1040 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Lake fisheries of the United States and Canada, 1913 to 1928 — Continued 

 CATCH: By lakes— Continued 



Years 



Sheeps- 



bead: 



United 



States 1 



Average, 1913-1915 

 Average, 1916-1920 

 Average, 1921-1925 



1926 



1927 



1928 



1,697 

 2,503 

 2,114 

 1,325 

 4,361 

 2,934 



Years 



Average, 1913-1915. 

 Average, 1916-1920. 

 Average, 1921-1925 



1926- 



1927 



1928 



Sucker 

 "mul- 

 let": 

 United 

 States 1 



4,566 

 4,627 

 3,300 

 4,122 

 4,765 

 3,995 



TuUihees 



United 



States 



990 

 662 

 220 



Canada 



189 

 185 

 215 

 164 

 106 

 46 



Total 



(') 



1,154 

 768 

 266 



White 



bass: 



United 



States 1 



Whiteflsh, common 



305 

 484 

 158 

 126 



United 

 States 



4,545 

 4,900 

 3,799 

 5,148 

 5,463 

 6,431 



Canada 



5,322 

 5, 551 

 6,038 

 4,800 

 4,792 

 4,392 



Total 



9,867 

 10, 451 

 9,837 

 9,948 

 10, 255 

 10,823 



White- 

 fish, Me- 

 nominee: 

 United 

 States ' 



460 



1 The Canadian catch of these species has been included with " Miscellaneous fish." 

 ' The catch for the United States was included with " Miscellaneous fish " prior to 1925. 

 < Included with "Miscellaneous fish" prior to 1928. 



FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 



PRODUCT 



MUSSfL SHELLS 



aRP(6ERMANj 



BUFFAL0FI5H 



CATFISH 

 DRUM 



(SHEEPSHEAD) 

 ALL OTHER 



MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



Figure 27.— Yield of principal fishery products 

 in the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1922 



yield of the fisheries amounted 

 $4,503,521. 



The latest statistical canvass 

 made of the fisheries and fishery 

 industries of the Mississippi River 

 and tributaries was for the cal- 

 endar year 1922. The complete 

 statistics for the canvass were pub- 

 lished in the report of the division 

 of fishery industries for 1923 and 

 in Statistical Bulletin No. 607. 

 During 1922 the fisheries and fish- 

 ery industries of this region em- 

 ployed 19,122 persons, and the 

 to 105,733,734 pounds, valued at 



