FISHERY INDUSTRIES OP THE UNITED STATES, 1930 521 

 Mussel-shell industry of the Lake fisheries, 1929 — Continued 



CATCH 



Gear and products 



By crowfoot bars: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By tongs: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By forks: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By rakes: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By picks: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By hand: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



Total all apparatus: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



Lake Michigan 



St. Joseph River 



Michigan 



Pounds 

 600,000 



10,000 



10,000 

 500.000 



30,000 

 1, 150, 000 



Value 

 $27, 600 

 1,500 



460 

 25 



460 

 50 



23,000 

 1,200 



1,380 

 100 



52,900 

 2,875 



Indiana 



Po^md» 

 129,000 



64,500 



43,000 



21, 500 

 258,000 



Value 

 $4, 338 

 900 



2,169 

 450 



1,446 

 300 



723 

 150 



8,676 

 1,800 



Total 



Pounds 

 729,000 



10,000 



64,500 



10,000 



543,000 



51,500 



1,408,000 



Grand River, ' 

 Mich. 



Value Pounds 

 $31,938! 3,000,000 

 2,400l 



460 

 25 



2,169 

 450 



460 

 50 



24, 446 

 1,500 



2,103 

 250 



61, 576 

 4, 675 



250,000 



750,000 



4, 000, 000 



Value 

 $138, 000 

 7,500 



11,500 

 1,000 



34,500 

 1,500 



184, 000 

 10,000 



Gear and products 



By crowfoot bars: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs- 



By forks: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By picks: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



By hand: 



Musselshells 



Pearls and slugs. 



Total all apparatus: 



Mussel shells 



Pearls and slugs. 



Lake Michigan — Continued 



Kalama/oo 

 River, Mich. 



Pounds 

 350,000 



70,000 

 60,000 



20,000 

 500, 000 



Value 

 $15, 750 

 800 



3, 150 

 200 



2,700 

 200 



900 

 50 



22, 500 

 1,250 



Muskegon 

 River, Mich. 



Pounds 

 533, 335 



177,665 



89,000, 



Value 

 $25, 335 

 1,200 



8, 365 

 600 



4,300 

 200 



800, 000 38, 000 

 I 2,000 



Elkhart River, 

 Ind. 



Pounds 

 74,000 



37,000 

 24, 66 



12, 333 

 148,000 



Value 



$2, 685 

 518 



1,342 

 259 



44 

 86 



5, 369 

 1,036 



Pigeon River, 

 Ind. 



Poundi 



55,000 



27,600 

 18, 334 



9,166 

 110, 100 



Value 



$2,009 



385 



1,004 

 192 



669 

 128 



335 

 64 



4,017 

 769 



Fox River, 

 Wis. 



Pounds] Value 

 73, 484, $2, 438 

 200 



.'Includes Maple and Thornapple Rivers, tributaries of Grand RivBr. 



