Report of the Commissioner from 1889 to 1891 . Report U. S. F. C. 1889 to 1891. (To face p. 373.) Plate 12. ^ fmtfotj r^jHH 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 H. Stevenson. INTRODUCTORY. The published information regarding the fisheries of Texas is very-meager, and consists almost entirely of the accounts contained in tworeports* of the U. S. Fish Commission, one relating to the year 18,80,the other being a condensed statement based on an inquiry made inJan
Report of the Commissioner from 1889 to 1891 . Report U. S. F. C. 1889 to 1891. (To face p. 373.) Plate 12. ^ fmtfotj r^jHH 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 H. Stevenson. INTRODUCTORY. The published information regarding the fisheries of Texas is very-meager, and consists almost entirely of the accounts contained in tworeports* of the U. S. Fish Commission, one relating to the year 18,80,the other being a condensed statement based on an inquiry made inJanuary and February, 1891. Outside of the localities in which thefisheries are prosecuted little knowledge exists as to their extent,methods, and importance; and in considering the natural resources ofthe State, the vastness of its other branches is apt to completely over-shadow the fisheries. In the investigation of 1891 the coastal regionsof Texas were canvassed by the writer, in the capacity of a field agentof the Division of Fisheries, and the present report represents the re-sults of personal observations made at that time. All the importantfishing centers were visited, and the pri
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