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Fisheries of the Mississippi River between Lake Pepin and Lake Keokuk, 1936 — Con. 



CATCH: By States 



Species 



niinois 



Iowa 



Minnesota 



Wisconsin 



Total 



Bowfin 



Buflaloflsh 



Carp 



Catfish and bull- 

 heads 



Eels.... 



Mooneye 



Paddleflsh or spoon- 

 bill cat 



Pike or pickerel 



Sheepshead 



Sturgeon, shovelnose. 



Sucker "mullet" 



Turtles: 



Snapper 



Soft shell 



Total. 



Pounds 



8,500 



334, 700 



623, 200 



237, 700 



900 



11,500 



2,100 



167, 800 



1,000 



15, 700 



4,700 

 4,000 



1, 411, 800 



Value 



$250 



16, 735 



18, 816 



23, 670 

 90 

 230 



,490 

 100 

 312 



94 



Pounds 



52, 100 



491, 100 



1, 335, 900 



478, 800 



1,300 



15, 300 



800 



39, 500 



241, 600 



19, 000 



42, 400 



28,200 

 7,900 



69, 077 



2, 753, 900 



Value 



$1,524 

 24, 525 

 41,387 



47, 880 

 130 

 306 



3,825 



12, 005 



1,895 



564 

 158 



Pounds 



7,500 



33, 500 



157, 300 



49,500 



25, 600 



5,000 



3,300 

 4,300 



135, 127 



286, 000 



Value 



$225 



1,655 



4,719 



4,950 



Pounds 



50, 300 



324, 200 



1, 267, 000 



238, 800 



24,000 

 1,800 



100 

 66 



206, 200 

 ""49," 600 



8,700 

 7,700 



13, 021 



2, 178, 200 



Value 

 $1, 549 

 17,210 

 38, 010 



23,880 



354 

 180 



10, 310 

 '""990 



Pounds 



118,400 



1, 183, 500 



3, 383, 400 



1, 004, 800 



2,200 



60,800 



4,700 

 39,500 



641,200 

 20.000 



112,600 



44,900 

 23,900 



92, 811 



6, 629, 900 



Value 

 $3, 548. 

 60, 125'- 

 102,932 



100, 380 

 220- 

 890i 



470 



3, 825 



32, 025 



1,995 



2,250 



478- 



310,036. 



■ FISHERIES OF ALASKA ^^ 



The commercial catch of fishery products in Alaska during 1936, 

 exclusive of whales, amounted to 923,528,817 pounds, valued at 

 $13,891,412, which is an increase of 45 percent in quantity and 60 

 percent in value as compared with the catch in 1935. Of the total 

 catch in 1936, 726,853,292 pounds, valued at $11,856,541, consisted 

 of salmon; 194,125,352 pounds, valued at $1,882,603, other fish; and 

 2,550,173 pounds, value at $152,268, shellfish. In addition, 385 

 whales were taken. These fisheries gave employment to 11,722 fish- 

 ermen, 2,064 persons on transporting craft, and 16,597 persons in 

 fishery wholesale and manufacturing industries — a total of 30,383 

 persons, which is an increase of 34 percent as compared with the 

 number employed in 1935. 



" statistics for the fisheries of Alaska are collected and compiled by the Alaska Division of this Bureau. 

 A summary of these statistics appears in this section. For detailed figures the reader is referred to "Alaska 

 Fishery and Fur-Seal Industries in 1936," by Ward T. Bower, appendix II to the Report of Commissioner 

 of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1937. 



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