526 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Fisheries of the Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and Lake Keokuk, 1987—Con. 
CATCH: By STATES 













Species Illinois Towa Minnesota Wisconsin Total 
Pounds| Value| Pounds | Value | Pounds| Value | Pounds | Value | Pounds | Value 
Bowfin: os 8 1 seh 4, 200 $44) 56,300) $668 500 $8} 63, 200} $1,026} 124, 200] $1, 746 
Buftalofish.—_ = __! 52 177, 500} 6,983} 415, 000} 16,305} 12, 900 495| 228,200} 8,870} 833,600) 32, 653 
Garp 2 ipee 2) See 356, 600| 8, 202} 773,000) 16,545} 87,800! 2,360) 784, 700) 21, 611/2, 002, 100} 48, 718 
Catfish and bull- 
heads! mys ons-) 78 146, 900} 14,921} 275,600} 25,909} 27,200) 2,920) 80,500) 8,755) 530, 200) 52, 505 
els! 22o aaa 2 ee 100 12 400 CU ae SO cet || ey ea merges | |e we 500 53 
Paddlefish or spoon- 
hillicataaes. 5.) eee 3, 700 366 5, 500 1-10) ese 9] a ee || RE RVR fae Meee 9, 200 916 
Pake or pickerel]! |S -) qe 28-25 16; 700) UpV22; 92-2 yee Pass Eye ee ee ae 16,700} 1,122 
Sheepshead_________- 134, 500} 6,626} 195,000) 9,676) 12, 500 627 79,900} 4,279) 421,900] 21, 208 
Sturgeon, shovelnose_|--------|----- - 41400)’ 4° S890). => 52 yanmar st ee NA a 41,400} 4,899 
Sucker ‘‘mullet’’____- 5, 500 96} 17,800 7 fla} eee Sees PEE 15, 200 187} 38, 500 558 
Turtles: 
Snapper 2) == 600 12 2, 900 TAS WSs 2 2 get eS ee Oe re ee 3, 500 160 
Soft-shell......--= 1, 000 32 3, 900 BLS aie se ee ek eee ee 4,900 350 
Motaleaeae sat 830, 600) 37, 294/1, 803, 500) 76,456] 140,900] 6, 410)1, 251, 700| 44, 728/4, 026, 700)164. 888 










FISHERIES OF ALASKA 
The commercial catch of fishery products in Alaska during 1937, 
exclusive of whales, amounted to 825,783,422 pounds, valued at 
$14,237,771, which is a decrease of 11 percent in quantity but an 
increase of 2 percent in value as compared with the catch in 1936. 
Of the total catch in 1937, 593,383,891 pounds, valued at $11,876,351, 
consisted of salmon; 229,340,640 pounds, valued at $2,142,306, other 
fish; and 3,058,891 pounds, valued at $219,114, shellfish. In addition, 
376 whales were taken. These fisheries gave employment to 11,570 
fishermen, 2,159 persons on transporting craft, and 16,602 persons 
in fishery wholesale and manufacturing industries—a total of 30,331 
persons, which is a decrease of less than one half of one percent as 
compared with the number employed in 1936. 
13 Statistics for the fisheries of Alaska are collected and compiled by the Alaska Division of this Bureau. 
A summary of these statistics appears in this section. For detailed figures the reader is referred to ‘‘Alaska 
Fishery and Fur Seal Industries,’’ by Ward T. Bower, Appendix II to the report of the Commissioner of 
Fisheries for the fiscal year 1938. 
