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The third table of the series gives the number aud value of vessels, boats, and 
apparatus used, and the value of the shore property and cash capital required. Only 
19 vessels were employed in 1890, a much smaller number than is found in any other 
Gulf State. The value of these and their outfits was $29,710. The 814 boats engaged 
in fishing had a value of $101,570; many of these are rigged craft, but, being under 
5 tons burden, and not documented, are properly classed as boats. The apparatus of 
of capture had a value of $23,951, three-fourths of which sum was invested in seines. 
The shore property and cash or working capital amounted to $103,891. The total 
investment in 1890 was $319,122, an increase of $62,691 over the previous year. 
Theproductof the Texan fisheries in 1889 was 7,357,800 pounds, valued at $297,258; 
and in 1890, 7,959,400 pounds, worth $313,832; the increase being chiefly due to the 
augmented output of oysters, which are the principal object of fishery. More than 
two- fifths the value of the catch represented oysters. Trout, channel bass, and sheeps- 
head together were worth nearly as much as oysters. Over 1,000,000 pounds of each 
of the two first-named fish and nearly 800,000 pounds of the last were taken, the 
catch of these species being larger than in any other State. 
67. — Table of persons employed. 
How engaged. 
1889. 
1890. 
59 
73 
11 
1,032 
161 
1,017 
135 
On shore, in iish-houses, etc 
1, 211 
1,277 
68. — Table showing the nationality of persons engaged in the fisheries. 
Vessel fisher- 
Nationalities. men. 
Shore fisher- 
men. 
Shoresmen. 
Total. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
American, white ; 49 
73 
880 
30 
56 
4 
13 
2 
32 
890 
30 
58 
4 
12 
3 
35 
124 
148 
1, 053 
30 
63 
5 
16 
2 
42 
1,111 
30 
66 
6 
15 
3 
46 
Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese 5 
5 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
Others 4 
4 
6 
7 
Total 59 
84 
1,017 
1, 032 
135 
161 
1, 211 
1,277 
69. — Table of apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
Designation. 
1889. 
1890. 
No. Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
V alue. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels fishing 
Tonnage 
15 
132. 69 
$8, 885 
2,400 
18 
152. 59 
$10, 705 
3, 005 
15, 000 
Apparatus of capture — 
shore fisheries : 
119 
182 
303 
$14, 330 
1,830 
1,028 
570 
2,449 
818 
82, 741 
39, 500 
122 
186 
315 
$14, 750 
1,872 
1,070 
540 
2, 515 
813 
110, 391 
53, 500 
; Vessels transporting 
1 
88. 17 
Turtle nets 
1,000 
101, 570 
2, 100 
200 
91 
Boats 
Apparatus of capture — 
vessel fisheries: 
Seines 
803 
11 
20 
13 
99, 945 
1, 650 
200 
85 
814 
14 
20 
14 
Tongs 
Miscellaneous 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
373 
383 
Tongs 
256, 431 
319, 122 
