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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of Texas, iS.?4— Continued 

 CATCH: By counties— Continued 



Species 



Catfish and bullheads 



Croaker _. 



Drum: 



Black 



Redorredflsh I 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Jewfish 



Mullet '.""'.V. 



Sheepshead, salt water '."' 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel "I" 



Squeteagues or "sea trout": 



Spotted 



White \ 



Crabs, hard 



Shrimp 



Oysters: 



Market, public, spring 

 Market, public, fall 



Galveston 



Pounds 



40," 000 



27, 000 



171,600 



10,800 



2, 500 



3,100 



39, 100 



59,400 



575, 700 



9,100 



348, 700 



17,900 



87,900 



4,531,800 



130, 000 

 106,500 



'Total 6, 161, 100 



Value 



"$i,"i98' 



821 



10, 368 



1,003 



50 



93 



782 



1,801 



32, 208 



636 



26, 199 



537 



4,700 



106,043 



9,317 

 9,416 



Harris 



Jefferson 



Pounds 



Value 



62,100 

 1,500 



$4, 347 

 150 



Pounds 

 2,800' 



6,200 

 13, 400 



77,300 



83,100 

 37,700 



37,500 

 33, 700 



205. 172 



332, 900 



6,648 



4,536 



882 



2,600 

 2,760 



2,200 



Value 



186 

 804 



66 



Pounds 

 12,100 

 16,100 



274, 600 

 36,400 

 4,200 



15,600 



900 



33, 300 



21, 923 



74,400 



1,248 



27 



1,512 



20,200 



'moo' 



32,400 



Value 

 $364 



8,240 



2,181 



375 



3,927 



404, 300 



593 

 2,585 



15, 631 



Species 



Catfish and bullheads . 



Croaker ._ 



Drum: 



Black 



Red or redfish 



Flounders 



Jewfish 



Mullet '_'/_[ 



Pompano '-.'.'."." 



Sheepshead, salt water" 



Snook or sergeantflsh 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteagues or "sea trout"":"" 



Spotted 



White 



Shrimp 



Oysters: 



Market, public, spring 

 Market, public, fall 



Matagorda 



Pounds 



"i7,"700 



80, 400 



164, 600 



4,100 



900 

 15,500 



Value 

 "$533' 



Nueces 



2,41] 



9,875 



457 



162 

 468 



163,900 



7,200 



, 406, 900 



212, 600 

 175, 300 



Total 3,249,100 116,787 



12, 398 



193 



56, 325 



18,844 

 15, 121 



Pounds 



7,700 



35, 500 



151, 100 



173, 700 



27, 400 



15, 100 



500 



1,200 



30, 600 



1,700 



30, 600 



166, 400 



15, 400 



, 556, 700 



25,700 

 26,500 



Refugio 



2,265,800 



Value 

 $183 

 1,063 



4,533 



10, 413 



2,205 



302 



10 



132 



922 



136 



1,789 



12, 989 



306 



36,428 



1,913 

 2,120 



Pounds 



1,000 



100 



1,400 



Value 



San Patricio 



$31 



544 



Pounds 



9,200 



48, 700 



69, 500 

 94, 600 

 20,100 

 5,100 



11, 100 



10, 000 

 5,600 



890 



695 

 404 



300 



38,500 



4,800 



22,800 



299, 400 



8,100 



2, 779, 900 



17, 400 

 26,200 



Value 

 $263 

 1,748 



2,086 



5,680 



1,694 



100 



75,444 38,200 2,607 3,444,600 



33 



1,260 



429 



1,596 



21, 809 



224 



65,046 



1,206 

 2,020 



105, 194 



FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST STATES '' 



^w^f-^^f"^ ""^r^^^ commercial fisheries of the Pacific Coast States 



^l^fwl 000. o^.l'r' T^^ff'""^'^ ^^^^^^ 1934 amounted to 

 1,546,102,000 pounds, valued at $19,950,059 to the fishermen reore- 

 sentmg an increase of 80 percent in volume and 43 perceS vSue 

 as compared with the catch in the previous year. These fisheries 

 gave employment to 19,232 fishermen as compared with 18 673 £ 



melts TnThfthS/^^/^ ^^t.'^^' ^^^ manufacturing establish- 

 ments in t he three States m 1934 as compared with 313 in 1933. 



from'lt^ti^ric^^^eoia^b^"?^! varlo^ul^sValf a^'enlT l^^^i^f ^"^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^-^ ^^^en largely 

 yses have been made by agents of this Bureau ?n on w'th^f Pt? T''"^^'"^ surveys, compilations, and anal- 

 parable with those of other sect ons WbHe statistics oft h^' ^T^' may be presented in a manner corn- 

 year, those for Oregon and Washington arflfnrthlfii^ai, ® ''^^'^"f.°f California are for the calendar 

 halibut fishery in these latter StSre for the rltnH^^^^^ ^^'''"^ ¥^'- ^^' ^^^^P' '^at statistics of the 



published in this section the reXTs rKd to the ser?f^^^ in ?ha^''tT*"■ "°derstanding of the statistics 

 "Statistical survey procedure " reierrea to the section in the latter part of this document entitled 



