41 G KEruRT OF COMMISSIONER OF FhSl! AK\) FlSlIERIKrf. 



STATISTICS. 



Table of peraons employed in the Jinherioi of Texas in ISOO. 



How fu^a^icil. 



Bay-soiiie fisliiT.v 



OystiT iiidust ly 



Siirl-sciiio fislic'i'v 



Sliniuii-seiiie (islifry 



Turtle fialuTv 



Mi8cellaii«H)Us lislicrics t 

 Marketing .mil canning.. 



Total 



Sabine 

 Lake. 



Oalves- Mata- 

 toii {jorda 

 Bay. Bay. 



1G5 



215 



24 



20 



163 

 ♦96 



683 



139 



Aran- 

 HaH 

 Bay. 



Corpus 



Cliristi 



Hay. 



Lagiiiia 

 ^ladre and 

 lower Uio 



Grande. 



210 



ToUl. 



3.5« 

 369 

 24 



20 



328 

 172 



1,277 



* SixtcpTi of tlu'Ho men ongaficd also in the oyster fishery during the winter, hence they are 

 included only (iiicc in tlie totals. 



I < )!' :i2H nitii ciiiiiidvcd in "miscellaneous fisheries " only the following number depended on 

 tlm lisheries for a living : Salnno Lake, 6; Galveston Bay, 16; and Oirpus Christi Bay, 10. 



J This includes 11 men on the steamer Cumberland, engaged in transporting fish and oysters. 



Tabic of apparatus and capital in the fisheries of Texas in 1S90. 



Designation. 



Sail craft, bay-seine fishery, 

 oyster fishery — 



other fislicries 



Skill's, bay-seine lislicry 



oyster li.shery 



otlier fisheries 



Apparatus of capture, etc. : 



Bay seines 



Surf seines 



Shrini]) seines 



Cast nets 



Tiirtle nets 



('rnb traps 



Lines, spears, etc 



Oyster tongs 



I.ivetisli cars 



Transjjorting steamer 



Shore property 



Cash capital 



Total , 



IJesiguation. 



Sail craft, bay-seiiii> fislu^'y... 



oyslei' fishery 



oilier tislieries 



Skiil's, bay-seine lishery 



oy.stei- lishery 



otlii^r lislieries 



Ajiparatus of capture, et<^ : 



liay .sehies 



Surf seines 



Shriiii]) .seines 



Cast nets 



'I'url le nets 



( 'rah traps 



Mues, s|)ear8, etc 



( )yster tongs 



Livetish cars 



Trana])orting steamer 



Shore i)roi)erty 



Cash capital 



Total 



Sabine Lake. 

 No. Value 



$350 



20 

 "30 

 200 



70 



Galveston 

 Bay. 



Matagorda 

 Bay. 



No. Value. No. Value 



58 

 127 



10 

 17G 

 210 



240 



120 



1 



$19, 690 



42, 900 



800 



1, 9,50 



2,140 



7, 550 

 900 

 750 

 355 



25 



1,0.50 



1,600 



1,200 



15, 001) 



64, 500 



30, 000 



190, 410 



$1, 650 

 12, 400 



60 

 380 



10 



546 



50 



1,000 

 1,500 



18, 196 



Aransas Bay. 



No. Value. 



$11,600 



4,400 



700 



330 



170 



30 



4,350 



J 80 

 2, 000 



55 

 175 

 550 



25, 000 

 10, 000 



59, 540 



Corpus Christi 

 Bay. 



No. 



90 



Value. 



$5, 200 

 6,100 



240 

 130 



40 

 260 

 180 



17, 500 

 12, 000 



44,330 



Laguna Madre and 

 lower Kio Grande. 



No. 



Value. 



$260 



450 



300 



18 



25 



92 



3 

 100 



20 



2, 125 



Total for the State. 



No. Value. 



110 

 189 



12 

 234 

 288 



14 



114 



12 



10 



315 



206 



87 



397 



212 



1 



$38, 750 

 66. 250 



1,800 



2, 618 



. 2, 845 



152 



15, 200 



900 



750 



1,070 



2. 072 



28 



1,325 



2, 606 



2,061 



1 5, 000 



108. 500 



5:!, 500 



*315, 427 



* In adilition to this amount $3,695, not elsewhere enumerated, representing the value of the 

 provisions, etc., carried by the vessels of Galveston, Aransas, and Corpus Christi bays, is to be 

 added to give the total iuVcstmeut. 



