676 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Table showing the yield of the fisheries of Indiana in 1899—Continued. 






















































White bass. Serene Other Turtles. Total. 
Apparatus and waters. ; ets ee bt a 
Lbs. | Val.| Lbs. | Val.|Lbs.| Val.| Lbs. |Val.| Lbs. Val. 
Seines: 
OHiOFRivers.-cesssseees cees cis -|teccacs lanes A180 nhl 86) aaeee| tomes 1,560 | $53 | 251,505 | $10, 627 
Wabash River saesssecacc secs BaD GSD aeteie ciclel| sana Gees elects 340 | 17 50, 484 4,717 
Tippecanoe River. ..-.......-- 292) | ADO: Sateen [oe eallalesee lao lo tee eee 7, 340 735 
Mota ee ects eects eee 767 | 78| 4,180 falters] Mee oal bore | 1,900 } 70] 309,329 | 16,079 
Fyke nets: | 
MHIOARIV ERS 5: scren cares cise ceases lseaaete le cines 5,706 | 308 | 250 | $18 | 1,189 | 49 | 278,500 | 18,564 
WaibashtRiverscccssss ce eisscs | 369 SD siseei=e eee [eivisisie| stajele cosines 730 | 39 80, 389 6, 737 
WIRE IRIVen Saba ss sence ace ce le seats leeeoe ete (ich torcy arte (eteone) ese tS 8,718 750 
West Fork of White River ....|......- BSGSS Beeson aces Ecce hSesd aesnesel bnsc 12, 527 956 
Tippecanoe River-....:....-.- | 65  Beecee so Saeed eee pape eeeceee [slew 1,795 180 
TG ta leas at ean ee ee | 424 | 41 5,706 | 308 | 250 | 18] 1,874] 88| 376,929} 22,187 
Lines: | 
Obio Rivers qaccueeenses ee see eae ANS1 Gal) 2860 eee el ee 800 | 32 146,390] 7,099 
WabashiRiverha st sadencacones 191 1S ek Pe) (earl (eee Sl 780 | 52 90, 470 7,320 
WiHITGIRIV ERs Ae Bee os Be Son Se em este epee [tcc 2 eee |e ree | ok eee are | he 1 eee 11, 480 881 
Wiest Pork of White River so sc |S soa See acral eae ences ee eee | a ee 10, 957 921 
TIP PECANOCURIVEL sa: Seiese tee | ae cece | ete | ee eee | ee eee ee eae | ree | 1, 989 200 
Totalien weeks sere eee 191 LON 4rol Ose 2oONleseee eee 1, 580 | 84 | 261, 286 16, 421 
Spears: 
Wt DAShaRiVer aon. = cepom scat ee | see eee eee ee Sean | eae cee) esl ee eco 3, 240 324 
Total by waters: | | | a | 
ObIOMRUVEr oes oc tte cates [peewee s sens 14, 202 | 780 | 250 18 3,499 | 134 671,395 | 31,290 
Wabash! Riveri=tcc-ssccessas: Kl .053) LOQH eee aos epee eee rale sens | 1,855 | 108 | 224,583 | 19,098 
WihitesRivensofses seen ese Mle S| Sale See seal See cee | ee ane | ee 20, 198 1, 631 
Wiest Hork of WihitedRiver: 2522) 2a al cet ol ee tee eee | rere lee |e eps eee 23, 484 1,877 
Tippecanoe River..-.........- emmunme?AT I P| Una) be Mee tra ec | er ea || nS (peers 11, 124 1,115 
Totalcccees sect sacls sec aes | 1,382 | 188 | 14,202 | 780 | 250 | 18 | 5,354 | 242 | 950,784} 55,011 
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ILLINOIS. 
The fisheries of Illinois in 1889 were more extensive than those of 
any other State bordering the Mississippi River or any of its tribu- 
taries. The total number of persons engaged was 2,389, most of 
whom were employed on the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. The 
investment in the fisheries amounted to $225,324. The number of 
boats, including house boats, used in the fisheries was 1,717, valued 
at $54,808. The most productive forms of fishing apparatus were 
fyke nets and seines, of which 13,614 of the former, worth $65,164, 
and 303 of the latter, worth $27,780, were used. The catch secured 
with seines was 9,781,637 pounds, worth $251,562, and with fyke nets 
7,608,123 pounds, worth $210,054. 
The total yield of the fisheries of this State was 28,479,807 pounds, 
valued at $579,168. The most important species taken were German 
carp, 9,896,499 pounds, valued at $244,322; and buffalo-fish, 4,050,941 
pounds, valued at $111,707. Other species were cat-fish, 1,569,615 
pounds, $68,535; black bass, 126,180 pounds, $10,842; fresh-water 
drum, 610,205 pounds, $17,729; dog-fish, 802,750 pounds, $8,695; sun- 
fish, 543,387 pounds, $12,067; and turtles and terrapin, 681,679 pounds, 
$14,520. The yield of mussel shells, utilized in the pearl-button 
industry, was 8,910,000 pounds, valued at $43,468. 
A little more than half of the products of the fisheries of this State, 
