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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



KANSAS 



In the commercial fisheries of Kansas there were engaged 124 

 fishermen and 56 shoresmen, most of the latter being connected with 

 the pearl-button industry. The investment of $25,793 was also 

 mainly in the latter business. The total output of fishery products 

 amounted to 615,236 pounds, valued at $26,062. The production of 

 the more important species was as follows: 79,852 pounds of carp, 

 valued at $7,754; 33,447 pounds of catfish, valued at $6,213; 48,967 

 pounds of bufTalofish, valued at $4,831; and 437,100 pounds of 

 mussel shells, valued, together with the slugs, at $5,255. Fyke nets, 

 haul seines, set lines, and forks for mussels were the most important 

 forms of apparatus used. The Kansas, Neosho, and Missouri Rivers 

 were the main fishery streams. 



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

 this State : 



Persons engaged and investment in the fisheries of Kansas, 1922 



