FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 1041 



Catch of the fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 11)22, with the total 

 catch for certain previous years 



Species 



Black bass --. 



Bowfln 



Buffalo fish .-. 



Carp, German 



Catfish and bullheads 



Crappie ..-' 



Drum, fresh-water, or sheeps- 



head - — 



Eels 



Mooneye or toothed herring, 

 Paddlefish, or spoonbill cat.. 



Paddlefish caviar 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (sauger) 



Pike perch (wall-eyed) 



Quillback, or American carp. 



Rock bass 



Sturgeon, lake 



Sturgeon, shovelnose- 



Sturgeon, shovelnose, caviar . 

 Sturgeon, shovelnose, eggs... 



Total 



Pounds 

 73, 554 

 190, 073 



17, 267, 177 



18, 338, 371 

 8, 092, 690 



512, 423 



5, 260, 892 



16, 060 



3,450 



1, 398, 991 



12, 398 



20, 100 



4,745 



24,650 



765, 389 



2,738 



10, 953 



227, 365 



449 



Value 

 $10, 874 

 6,078 

 1, 013, 692 

 872, 128 

 713,461 

 49, 338 



290, 480 



1,057 



166 



132, 545 



29, 546 



1,850 



768 



3,750 



59, 221 



312 



1,369 



19, 323 



2,615 



764 



Suckers 



Sunfish 



White bass 



Yellow bass 



Yellow perch.. 



Other fish 



Shrimp 



Crawfish 



Frogs 



Turtles... 



Alligator hides. 

 Mussel shells... 



Pearls , 



Slugs , 



Total. 



1894 (all species). 

 1899 (all species) . 

 1903 (all species) . 



Total 



Pounds 



699, 539 



374, 533 



64,624 



7,500 



22,250 



73, 275 



147, 482 



7,890 



231,761 



96, 743 



15,616 



51, 768, 173 



105, 733, 734 



Value 



$63,028 



24,955 



5,500 



600 



1,904 



4,917 



14, 570 



759 



20,410 



2,772 



2,673 



050, 592 



40, 124 



55,380 



4, 503, 521 



44, 544, 828 1, 384, 574 

 96, 797, 437! 1,781, 029 

 93, 374, 159j 1,841, 168 



I 10 



100 



90 



80 



YEARS 



Figure 28.~Yield of fishery products in the Mississippi River and 

 tributaries for various years, 1894 to 1922 



FRESH-WATER MUSSEL SHELL FISHERY 



During 1929 the catch of fresh-water mussel shells in the United 

 States amounted to 54,352,000 pounds, valued at $1,324,919. This 

 represents a decrease of 6 per cent in the catch and an increase of 4 

 per cent in the value, as compared with the catch and its value in 

 1922. 



Tennessee was the most important producing State during 1929, 

 accounting for 21 per cent of the total catch. Arkansas ranked sec- 

 ond with 20 per cent. Other important producing States were 

 Michigan, 10 per cent; Iowa, Indiana, and Illinois, each 8 per cent; 

 and Wisconsin, 7 per cent. 



