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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES ^ 



The yield of fishery products of the Mississippi River and tribu- 

 raries during; 1931 amounted to 82,382,523 pounds, valued at 

 $2,897,357. This is a decrease of 22 percent in the catch and 36 per- 

 cent in value as compared with the catch and its value in 1922, when 

 the latest preceding canvass was made. Of the total catch in 1931, 

 44,061,714 pounds, valued at $2,257,204, were fish and 38,320,809 

 pounds, valued at $640,153, were shellfish and miscellaneous products. 

 The fisheries of this section gave employment to 15,884 fishermen, 

 or 29 percent more than in 1922. All of these fishermen were engaged 

 in the boat and shore fisheries, 5,153 regular, and 10,731 casual. 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1931 

 SUMMARY OF CATCH 



9 It should be noted that the statistics for the various States of the Mississippi River and tributaries 

 include tables on the operating units and catch by waters. Where waters are inset in the stub under other 

 waters, it indicates that they are tributary to such waters; also in those cases where one or more waters 

 follow another, separated by colons, such waters are tributary to the water immediately jirecediug. 



