FISHERY IXDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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MINNESOTA 



In 1922 a total of 514 fishermen and 205 shoresmen were engaged 

 in the fisheries of the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Min- 

 nesota. Most of the slioresmen were connected witli the wholesale 

 fish trade of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the pearl-button industry. 

 The same may be said of the shore property and cash capital, amount- 

 ing, respectively, to $363,136 and $68,000. The total output of 

 the State amounted to 5,659,555 pounds, valued at $230,425. Among 

 the more valuable species were the carp, with a catch of 2,948,230 

 pounds, valued at $122,881, and buffalofish, 761,370 pounds, valued 

 at $46,748. The output of mussel shells amounted to 1,571,196 

 pounds, valued at $36,427, together with $2,451 worth of pearls and 

 slugs. Mussel shells were taken in various streams throughout the 

 State, but about one-third of them were from the Mississippi River. 



Important fisheries are conducted in many of the lakes throughout 

 the State, under the supervision of State game wardens. The total 

 catch from these amounted to 2,076,682 pounds, valued at $93,346, 

 or more than one-third, in pounds and value, of the State's entire 

 output from the Mississippi and its tributaries. 



The following tables show in detail the statistics of the fisheries 

 of this State: 



Persons engaged and investment in the fisheries of Minnesota, 1922 



Waters 



Haul seines 



Crowfoot bars 

 (pairs) 



Fyke nets 



Set lines 



Blue Earth River.... 

 Cottonwood River.. 

 Crow Wing River... 

 Des Moines River... 



Minnesota River 



Mississippi River 



Shell River. 



St. Croix River 



Vermillion River 



White Water River. 

 Miscellaneous lakes. 



Total... 



'\ Number] Yards 



1,262 

 13,100 



10 3,916 

 1 i 235 



30 I 16, 592 



Value 



$1, 970 

 16,890 



4,500 

 225 



19,995 



Number \ 



2 1 



1 ' 



10 I 



2 



16 I 



30 : 



3 



Value 

 $25 



10 

 150 



20 

 165 

 300 



40 



Number] Value Number] Value 



1 

 353 



99 i 35, 105 1 43, 580 



67 ! 



745 



354 



$35 

 5,190 



$29 

 56 



5,225 



1 Includes 17 men connected with the wholesale fishery trade of North Dakota. 



