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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  of 
  products. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Blue-fish 
  ... 
  

   Buffalo-fish 
  . 
  

   Cat-fish 
  

  

  Channel 
  bass. 
  

  

  Crevalle 
  

  

  Croaker 
  

  

  Drum 
  

  

  Flounders 
  

  

  Groupers 
  

  

  Hog-fish 
  

  

  Jew-fish 
  

  

  Mullet 
  

  

  Pike 
  

  

  Pompano 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Red 
  snapper 
  

  

  Sheepshead 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel. 
  

  

  Trout 
  

  

  Whiting 
  

  

  Other 
  fish 
  

  

  Shrimp 
  

  

  Crab 
  

  

  Turtle 
  

  

  Terrapin 
  

  

  Oyster 
  

  

  « 
  128,400 
  in 
  number. 
  b 
  343,113 
  bushels. 
  

  

  STATISTICS 
  BY 
  COUNTIES. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  ten 
  counties 
  in 
  Texas 
  having- 
  coast 
  fisheries. 
  Those 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  industiy 
  is 
  of 
  greatest 
  importance 
  being- 
  Aransas, 
  Callioun, 
  

   Galveston, 
  and 
  Nueces. 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  tisheries 
  by 
  counties 
  are 
  

   presented 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables: 
  

  

  2'able 
  sJioicing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  emjiloyed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Texas 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  and 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  oj 
  

   Texas 
  in 
  1902. 
  

  

  