FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 701 
Summary, by apparatus and waters, of the fisheries of Louisiana in 1899. 









Apparatus and waters. Lbs. Value. Apparatus and waters. | Lbs. Value. 
| 
Seines: Shrimp traps: 
Fausse River .........-.- 61, 437 $1, 758 Mississippi River ....-.| 52, 980 | $4, 395 
Lake Black Fork . ae 31, 485 914 ———————— 
Lake Centennial - 3,945 217 | Otter traps: | 
Lake Concordia -. wi 91,485 2,133 Black River .......---- | 56 140 
Lake Old River......... 111, 525 2,422 Mississippi River ..-.-- | 182 455 
Lake Palmyra.......-.-- 107, 850 1, 836 Ouachita River.......- 110 275 
_ Seas 412, 727 9, 280 || oo cee eae 348 870 
Lines ee ee oS a ed : =e nt 
Guns: 
Black AvET oo oe 111, 660 3, 149 PR; | ; 
Mississippi River ---.--. 207,290} 7,389 || Aeciectppi River _.._ 31700| 938 
Ouachita River........- 39, 750 1,075 per ache aha ae : 
Red River .....--.5---<: 308, 650 6, 916 i Ve 
Lake Bistineau --.---.-- 1,490| + 133 EE na 4, 950 1,238 
e Catahoula --..--... 52, 3 i 
‘ Total by waters: 
Lake Cross ....-.-----.- 30, 000 see Fausse River <.-.-+.-.. | 61,487 1, 758 
° Ss ac RVOR Deano Saas 161, 816 4, 782 
Total ......--------- __750, 800 |__—22,872 || Wissicsippi River ...... 446,857 | 16,542 
Fyke nets: Ouachita River....--.- 145, 460 | 3, 745 
Bidek iver... - 622.22. 48. 900 1,193 Red River: =o) >-<--2--2 629, 350 | 16, 322 
Mississippi River .-.--..- 182, 655 3, 415 Lake Black Fork ...... 31, 485 | 914 
Ouachita River...------ 105, 600 2,395 Lake Centennial ---.-- 8,945 | 217 
Mealsrver...0 22. 52. Ssk 320, 700 9, 406 Lake Concordia ......-. 101, 110 2,383 
Lake Bistineau.-.-..--... 4,900 423 | Lake Old River... 111,525 2,422 
OS Lake Palmyra........- 107, 850 | 1, 836 
17) ee 662, 755 16, 832 oe ae ae 54,350 | 2,391 
Lake Catahoula ......- 52,000 | 1,560 
Trammel nets: = ’ , 
Lake Concordia ......-. 9, 625 250 Lake Cross ......--..-- 30, 000 2, 200 
ee isthac $d Grand total........ 1,942,185 | 57,072 
ARKANSAS. 
The commercial fisheries of Arkansas are prosecuted wholly in the 
Mississippi River and its tributaries. Some of the more important 
tributaries of the Mississippi in this State are the Arkansas, White, 
St. Francis, and Ouachita rivers, and Big Lake. Large quantities of 
fishery products are also derived from other waters. 
In 1899 the number of persons employed in the fisheries was 463. 
The capital invested in boats, apparatus of capture, and fishing property 
amounted to $39,105. The boats, including house boats, numbered 437, 
valued at $10,357. The fishing apparatus was valued at $25,147, and the 
shore and accessory property at $3,601. 
The products aggregated 4,896,591 pounds, valued at $168,071. The 
principal species obtained were buffalo-fish, 2,388,890 pounds, $52,521; 
cat-fish, 838,514 pounds, $42,044; fresh-water drum, 304,105 pounds, 
$7,848. Black bass, crappie, paddle-fish, sun-fish, frogs, and various 
other species were taken in considerable quantities. Caviar made from 
the roe of the paddle-fish or spoon-bill cat amounted to 34,175 pounds, 
valued at $11.488. 
The most productive forms of fishing apparatus were seines and fy ke 
nets, the catch with the former being 2,036,582 pounds, valued at 
$62,505, and with the latter 1,404,613 pounds, valued at $44,664. Next 
in importance, with respect to the quantity and value of products, were 
pound nets, trammel nets, and set lines. 
