Osburn, H.R.Saul, G.E.Hamilton, C.L.2010-02-152010-02-151986http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/2177894 pgs.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department in cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service collects data on commercially landed finfish and shellfish from Texas bays and from the Gulf of Mexico off Texas. Shrimp continue to be the most important commercial seafood product in Texas. They comprised 82% of the weight and 92% of the ex-vessel value of total seafood landings, while Eastern oyster, blue crab and finfish accounted for 18% of the total weight landed and 8% of the ex-vessel value in 1985. Total reported landings in 1985 were 100,199,900 pounds with an ex-vessel value of $176,031,900. This is the fourth highest poundage and value recorded since 1977. Since 1977, the mean price per pound paid to commercial fishermen increased for all species except for other shrimp and other finfish. With the exception of shrimp, prices of finfish and shellfish increased from 1984 to 1985.fisheriescommercial fishingfishery statisticsfishery surveysfishery datalanding statisticscatch statisticsBook