FISHERIES 
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 
669 
Products by apparatus.—The most important forms of apparatus 
employed in the fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, as 
determined by the quantity and value of the products secured, are 
seines, fyke nets, lines, and the various appliances used in the capture 
of mussels. 
The yield of seines, including all species, aggregated 
19,593,614 pounds, $548,054; fyke nets, 17,030,138 pounds, $514,690; 
lines of all kinds, 6,736,087 pounds, $278,400; apparatus in the mussel 
fishery, 47,648,000 pounds, or 23,824 tons, $216,404. Trammel nets 
were also used extensively, their catch amounting to 3,029,903 pounds, 
valued at $82,698. 
Table showing, by apparatus of capture, the yield of the fisheries of the Mississippi River 
and tributaries in 1899. 





























Seines. Trammel nets. Gill nets. Fyke nets. 
Species. 
Lbs. Value. | ‘Lbs. Value. Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value. 
| 
IBISGEGDSSS q <ecscs-c ee 215, 153 | $14,189 124,418 | $6,960 | 9 $1 231,119 | $14, 725 
Buffalo-fish .......... 5, 254, 144 | 123, 444 | 1,201,403 | 27,894 | 20,000 400 | 5,846,586 | 147, 526 
Carp, German ........ 6, 953, 689 | 167, 224 674,278 | 14,506 | 40,000 800 | 3,999,986 | 101,470 
Caretighie eee ees HDT O2XOGON 494812 een 2354990) | ONO: || poe |e meee ae 2,281, 883 | 107, 742 
Crappie coc-- see acs as 466,966 | 21,387 169, 590 8, 390 1,015 41 507, 495 22, 589 
Drum, fresh-water ... 9395, 888 28, 269 109, 697 DALSTON eseececoe aacacobe 1, 229, 051 40, 621 
els stse se accaceeoee 1, 440 SON ls Sereerstaroai| ers ob te terre wees emteimnaseers eee 8,817 497 
MGOneCY Ce jco.< 52 ene 13, 980 ODA oe Sees sl rae asec 60 3 2, 826 121 
PRaddle-fishys2. = 5.2222 1, 848, 101 44, 446 26, 920 86632 ao aacsasl oe asece 593, 099 9, 882 
Pike and pickerel.... 64, 104 2,897 31, 985 1,325 580 25 20, 123 936 
Pike perch (wall- 
Ee Gall Aa ee 39,495 | 2,588 8, 899 | 499 | 50 6 51,200 | 3,408 
Pike perch (sauger).. 13, 626 544 2, 465 | 90 | 500 25 13, 082 713 
RVG ee ene se es 6, 640 9054 le sesaacereeleeasesese 125 6 190 16 
Sturgeon, lake ....... 90, 301 2,790 16, 644 S¥i3)i| Beoaeaeoac SoEaoeee 40, 530 1,740 
Sturgeon, shovel-nose| 216,019 5, 861 98, 200 WL ON eas ce erie alee cie sats 99, 891 2,575 
DUCKCIS seen ct sass 882, 191 28, 792 220, 773 5, 419 175 13 948, 910 34, 714 
PUMA ses ssceesssss 408, 454 9, 246 82, 270 1, 888 2, 500 50 366, 899 8, 639 
White bass and rock 
BSS eee ae se ae 138, 991 5, 231 18, 702 G10) eee Seas 102, 222 4,425 
Yellow perch .......- 20, 615 544 1, 810 Cin SEE eGo ames 26, 395 1,328 
Otherfish) 2550.5 2.5- 485, 390 5, 817 10, 650 VAD Rees ee ceslince setae 352, 202 3, 859 
Turtles and terrapin.| 370, 457 7,311 900 | Ibo Eee aerseas | Sacceene 307, 282 7, 024 
Caiviar 22-— 55.5. so s-05 LONSOOM PR LONTOOM Siemistore eietera | cteleioeine wel ie cae Sees [Soave ae 400 140 
Totals. .s--2. 2-3 19,593, 614 | 548,054 | 3,029,903 | 82,698 64,934 | 1,370 |17, 030, 188 | 514, 690 
Pound nets. Set lines. Hand and other Spears 
Species. ; 
Lbs | Value. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value 
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Black bass ........... 29,750 | $1,501 e505) || CALERA | | BP GEG) IRB Pel Bead soccasdlaseceuce 
Buffalo-fish .......... 470, 185 7,832 | 1,126, 817 35, 365 8, 200 346 201,900 | $8, 703 
Carp, German........ 22, 230 | 438 153, 662 AN SOL ees faoae ell see see 1,100 110 
Mathias. 52 oes. 2 48, 786 2,259 | 3,388,506 | 147,849 224, 205 7, 434 200 20 
Grapplers >. s-0--5-s 49, 085 2,447 29, 395 2, 274 93, 486 HPA | ee cemsecsce|>2oocese 
Drum, fresh-water ... 21, 290 389 677, 541 28, 160 625 10 | 180 | 18 
DC 800 16 $2,668 MOD Ai jecacmee as ea [ra craiatetowsrne =i arererstoteter= 
MOONCVEN- on ta sence [Ste sso |(Saecietaas 200 SP tesserae core eee see Soeep eee 
Paddle-fish .......... 5, 400 144 4, 730 L764 a eee | eee Beene eee ee oeahee 
Pike and pickerel.... 6, 700 238 3, 920 261 67, 935 1, 948 21,500 | 410 
Pike perch (wall- 
VEC an eess co 1, 245 71 30,687 | 2,057 78,446 | 3,567 60 6 
Pike perch (sauger).. 1, 275 7 5, 025 193 3, 400 | Gt peat ete [oe ite 
Sturgeon, lake ....... 13, 050 402 36, 620 gE? fal (een | eee eee 37,000 | 1,100 
Sturgeon, shovel-nose 14,500 | 258 196, 183 67948) [esses secs. ceeoee 86,700 | 1,775 
BMUGKEINS seas obec en ce 47, 395 | 883 81, 215 AN166) | ooo oee cee betkiccac 1, 000 100 
SSeMN-AIN Thee se oc ok ae 26,615 453 6, 590 550 17, 450 ABO E Sisc cn aciers sl miarstocine 
White bass and rock 
BaSae oes oe. ees 1,610 77 9,555 772 12,377 DUDE esreresiereis ote ae 
Yellow perch ........ 175 8 12,136 | 686 3, 875 (DIN he, ae a ee ieee cyomperes 
Manner tisht 2. 2.555852. 1, 250 34 16, 603 858 100 A ee See ee | LAS Baca 
Wurties anditerrapin.|2. 23. -2---)caeeceese 17, 480 AD ie aera spas soee oe seaieiceese aaa es 
MEGPS\...-:-. EP EBS Sess Sto SU Soe |e en I | eee Mee Py A Set 122,604 | 15,304 
MOU ne see 2 761, 341 17,520 5,905,038 | 242,597 831,049 | 35, 803 472, 244 | 22,546 



