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capital amounted to $203,286. Based on the value of the catch, 

 the more important forms of apparatus used were fyke nets, haul 

 seines, and set lines. The total output of the State amounted to 

 3,327,501 pounds, valued at $191,449. The leading species taken 

 were the buffalohsh, with a catch of 2,096,288 pounds, valued at 

 $105,188; paddlefish, 352,260 pounds, valued at $36,672, and paddle- 

 fish caviar, 1,563 pounds, valued at $3,037; catfish, 448,690 pounds, 

 valued at $27,566; and drum or sheepshead, 329,109 pounds, valued 

 at $11,636. 



The Mississippi and Yazoo were the most productive of the rivers, 

 the value of the catch of these two being about 70 per cent of that 

 of the Mississippi River and all of its tributaries conibined. Besides 

 the Big Sunflower and Homochitto Rivers, several lakes tributary 

 to the Mississippi were quite productive. 



The following tables show in detail the statistics of the fisheries 

 of this State. 



Persons engaged and investment in the JTsheries of Mississippi, 1922 



