264 U. S, BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Yield, by apparatus and waters, of the fisheries of South Dakota, 1922 



TENNESSEE 



The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Tennessee 

 in 1922 was 562, of which number 468 were fishermen and 94 shores- 

 men, most of the latter being connected with the wholesale trade. 

 The total investment amounted to $268,712, made up of 113 gasoline 

 boats, valued at $17,525; 437 rowboats, valued at $6,480; 48 house- 

 boats, valued at $12,775; 3,182 fyke nets, valued at $30,075; 10 haul' 

 seines, valued at $3,556; 22 trammel nets, valued at $2,495; 117 pairs 

 of crowfoot bars, valued at $1,325; and several other less important 

 forms of apparatus, together with $174,407 worth of shore property 

 and $18,600 cash capital. Based on the catch, the fyke net is the 

 leading form of apparatus used, followed in importance by the crow- 

 foot bare for mussels. 



The total output of 5,493,793 pounds, valued at $187,561, included 

 3,766,000 pounds of mussel shells, valued (including pearls and slugs) 

 at $48,500. The more important fish products were buffalofish, 

 catfish, drum or sheepshead, crappie, paddlefish or spoonbill cat, 

 and carp. 



Owing to its important mussel fishery, the Tennessee River, with 

 its total production of 3,143,500 pounds, valued at $59,195, ranked 

 first among the waters of the State, followed in importance by Reel- 

 foot Lake, with a production of 698,472 pounds of fish, valued to the 

 fishermen at $55,646. The Mississippi River ranked third, with a 

 catch of 533,121 pounds, valued at $34,791. The combined output 

 of several lakes tributary to the Mississippi River amounted to 

 101,850 pounds, valued at $13,302, Mussels were taken in the 

 Cumberland, Holston, and Clinch Rivers, as well as in the Tennessee 

 River. 



