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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Table 
  sJiowing, 
  % 
  counties 
  and 
  species, 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  (he 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Texas 
  in 
  1903 
  — 
  Con- 
  

   tinued. 
  

  

  THE 
  PRODUCTS 
  BY 
  APPARATUS. 
  

  

  The 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Texas 
  

   in 
  1902 
  consisted 
  of 
  seines, 
  turtle 
  nets, 
  cast 
  nets, 
  lines, 
  dip 
  nets, 
  spears, 
  

   oyster 
  tongs, 
  and 
  rakes. 
  In 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  only 
  seines, 
  lines, 
  and 
  

   tongs 
  were 
  used, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  aggregated 
  3,4:57,883 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $159,839. 
  The 
  catch 
  by 
  boats 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  was 
  1,586,521 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $193,975. 
  The 
  leading 
  product 
  in 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  

   was 
  the 
  red 
  snapper, 
  while 
  in 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  oysters 
  

   was 
  greater 
  in 
  both 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  

  

  