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Summary of the yield 



Species 



Bluefish.. 



Catfish.. 



Croaker 



Drum, black 



Drum, red or redfish 



Flounders 



Groupers _. 



Jewfish. 



King whiting 



Menhaden 



Mullet 



Pompano 



Sea gar 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red. 



Spanish mackerel.. 



Squeteagues or "sea trout". 



Crabs, hard 



Shrimp 



Oysters, market, public 



Oysters, market, private 



Turtles.. 



Total. 



Shore fisheries 



Pounds 



500 



49, 930 



66, 930 



1, 020, 051 



863, 010 



1 18, 095 



7,500 

 9,653 



7,123 



2,405 



26, 150 



137, 455 



78, 870 



1, 499, 215 



108,900 



3, 258, 988 



2, 218, 846 



21,000 



2,550 



Value 



$85 



2,600 



3, 239 



36, 445 



70, 994 



10, 176 



375 



257 



274 



2,092 



7,867 



8,194 

 151, 598 



8,665 

 151, 242 

 156, 659 



1,500 

 204 



9,497,171 I 613,350 



Vessel fisheries 



Pounds 



410 



1,040 



8,400 



14,750 



300 



32, 725 



5,950 



1,750 



8, 517, 000 



420 



125 



3,165 



1, 008, 960 



50 



24, 750 



162, 650 

 280, 000 



10, 062, 435 



Value 



$14 



49 



362 



1,305 



27 



980 



178 



131 



56, 780 



17 



13 



250 



80,717 



6 



2,640 



7,277 

 17,917 



168, 663 



Total 



Pounds 



500 



50, 340 



67, 970 



1, 028, 451 



877, 760 



118,395 



32, 725 



13,450 



11,403 



8,517,000 



7,543 



2,530 



26, 150 



140, 610 



1,008,960 



78, 920 



1, 523, 965 



108, 900 



3, 421, 638 



2, 498, 846 



21,000 



2,550 



19,559,606 



Value 



$85 



2,614 



3,288 



36, 807 



72, 299 



10, 203 



980 



553 



1,015 



56, 780 



274 



287 



2,092 



8,117 



80, 717 



8,200 



154,238 



8,665 



158,519 



174, 576 



1,500 



204 



782, 013 



Summary by counties 



County 



Aransas 



Brazoria 



Calhoun 



Cameron 



Chambers... 

 Galveston... 



Harris 



Jefferson 



Matagorda.. 



Nueces. 



Orange 



San Patricio 



Total. 



Persons 

 engaged 



Number 

 124 



21 

 164 

 140 



30 

 215 



34 



168 



130 



288 



6 



79 



1,399 



Invest- 

 ment 



Dollars 



26, 599 



2,489 



36, 496 



43, 070 



4,912 



132, 553 



5,994 



144, 968 



48,136 



93, 578 



180 



28, 139 



567,114 



Products 



Pounds 

 973, 979 

 34, 175 



1, 054, 177 

 667, 824 



45, 840 



2, 678, 681 

 198, 640 



8, 543, 605 



1, 156, 526 



3, 468, 391 



5,950 



731,818 



19, 559, 606 



Value 



$76, 269 



2,827 



80,163 



41,438 



3,682 



190, 184 



17,580 



58, 969 



81,591 



184,411 



376 



44, 523 



782, 013 



FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES IN 1924 



The statistics in this report apply to the coast fisheries of the 

 New England States for the calendar year 1924 and have been pub- 

 lished in condensed form in Statistical Bulletin No. 703 and distri- 

 buted to the trade. The canvass was made by W. A. Roberts, Rob 

 Leon Greer, and Carl B. Tendick, agents of the bureau, assisted by 

 temporary employees. The bureau thanks the respective State fish- 

 eries officials for their kindness in making their records available 

 to these agents and otherwise cooperating to facilitate the obtaining 

 of information in this canvass. 



In so far as possible, the canvass was conducted similarly to that 

 taken of the fisheries of the New England States for 1919, in order 

 that the statistics might be comparable to those previously collected. 11 



11 The statistical reports published by the Bureau of Fisheries on the fisheries of the 

 coastal States include the commercial fisheries of the ocean, bays, and estuaries, and also 

 the river fisheries up as far as anadromous fishes are commercially important. Tin' sta- 

 tistics are for the calendar year, except those of the oyster yield, which are for the oyster 



