 140, 610 



Year 



Snapper, 

 red 



1890 4,800 



1897 464,791 



1902 2,067,987 



1908 -- 2,252,000 



1918 1,243,002 



1923 1,008,960 



Spanish 

 mackerel 



25,000 

 40, 710 

 63, 830 

 42, 000 

 41, 354 

 78, 920 



Sque- 

 teagues or 

 'sea trout' 1 



1,120,450 

 1,011,620 

 1, 119, 300 

 1,055,000 

 1,613,370 

 1, 523, 965 



Crabs 



190, 800 

 138, 120 

 42, 800 

 199, 600 

 193, 944 

 108, 900 



Shrimp 



175, 800 

 360, 530 

 290, 815 

 118,000 

 164, 067 

 3, 421, 638 



Oysters 



3, 085, 600 

 2,491,370 

 2, 401, 791 

 3, 480, 000 

 3, 344, 488 

 2, 519, 846 



1 Figures not available. 



2 Probably includes some black drum, for which no separate figures are available. 



WEST COAST OF FLORIDA 



The statistics of the fisheries here given include only the west 

 or Gulf coast of Florida. 5 The fisheries of this part of Florida were 

 greater than those of any other of the Gulf States, employing 4,854 

 persons, of whom 782 were on fishing vessels, 97 on transporting ves- 

 sels, 3,758 in the shore and boat fisheries, and 217 were shoresmen. 

 The investment amounted to $2,271,738. This included 98 fishing- 

 vessels, valued at $723,876, with a net tonnage of 2,640 tons and 

 outfits valued at $207,840 ; 38 transporting vessels, valued at $114,355, 

 with a net tonnage of 571 tons and outfits valued at $22,550; 1,289 

 power boats, valued at $642,038; 1,745 sail and row boats, valued 

 at $79,045; fishing apparatus employed on vessels to the value 

 of $14,159; apparatus employed in the shore and boat fisheries to 

 the value of $308,449 ; and shore property to the value of $159,426. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 73,266,267 pounds, valued 

 at $4,026,227. This represents an increase of 33.8 per cent in quan- 

 tity and 17.7 per cent in value, as compared with the statistics for 

 1918. The leading products were mullet, 28,221,570 pounds, valued 

 at $1,125,496; sponges, 574,593 pounds, valued at $873,572; red 

 snapper, 9,471,267 pounds, valued at $680,232; Spanish mackerel, 

 3,772,028 pounds, valued at $308,829; hard clams 602,272 pounds, 

 valued at $180,040; squeteagues or "sea trout," 1,590,523 pounds, 

 valued at $157,169; shrimps, 2,881,454 pounds, valued at $114,509; 



B Statistics for the east coast of Florida for 1923 are given in Fishery Industries of the 

 United States, 1924, by Oscar E. Sette. Appendix VII, Report of the Commissioner of 

 Fisheries, 1925, Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 997, pp. 219-408. 



