REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF 
FISHERIES. 
FRESH-WATER MussEL FISHERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. 
57 
Items. 
Persons engaged: 
Fishermen 
Transporters 
Shoresmen 
Fishermen, classified by 
methods used: 
Crowfoot bars 
Scoops, or basket rakes... - - 
Miscellaneous apparatus.... 
Waders 
Total, exclusive of du- 
BliGHWON Reece tone ae oe 
Boats and vessels: 
Rowboats and barges 
Gasoline boats 
House-boats s 
Vessels transporting........ 
Apparatus: 
‘rowfoot bars....... 
MOFKNe Cee oc ses fet ees ce 
Bacon ps, or basket rakes... .- 
Miscellaneous apparatus.... 
Shore and accessory property. 
Total investment 
Products: 
Shells— 
With crowfoot bars.tons. . 
With forks........ do. . 
With tongs. .-...... do. 
With diggers...... doz... 
With dredges...... do. 
Withrakes.....--. do. 
With scoops, or basket 
TRIOS face = tcc == =! ons. . 
With miscellaneous ap- 
Pata tuySe on a. - «<3, tons. . 
With hands....... dos: 
sROUA nero ce ssr ccs one 
TE OS ee ee Be eee 
Total value of products. 
Streams tribu- 
tary to Great 
Lakes and Ohio 
and Mississippi 
Rivers north of 
Streams tribu- 
tary to Gulf of 
Mexicofrom Ohio 
Mississippi River 
and its western 
tributaries from 
Kansas north- 
ward in 1914.¢ 
River southward the Ohio and east 
in 1912.¢ of the Mississippi 
River in 1913.0 
No. Value. No. Value 
4. 665 nceaae == <'s SySOT Msc Gea 
OU ee ES asa en See cee RR 2 
HIG yas se 353 D5 pp | 2 tes ae 
e4) 866) |Moi i. Seok. Fi85592) | aey. tz: 
Total.d 
Value. No. j Value. 
See eae 9 746) act cee 
CRA ALE OTA ae sees oe 
sheeeuys se A494 |). tee oe 
LAG: Meta ih HOSS3 MES lw 
Maes eee. 3,387 |esl.2..22 ¥74ai| veh 28 pean tet lytss 
4,276 | $26,631 | 2,199] $16,712 | 1,055 | $14,860 | 7,530] $58,203 
446| 59,545] 1,031| 87,320| 749] 74,950| 2)296| 221,815 
579 | 46,990} 115] 14,610 55 | 6,595| 749| 68,195 
FEM IO ral SPAY mal are ESA ay 25 | 56,265 
5,326 | 189,431 | 3,345 | 118,642 | 1,859 | 96,405 | 10,530] 404,478 
2,795 | 31,896 | 2,212] 24,305| 1,488| 17,840| 6,495] 74,131 
364|- °427| 1,103] 1,441| 313 456 | 1,780 2) 324 
1,245| 7,321| '513| 2,796 14 70| 1,772| 10,187 
PD La. sate 102 658 34 174| 7136 832 
i9 | 1,500 36 G3.| Me lage 55 1, 563 
21 58 85 119 79 95 | 185 272 
fer) eae. wind. acheed. ces 15 67 15 67 
pha Ale alone (AM age ry Te Nap tr eid atk gt Che nrala 9 
aed Atyoe' |... elu aead4st Wek | a teers, (| a abvaRR 
riers 10,858 [becuse tes) op 18) 7eBalese ta Loulvs-47, 880 |. a.| 9 48948 
Lai 241,486 |........| 166,855 |........| 132,267 |........| 540,608 
14,531 | 210,521 | 15,258 | 245,477 | 6,524 | 120,859 | 36,313 | 576, 857 
1,277| 15,283 | 3,292| 53,757| 852| 12,138] 5,421| 83,178 
3,201| 55,568| °790| 13,559 54| 1100! 4,045| 70,227 
eth per ae: 1,733 | 28,200/ 105] 1,673 | 1,838] 29,873 
ae | a5. ous sed, Op too see 528 9,501 
24 379| 161| 2,856]  206| 4,019| 391 7; 254 
nA eel Rt Lor en ator ft 232{ 3,162] 232 3, 162 
pel eae ieetagtier 34 1 ee | ites Yo 34 453 
379 | 7,764 | 1,824 | 31,408 | 566 | 6,009 | 2,769] 45,181 
19,715 | 294,606 | 23,317 | 382,210 | 8,539 | 148,960 | 51,571 | 825,776 
Laine 49 (21) | Ae OBL |e |, erboo |. | aves eae 
TREC 443,727 |........| 546,471 |........| 211,862 |........| 1,202,060 
' a¥From Statistical Bulletin 305. This includes Neosho River, Kans 
6 From Statistical Bulletin 314. 
which were shown in Statistical Bulletin 305. 
eFrom Statistical Bulletin 343. This does not include the Neosho River, Kans., data for which were 
shown in Statistical Bulletin 305. 
d Obtained by combining statistics for the three sections of the Mississippi Valley for 1912, 1913, and 1914, 
respectively. 
e Includes 56 women. 
J Includes 253 women. 
g Includes 118 women. 
This does not include tributaries “ii. the Ohio River in Ohio, data for 
