FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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INDIANA 



In 1922 there were 1,821 fishermen and 568 shoresmen engaged in 

 the fisheries of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Indiana. 

 Practically all of the shoresmen were connected with the pearl-button 

 or allied industries. The total investment was $212,700. Some of 

 the more important items of this investment were 675 gasoline boats, 

 1,375 rowboats, and 27 house boats, with a combined value of 

 $73,540; 1,296 pairs of crowfoot bars, valued at $25,820, and 1,149 

 fyke nets, valued at $11,780; and shore property valued at $96,117. 

 The total production of the State amounted to 12,577,050 pounds^^ 

 valued at $437,411. Of this total, mussel shells contributed 11,144,- 

 000 pounds, valued at $281,374, including pearls and slugs. Tliis 

 State ranked second, or next to Arkansas, in the value of its mussel 

 fisheries. Among the more important species of fish taken were 

 carp, with a production of 356,700 pounds, valued at $37,654; cat- 

 fish, 284,700 pounds, valued at $30,519; drum or sheepshead, 233,700 

 pounds, valued at $26,204; quillback or American carp, 178,000 

 pounds, valued at $20,675; suckers, 156,100 pounds, valued at 

 $18,050; and buft'alofish, 174,650 pounds, valued at $17,841. 



The more important rivers of the State, due to their mussel fish- 

 eries, are the Wabash, Ohio, East Fork of the White, and the Tippe- 

 canoe. Several rivers in the State produced shells only, no nsh 

 being taken commercially. 



The following tables show in detail the statistics of the fisheries of 

 this State in 1922: • 



Persons engaged and investment in the fisheries of Indiana, 1922 



