﻿FISHEKIES 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  

  

  475 
  

  

  snapper, 
  these 
  vessels 
  caught 
  00,222 
  pounds 
  of 
  jcM^-iish 
  and 
  40,109 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  oToupers 
  in 
  tiie 
  year 
  covered 
  b}^ 
  these 
  returns. 
  

  

  An 
  i 
  uteres 
  tinio- 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1902 
  to 
  station 
  these 
  vessels 
  on 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  and 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  fast 
  steamer 
  carry 
  supplies 
  to 
  

   them 
  and 
  transport 
  the 
  catch 
  to 
  market. 
  The 
  enterprise 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  

   success, 
  however, 
  due 
  probabl}- 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  measure 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen's 
  

   dislike 
  to 
  remaining 
  away 
  from 
  port 
  for 
  a 
  great 
  length 
  of 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  yield 
  of 
  green 
  turtle 
  is 
  rapidlj^ 
  decreasing 
  on 
  the 
  Texas 
  coast. 
  

   In 
  1890 
  it 
  amounted 
  to 
  585,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $9,425; 
  in 
  1897 
  it 
  was 
  

   237,385 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $6,860, 
  and 
  in 
  1902 
  it 
  was 
  further 
  reduced 
  to 
  

   97,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $3,388. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  with 
  the 
  

   decrease 
  in 
  quantity 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  corresponding 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  

   value 
  per 
  pound. 
  Relatively 
  few 
  turtle 
  nets 
  are 
  now 
  used, 
  and 
  the 
  

   canning 
  of 
  turtle 
  has 
  been 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  fish 
  taken 
  b}^ 
  spears, 
  cast 
  nets, 
  lines 
  and 
  dip 
  nets, 
  is 
  

   insignificant 
  and 
  varies 
  little 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  3^ear. 
  Indeed, 
  these 
  can 
  

   scarcely 
  be 
  called 
  professional 
  fisheries, 
  being 
  prosecuted 
  mainl}- 
  at 
  

   odd 
  times 
  and 
  largelj^ 
  by 
  boys. 
  The 
  total 
  extent 
  of 
  these 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  mentioned 
  above, 
  is 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  series 
  of 
  

   tables, 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged, 
  the 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  

   etc., 
  employed, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  Texas 
  in 
  1002: 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  tJie 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Texas 
  in 
  190i 
  

  

  Table 
  of 
  ajjparatus 
  and 
  capital. 
  

  

  