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Lake fisheries of the United States, 1933 — Continued , 



CATCH: By lakes— Continued 



1 From tributary streams. 



FISHERIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES ^^ 



The most recent complete catch statistics of the fisheries for the 

 States of the Mississippi River and tributaries are those collected for 

 the year 1931. The yield of fishery products in that year amounted 

 to 82,382,523 pounds, valued at $2,897,357, which was a decrease of 

 22 percent in quantity and 36 percent in value as compared with the 

 quantity and value of the catch in 1922 wdien the most recent preced- 

 ing survey was made. Detailed statistics of the fisheries of the Missis- 

 sippi River and tributaries for 1931 appear in Fishery Industries of 

 the United States, 1932 by R. H. Fiedler, appendix III to the Report 

 of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the fiscal year 1933. A summary 

 of these fisheries in 1931 as well as certain data for 1934 appear in the 

 following tables. 



'5 For a clearer understanding; of the statistics published in this section, the reader is referred to the sec- 

 tion in the latter part of the document entitled "Statistical survey procedure." 



