Economic Activity Associated with Commercial Fishing Along the Texas Gulf Coast
Abstract
This report focuses on estimating the economic activity specifically associated with
commercial fishing in Sabine Lake/Sabine-Neches Estuary, Galveston Bay/Trinity-San
Jacinto Estuary, Matagorda Bay/Lavaca-Colorado Estuary, San Antonio Bay/Guadalupe
Estuary, Aransas Bay/Mission-Aransas Estuary, Corpus Christi Bay/Nueces Estuary,
Baffin Bay/Upper Laguna Madre Estuary, and South Bay/Lower Laguna Madre Estuary.
Each bay/estuary area will define a separate geographic region of study comprised of one
or more counties. Commercial fishing, therefore, refers to bay (inshore) fishing only.
The results show the ex-vessel value of finfish, shellfish and shrimp landings in each of
these regions, and the impact this spending had on the economy in terms of earnings,
employment and sales output.