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INDUSTRIES RELATED TO THE FISHERIES 



Wholesale trade. — There were 61 establishments along the coast of 

 Texas engaged chiefly in handling fresh and frozen products. This 

 is 24 per cent of the total number of such establishments in the 

 Gulf section. These establishments employed 401 persons, who 

 received $217,303 in salaries and wages. Nueces and Calhoun 

 Counties were each represented by 13 wholesale establishments. 

 Galveston County ranked next with 11 estabhshments. 



Prepared and by-products trade. — There were 9 estabhshments on 

 the coast of Texas in 1928 engaged primarily in the manufacture 

 of prepared fishery products or by-products. This is 9 per cent 

 of the total number in the Gulf section. They employed 133 persons 

 who received $93,616 in salaries and wages. The products manu- 

 factured, consisting principally of canned shrimp, were valued at 

 $330,008. Detailed statistics of most of the items manufactured 

 may be obtained from Fishery Industries of the United States, 1928. 

 Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 1067. 



Industries related to the fisheries of Texas, 1928 

 WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE 



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PREPARED FISHERY PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS 



' Includes canned shrimp prepared by one firm, whose activities were principally in the wholesale fishery 

 trade. 



» A standard case contains forty-eight 5-ounce cans in the dry pack or forty-eight 5%-ounce cans in the 

 wet pacic of shrimp. 



' Includes canned oysters and lime from crushed oyster shells. 



