FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1931 423 

 FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 



Catch of the fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1922 



Species 



Pounds 



Value 



Black bass 



Bowfin 



Buflaloflsh 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads 



Crappie 



Drum, fresh-water, or sheepshead. 

 Eels. 



Mooneye 



Paddlefish or spoonbill cat 



Paddleflsh caviar 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (sauger) 



Pike perch (wall-eyed) 



Quillback or "American carp". 



Rt)ck bass 



Sturgeon, lake 



Sturgeon, sho%'elnose 



Sturgeon, shovelnose, caviar 



Sturgeon, shovelnose, eggs 



Sucker "mullet" 



Sunfish... 



White bass 



Yellow bass 



Yellow perch 



Other fish 



Shrimp 



Crawfish 



Frogs 



Turtles 



Alligator hides 



Mussel shells 



Pearls - 



Slugs 



73, 554 



190, 073 



17, 267, 177 



18, 338, 371 



8, 092, 690 



512, 423 



5, 260, 892 



16, 060 



3, 450 



1, 398, 991 



12, 398 



20,100 



4,745 



24, 650 



765, 389 



2,738 



10, 953 



227, 365 



1,880 



449 



699, 539 



374, 533 



64, 624 



7,500 



22, 250 



73, 275 



147, 482 



7,890 



231,761 



96, 743 



15,616 



51, 768, 173 



$10, 874 



6,078 



1,013,692 



872, 128 



713,461 



49, 338 



290, 480 



1,057 



166 



132, 545 



29, 546 



1,850 



768 



3,750 



59, 221 



312 



1,369 



19, 323 



2,615 



764 



63, 028 



24, 955 



5,500 



600 



1,904 



4,917 



14, 570 



759 



20, 410 



2,772 



2,673 



1, 050, 592 



46, 124 



55, 380 



Total. 



105, 733, 734 



4, 503, 521 



FISHERIES OF ALASKA ^^ 



During 1931 the fisheries of Alaska employed 22,577 persons, 

 of whom 8,914 were fishermen, 11,995 were engaged in the wholesale 

 and manufacturing industries, and 1,668 in transporting fishery 

 products. The catch in round weight amounted to 598,124,566 

 pounds, valued at $10,043,366, consisting of 467,664,391 pounds of 

 salmon, valued at $7,757,966; 128,290,715 pounds of other fish, 

 valued at $2,164,986; and 2,169,460 pounds of shellfish, valued at 

 $120,414. 



13 With reference to the figures published in this section the reader should refer to that section in the latter 

 part of the book entitled "Statistical survey procedure," which gives in detail methods for collecting 

 statistics, compilation practices, and conversion factors. This is most necessary for a complete under- 

 standing of the statistics presented herewith. 



