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Fisheries of the Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and Lake Keokuk, 1933 — Con. 

 CATCH: Bt States— Continued 



Species 



Bowfin 



Bufialofish 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads 



Eels 



Gizzard shad 



Mooneye 



Paddlefish or spoonbill cat. 



Pike or pickerel 



Sheepshead 



Sturgeon, shovelnose 



Sucker "mullet" ... 



Turtles: 



Snapper 



Soft-shell 



Total. 



Wisconsin 



Pounds 



34, 700 



247, 800 



647, 300 



88,750 



200 



200 



169, 000 



8,600 



64,800 



8,950 

 5,250 



1, 266, 450 47, 698 



Value 

 $694 



9,912 

 19, 369 



8,875 



20 



8 



6,760 



680 



1,096 



179 

 105 



Total 



Pounds 



69,500 



902, 600 



2, 149, 000 



466, 450 



715 



1,000 



500 



5,950 



6,750 



700, 050 



63,200 



141, 100 



16, 950 

 8,600 



Value 



$1, 390 



36, HI 



64,058 



46, 616 



47 



20 



10 



600 



243 



28,120 



6,056 



2,898 



339 

 170 



4, 631, 265 185, 682 



FISHERIES OF ALASKA »^ 



The commercial catch of fishery products in Alaska during 1933, 

 exclusive of whales, amounted to 627,395,274 pounds, valued at 

 $9,088,984, which is an increase of 5 percent in volume and 30 percent 

 in value as compared with the catch in 1932. Of the total catch in 

 1933, 467,348,858 pounds, valued at $7,498,037, consisted of salmon; 

 157,337,810 pounds, valued at $1,443,414, other fish; and 2,708,606 

 pounds, valued at $147,533, shellfish. In addition, 182 whales were 

 taken. These fisheries gave employment to 8,656 fishermen, 1,283 

 persons on transporting craft, and 11,756 persons in fisheries wholesale 

 and manufacturing industries — a total of 21,695 persons, which is an 

 increase of 8 percent as compared with the number employed in 1932. 



1* Statistics for the fisheries of Alaska are collected and compiled by the Alaska Division of this Bureau. 

 A summary of these statistics appear in this section. For detailed figures the reader is referred to "Alaska 

 Fisheries and Fur-Seal Industries in 1933" by Ward T. Bower, Appendi.x II to the Report of Commissioner 

 of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1934. 



