FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 19i23 221 



Yield, by apparatus and waters, of the fisheries of Arkarisas, 1922 — Continued 



ILLINOIS 



Illinois ranks first among the Mississippi River States in the extent 

 of its fisheries on the Mississippi River and tributaries. In 1922 

 there were 1,905 fishermen and 575 shoresmen engaged, most of the 

 latter being connected either with the mussel fishery or in factories 

 where button blanks were made. The total investment in boats, 

 apparatus, shore property, and cash capital amounted to S618,lll. 

 There were 948 gasoline boats, with a value of S 118,693; 1,277 row- 

 boats and scows, valued at S32,697; and 103 houseboats, worth 

 $31,700. The most important forms of apparatus were haul seines 

 and fyke nets, there being 124 of the former, valued at $38,065, 



