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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES '^ 



The most recent complete catch statistics of the fisheries for the 

 States of the Mississippi River and tributaries are those collected for 

 the year 193 1 . The yield of fishery products in that year amounted to 

 82,382,523 pounds, valued at $2,897,357, which was a decrease of 22 

 percent in quantity and 36 percent in value as compared with the 

 quantity and value of the catch in 1922 when the most recent pre- 

 ceding survey was made. Detailed statistics of the fisheries of the 

 Mississippi River and tributaries for 1931 appear in "Fishery Indus- 

 tries of the United States, 1932 " by R. H. Fiedler, Appendix III to the 

 Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1933. A 

 summary of these fisheries in 1931 as well as certain data for 1933 

 appear in the following tables. 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1931 

 OPERATING UNITS: By States 



" For a clearer understanding of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the section 

 in the latter part of the document entitled ' ' Statistical survey procedure. " 



