. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . Green-turtle Cannery at Fulton, with Turtle Pen in the Fish and Oyster Boats in Vegetable Slip, Galveston. ON THE COAST FISHERIES OF TEXAS. By Charles II. Stevenson. INTRODUCTORY. The published information recfardiiig the fisheries of Texas is very-meager, aud consists ahnost entirely of the accounts contained in tworeports* of the U. S. Fish Commission, one relating- to the year 1880,the other being a condensed statement based on an inquiry made inJanuary and February, 1891. Outsidji of the
. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . Green-turtle Cannery at Fulton, with Turtle Pen in the Fish and Oyster Boats in Vegetable Slip, Galveston. ON THE COAST FISHERIES OF TEXAS. By Charles II. Stevenson. INTRODUCTORY. The published information recfardiiig the fisheries of Texas is very-meager, aud consists ahnost entirely of the accounts contained in tworeports* of the U. S. Fish Commission, one relating- to the year 1880,the other being a condensed statement based on an inquiry made inJanuary and February, 1891. Outsidji of the localities in which thefisheries are prosecuted little knowledge exists as to their extent,methods, and importance; and in considering the natural resources oft]u> State, the vastness of its other branches is apt to completely over-shadow the fisheries. In the investigation of 1801 the coastal regionsof Texas were canvassed by the writer, in the capacity of a field agentof the Division of Fisheries, and the lUesent report represents the re-sults of personal observations made at that time. All the importantfishing centers w^ere visited, an
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