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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of the Fisheries of Texas in 

 1918, BY Counties — Continued. 



Items. 



Chambers 

 County. 



Galveston 

 County. 



Harris County. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



Number. 



On vessels fishing . 

 In shore fisheries . . 

 Shoresmen 



Total. 



49 



INVESTMENT. 



Vessels, fishing: 



Gasoline 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



SaU 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats, sail, row, etc 



Boats, power 



Apparatus, vessel fisheries: 



Seines 



Lines 



Tongs 



Minor apparatus 



Apparatus, shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Trammel nets 



Cast nets 



Lines 



Spears 



Tongs 



Minor apparatus 



Shore and accessory property . 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



PRODUCTS. 



Pounds. 



Angelflsh 



Black drum 



Catfish 



Croaker 



Flounders 



Groupers 



Grunts 



Jewfish 



King whiting 



Menhaden 



MuUet 



Pompano 



Redflsh or red drum 



Sheepshead 



Snapper, red 



Spanish mackerel 



Squeteagues or "sea trout' 



Shrimp 



Crabs: 



Hard 



Soft 



Terrapin 



Oysters, market: 



Public 



Private 



400 



68,100 



300 



500 



Total. 



600 



1,000 

 200 



1,500 



72,600 



Value. 



Number. 

 177 

 202 

 60 



439 



11 



628 



$450 

 3,000 



900 



800 



670 

 500 

 500 



6,820 



Value. 



Pounds. 



$20 



5,448 



18 



43 



125 



35,000 



454,230 

 26, 250 



5,740 6,444,412 



Value. 



Number. 



4 



100 



15 



119 



$32,050 



9,000 

 61,600 



32,225 



1,670 



20,100 



2,300 



940 



52 



1 



1,835 



1,350 



35 



555 



20 



455 



4 



148,905 



9,000 



322,097 



Valu^e. 



Pounds. 



124 



8,875 



25,370 



5,837 



1,535 



2,950 



11,300 

 364 



28, 725 

 11,850 



2,650 



18, 520 

 2,350 



157,049 



244 



41,175 



2,000 



157,500 



700 



1,350 



118,811 



418, 710 



$1,000 

 '"'"456 



2,035 

 5,100 



1,800 



619 



'"78 



8,525 

 1,400 



20,982 



Value. 



1,251 



1,365 



464 



178 



391 



'"'429 



68 



3,791 



1,000 



37 



6,170 



175 



8,000 

 175 

 540 



5,657 



29,693 



