158 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Since the canvass of these fisheries for 1894 there has been a large 
increase in the quantity and value of products. The products of the 
fisheries of the Illinois River, the most important tributary of the 
Mississippi from a fishery point of view, have more than doubled in 
quantity and value during that period, and are now worth $386,284, 
more than two-thirds of which was received for German carp. There 
has also been a substantial increase in the fisheries of other rivers. 
In 1899 the fishery products of this river system were greater in quan- 
tity and nearly equal in value to the entire output of all the interior 
waters, exclusive of the Great Lakes, of the United States in 1894. 
Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1899. 













Mississippi River Missouri River | Illinois River and Ohio River and 
ee and manor SEIU, | and tributaries. tributaries. page on 
No. Value. No. Value. No. Value. | No. | Value. 
Persons employed --- (s0D9)i| Saeoo eee . S20n hate UAC) Ufo eee eee 110222 ee 
Boats te saan fees 4,033 | $76,795 686 | $8, 237 698 | $37, 658 1,095 | $19, 293 
Hand /and!set lines_.s|----------- 6;086))\2=-2=- es Cit eee osees S44: |b esas 3, 285 
Crowfoot grapples, 
rakes, forks, and 
dred gost ee. eae ose sO alle areas | ee ae BR ee SN ene reall coy a 
Seinesie: 225228 =5-2-- 511 36, 803 121 4,124 140 | 20,069 180 7,500 
Hivkemetsysaeoses-- = 16,119 75, 548 1, 135 5, 457 7,421 | 41,465 3,703 | 23, 084 
Gillimetsso222- 26 cee 4 BU eeccet sess Bere aee 12 240 2 15 
Poundmetssee-s-----= a2 2 {G00 eras | este | eee es | ee sat ta2 aye o| bene 
Trammel nets-------- 355 8, 200 48 1,077 44 04a eS eee 
Shrimp traps -------- 5, 276 BIS |ooseageace Bape asl eae Saoee ss | eee ores |emoweeiee Beene 
Other apparatus: -+-.|/---.-----=- IS) | ee ee eee eae 9361) soe ccseese 27 
Shore and accessory 
Propertysecee-eees-= Pepe ees <| meee Sis) eae epceo OSs UTA es samen Serer LT GAS ears ee oe 51, 466 
@ashvcapitale. sess see eee ZU BY AG) as eee 13S; O00] |teteee eens Tee See eee 
Totalinvestment-|----..----- 1287/1 Gilsaesen eee 278000) eee ee Mie} ey) /Esean ose 104, 670 
PRODUCTS. Lbs. Value. Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. 
Blacksbasshesssseeeee= 275,073 | $17, 122 3,970 $383 104,589 | $9,309 11,119 | $1,090 
Buftalo-fish __._.-...-| 7,616,889 | 173,604 | 549,012 | 20,984 | 2,324,552 | 64,032 | 407,020 | 20,260 
Garp.German,--2.2--- 3, 272, 7116 65, 525 44,915 1,587 | 8,426,887 | 215,305 90, 862 4, 836 
Gat fishes: esse acres 3,445,775 | 141,497 | 467,038 | 30,403 976, 845 | 35,802 | 723,449 | 37,894 
Crappie seen se eel 450,348 21,208 10, 837 776 295,134 | 11,670 7, 907 585 
Dor ishe ees les 8, 250 ‘5G: | cee chases |= Seamer 802, 750 peal okt 7 I re eee Oe 
Drumm or sheepshead_} 1, 448, 900 30, 589 99, 435 3, 834 245, 068 5,075 | 610,451 | 37,075 
Relay Ree Nes ee 52, 651 2,559 2,525 224 10, 203 498 6, 061 388 
Huckoryshadisss--eo5 12, 480 82h Kets lesa e 5, 000 75 250 20 
Moon-eye ....-.-.----. 6, 3800 197 wise ese caeaieoe cece ee eee are ee 10, 726 489 
Paddile-tish ys sees. 1, 880, 061 41,315 99, 900, 3, 348 26,515 1,082 | 119,179 5, 495 
Pike or pickerel __-_--- 159, 871 5, 126 15,330 1, 058 eee 1,078 30 5 
Pike perch (wall- | 
GVO) osteo seen eee 144, 314 7,196 10, 890 668 11, 526 | 674 | 13,778 1,37 
IRockabassy2= 2 asses 50, 900 2RS81G | Saaeres sae eos 43, 074 962 | 4,831 425 
Saugers orsand pike_ 32, 620 1 Q02 i eo eee aces eee ce ee ee cece ee 6, 240 556 
Shades Ae eee Rete eee Ler ee al (Dee cen Eero ery eee pangs evel tata a Wap a 6, 955 355 
Sturgeon, lake _.__.-- 178, 881 5, 220 25, 520 1,061 635 23 14, 161 835 
Sturgeon,shovel-nose| 496, 614 9,681 7a, 120 3, 118 18, 374 378 64, 661 3, O76 
Suckenseesscasa eee 980, 151 22,158 | 297,290 | 10,944 67,790 1,400 | 402,293 | 23,044 
Sunefishie a -ce ee ee 171, 261 CVO conse once eee 508,180 | 10,931 4,740 273 
Wihiteibasss- 222522252 28,015 | MS27 2, 140 112 109, 933 358610 eae ae 123 Aso 
Yellow perch ._-____- 17,281 389 600 27 12,700 260 33, 720 1,946 
Other fish =---- =----= 3,810 | AL) sees ie ee SEE oes ae a ee |e ee 250 18 
BRO PS eee ee ee ees |e ONS TS 184801 eee be seon cpad 206, 610 3, 224 350 210 
Turtlesand terrapin. 198, 954 BBS d eee ee eee eee 547,916 | 11,950 13, 825 658 
Shrimpeee se see 200, 058 LGNOO5) Reese SE eet Ea SE Sree ANG sagt BER Pee pee 
Mussel shells-_-_------- HEY ADO ZOU WE Ileana esallsancee bee |saoeee Lae ES etn || gen erp | a 
Alligator hides. ---.-- 3, 750 938) ears Sens yet de Sra ee Ee | 52d 8 Ce ee | eee 
Otteriskins: 2-2-2. --2- 182 A | ale ee oe Re ae || Ree Bete S| ee en eee 
Caviar === PS STIS 70, 300 PARR) Pee ees es Set Se ee a ee Eee a EE | ee 
Total products. _|66,971,227 | 827,014 |1, 704,522 | 78,477 |14,581,392 | 386, 284 |2, 552,858 | 140, 912 








1 Apparatus used in the mussel fishery. 
2Includes $9.842 worth of pearls and $5,525 worth of baroque pearls taken from mussel shells. 
Nore.—Several large rivers are classed above as minor tributaries on account of the 
compartively small importance of t heir fisheries. 
