. Book of Texas . over the boat of the both food and sport Spanish mackerel, red snapper,sheepshead, pompano, and catfish are caught. In addition,clams, shrimp, and oysters are taken in commercial quan-tities. The annual take of fish is about 2,500,000 pounds, ofoysters 100,000 barrels. During recent years the pro-duction has slowly decreased. The state has fixed thelaw so successful (oyster) planting cannot be done, says R. Gibson of Rockport. Unrestricted use of oysterreefs and a general hand-to-mouth policy of the oystermenhave affected the oyster supply appreciably. The
. Book of Texas . over the boat of the both food and sport Spanish mackerel, red snapper,sheepshead, pompano, and catfish are caught. In addition,clams, shrimp, and oysters are taken in commercial quan-tities. The annual take of fish is about 2,500,000 pounds, ofoysters 100,000 barrels. During recent years the pro-duction has slowly decreased. The state has fixed thelaw so successful (oyster) planting cannot be done, says R. Gibson of Rockport. Unrestricted use of oysterreefs and a general hand-to-mouth policy of the oystermenhave affected the oyster supply appreciably. The shovel-nosed shark, sawfish, stingaree, shovel-nosed sturgeon, amullet, three varieties of gars, eleven of catfish, eleven ofsuckers, three of pike fish, fifty of minnows, eight of her-rings, two of anchovies, three of eels, twelve of sunfish,sixteen of darters, six of flounders, three of bass, make alist of not much over one-half of the marine and fresh-waterfish of Texas. According to Mr. W. G. Sterett, former. p .5-. •* P rf PS td C c .3 ^ £ cd ,_ ?r. ^ CX r> &D c 1) +j .5 ° S3 fC ^ C 5 S 54. C nH c S3 s OS3 0> h3
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