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U, S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



ALABAMA 



The commercial fisheries of Alabama, connected with the Miss- 

 issippi River and its tributaries, are confined entirely to the Tennessee 

 River. In 1922 101 pei-sons, including 4 shoresmen, were engaged. 

 The total investment, including boats, a])paratus, and shore property, 

 amounted to $12,883. The mussel fishery was the most important, 

 the value of the output, including pearls and slugs, amounting to 

 $13,179; the output of fish proper amounted to 96,540 pounds, 

 valued at $14,450, the most important species being catfish and drum, 

 or sheepshead. 



Persons engaged and investment in the fisheries of Alabama, 1922 



Yield, by apparatus, of the fisheries of Alabama, 1922 



ARKANSAS 



The fisheries of Arkansas are confined entirely to the Mississippi 

 River and its tributaries. The White River ranks first in importance, 

 due to its extensive mussel fisheries. Beginning near Brandon, 

 Mo., shells are taken at intervals along the entire length of this river 

 to within a few miles of its mouth, where fishing proper prevails. 

 The fish in the latter region are purchased by ''buy-boats" from 

 Roscdale, Miss., which make regular trips for a distance of 75 miles 

 U]) the river from its mouth two or three times weekly. Among 

 other important streams contributing to the output of Arkansas 

 were the Arkansas, St. Francis, Ouachita, Black, and Mississippi 

 Rivers. Of these, the St. Francis, Black, and Ouachita Rivers 

 supported important mussel fisheries, but no shells were taken from 

 the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers. 



