﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  BUSHERIES. 
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  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  COLORADO. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Colorado, 
  recenth^ 
  investigated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Tulian, 
  

   in 
  1900 
  gave 
  employment 
  to 
  565 
  persons, 
  of 
  whom 
  546 
  were 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  shoresmen. 
  The 
  investment 
  was 
  $128,568, 
  

   which 
  included 
  101 
  boats, 
  12,400; 
  615 
  hand 
  lines, 
  $3,610; 
  16 
  seines, 
  

   $1,755; 
  47 
  gill 
  nets, 
  $415; 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property, 
  $118,888, 
  and 
  

   cash 
  capital, 
  $1,500. 
  The 
  products 
  aggregated 
  1,360,166 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   fish, 
  valued 
  at 
  $185,493. 
  The 
  catch 
  with 
  seines 
  was 
  823,585 
  pounds, 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $13,146; 
  with 
  gill 
  nets, 
  14,980 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $3,645, 
  and 
  

   with 
  hand 
  lines, 
  521,601 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $168,702. 
  The 
  more 
  

   important 
  species 
  taken 
  were 
  black-spotted 
  trout, 
  208,655 
  pounds, 
  

   $70,925; 
  brook 
  trout, 
  189,901 
  pounds, 
  $59,512; 
  carp, 
  658,950 
  pounds, 
  

   $7,430, 
  and 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  130,155 
  pounds, 
  $41,547. 
  Black 
  bass, 
  cat- 
  

   fish, 
  crappie, 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout, 
  suckers, 
  and 
  yellow 
  perch 
  were 
  

   caught 
  in 
  smaller 
  quantities. 
  

  

  An 
  interesting 
  fact 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Colorado 
  is 
  that 
  

   the 
  catch 
  is 
  comprised 
  largely 
  of 
  introduced 
  species. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  native 
  

   species, 
  black-spotted 
  trout 
  and 
  suckers, 
  was 
  only 
  290,390 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $72,146, 
  while 
  that 
  of 
  introduced 
  species, 
  consisting 
  of 
  black 
  bass, 
  

   brook 
  trout, 
  carp, 
  cat-fish, 
  crappie, 
  rainbow 
  trout. 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout, 
  

   and 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  amounted 
  to 
  1,069,776 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $113,347. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  are 
  prosecuted 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  streams, 
  creeks, 
  

   ponds, 
  and 
  reservoirs, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  public 
  waters, 
  while 
  others 
  

   are 
  ponds 
  constructed 
  and 
  owned 
  by 
  individual 
  citizens. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  tables 
  show 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  emploj^ed, 
  the 
  

   number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  boats, 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  shore 
  

   and 
  accessory 
  property, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  cash 
  capital, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  

   and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Colorado 
  in 
  1900: 
  

  

  Table 
  showing, 
  by 
  counties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Colorado 
  in 
  

  

  1900. 
  

  

  