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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
76. — Table showing by counties and apparatus the yield of the shore fisheries of Texas in 1889 and 1890 — Cont’d. 
Cameron. 
Total. 
Apparatus and species. 
1889. 
1890. 
1889. 
1890. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Cast nets : 
3, 000 
54, 400 
10, 600 
17, 300 
$180 
1,882 
490 
3,000 
56, 500 
11, 300 
17, 700 
$180 
1, 955 
530 
4, 000 
$120 
4, 000 
1, 500 
$120 
60 
Trout 
1, 500 
2, 000 
60 
60 
2, 000 
60 
748 
765 
7, 500 
240 
7, 500 
240 
85, 300 
3, 300 
88, 500 
3,430 
Lines: 
8, 000 
91, 500 
28, 500 
4, 000 
32, 500 
640 
8, 000 
39, 500 
31, 150 
4, 000 
640 
23, 500 
1,175 
25, 000 
1, 250 
3, 760 
1, 120 
80 
1,815 
1, 185 
80 
1,300 
685 
36| 500 
19, 750 
4,800 
21, 600 
37, 100 
1, 500 
16. 400 
'824 
22, 000 
20, 200 
34, 500 
1,250 
932 
240 
Trout. 
995 
12, 000 
500 
13, 500 
550 
1,233 
1,316 
35, 500 
1, 675 
38, 500 
1, 800 
257, 600 
11, 000 
202, 400 
8, 595 
Spears : 
Flounders 
64, 000 
3, 030 
67, 000 
3, 200 
Miscellaneous : 
29, 400 
3, 000 
1,700 
50 
29, 400 
1, 700 
2, 378, 250 
189, 400 
241, 500 
34, 530 
489, 400 
105, 975 
5, 030 
2, 926, 000 
190, 800 
175, 800 
121, 910 
5, 095 
3, 300 
36, 800 
55 
1, 130 
38, 000 
1,180 
6, 000 
7, 757 
5 , 900 
500, 000 
1,' 457 
50, 000 
440 
48, 000 
410 
7j 955 
120, 400 
3, 370 
117, 500 
3, 295 
3,333,080 
132, 317 
3, 798, 500 
142, 087 
206, 450 
6, 864 
205, 500 
6, 865 
6, 606, 250 
270, 983 
6, 975, 300 
279, 605 
The shore fishing industries . — Tlie extent of the wholesale fish and oyster trades 
and of the turtle-canning industry of Texas is shown in Table 77. Thirteen firms, 
located at Galveston, Matagorda, Corpus Christi, Lavaca, Aransas, and Point Isabel, 
were engaged in 1890 ; these employed 161 persons, had shore property and cash cap- 
ital worth $161,000, and paid $32,200 in wages. The products handled cost $260,705 
and when sold brought $426,050, the enhancement in value being $165,345, a sum 
representing the gross profits of the trades. 
77.— Table showing the wholesale oyster and fish trades and turtle canning of Texas in 1889 and 1890. 
Designation. 
1889. 
11 
135 
$78, 500 
$39, 500 
$28, 700 
118, 650 
$106, 840 
$177, 975 
3, 030, 000 
$126, 980 
$195, 850 
210, 000 
$3, 900 
35, 000 
3, 000 
5,400 
$10, 900 
$147, 005 
Oysters handled barrels.. 
Fish handled pounds.. 
Turtles handled pounds.- 
Cans prepared : 2-pound meats number.. 
2- pound soups number.. 
3- pound soups number.. 
Value received 
13 
161 
$107 500 
$53, 500 
$32, 200 
130, 900 
$118. 600 
$196, 350 
3, 320, 000 
$137, 650 
$216, 800 
243, 000 
$4, 455 
40, 000 
3,600 
6 , 000 
$12, 900 
$165, 345 
