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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  pounds, 
  for 
  whicli 
  the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  about 
  1332,975. 
  The 
  species 
  

   most 
  prominent 
  in 
  tlie 
  catch 
  are 
  buffalo-fish 
  and 
  other 
  suckers 
  (0,237,200 
  

   pounds, 
  $156,000), 
  catfish 
  (1,902,400 
  pounds, 
  $81,615), 
  fresh-water 
  drum 
  

   (1,113,158 
  pounds, 
  $26,300), 
  carp 
  (800,300 
  pounds, 
  $21,300), 
  black 
  bass 
  

   and 
  other 
  basses 
  (253,700 
  pounds, 
  $15,100), 
  crappy 
  (108,200 
  pounds, 
  

   $7,700), 
  sunfish 
  (205,500 
  pounds, 
  $5,200), 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  (77,300 
  pounds, 
  

   $5,100), 
  turtles 
  and 
  terrapins 
  (198,500 
  pounds, 
  $3,190). 
  

  

  ^Yisconsin. 
  — 
  Economic 
  fishing 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  important 
  in 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  Elver 
  and 
  Lake 
  Winnebago. 
  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  

   remaining 
  waters 
  (except 
  Lakes 
  Superior 
  and 
  Michigan) 
  is 
  very 
  limited, 
  

   considering 
  their 
  number 
  and 
  area. 
  The 
  yield 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  and 
  lake 
  

   named 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  large, 
  however, 
  to 
  give 
  Wisconsin 
  prominent 
  rank 
  

   among 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Basin. 
  

  

  The 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1S*J4 
  numbered 
  400; 
  of 
  these, 
  

   229 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  137 
  in 
  Lake 
  Winnebago. 
  The 
  invested 
  

   capital 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  $55,000, 
  of 
  which 
  $25,000 
  represented 
  3,076 
  

   gill 
  nets, 
  $8,300 
  represented 
  820 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  and 
  $11,800 
  represented 
  291 
  

   boats. 
  Other 
  prominent 
  appliances 
  are 
  seines 
  and 
  set 
  lines. 
  The 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  of 
  fish 
  taken 
  was 
  3,504,000 
  pounds: 
  for 
  this 
  the 
  fishermen 
  received 
  

   $91,980. 
  About 
  980,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $27,650, 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  Iliver, 
  and 
  1,598,100 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $39,975, 
  in 
  Lake 
  

   Winnebago. 
  The 
  wall-eyed 
  pike 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fish 
  in 
  this 
  State; 
  

   over 
  555,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $27,880. 
  The 
  next 
  

   prominent 
  fish 
  is 
  the 
  catfish, 
  of 
  which 
  500,000 
  poun<ls, 
  worth 
  $14,130, 
  

   were 
  caught. 
  The 
  species 
  taken 
  in 
  largest 
  quantities 
  is 
  the 
  fresh- 
  water 
  

   drum 
  ; 
  about 
  858,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  secured, 
  but 
  the 
  value 
  was 
  only 
  $4,900. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  other 
  fish 
  taken 
  for 
  market 
  are 
  the 
  buffalo-fish 
  (211,000 
  

   pounds, 
  $4,080), 
  pike 
  (240,500 
  pounds, 
  $10,805), 
  saugers 
  (129,300 
  pounds, 
  

   $5,960), 
  and 
  sturgeon 
  (185,400 
  pounds, 
  $5,500). 
  Gill 
  nets, 
  fished 
  chiefly 
  

   in 
  Lake 
  Winnebago, 
  take 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  fish 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  

   fyke 
  nets 
  catch 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  quantities 
  obtained 
  in 
  gill 
  nets, 
  or 
  about 
  

   the 
  same 
  as 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  apparatus 
  combined. 
  

  

  Minnesota. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  its 
  fisheries 
  Minnesota 
  ranks 
  next 
  

   to 
  Illinois 
  among 
  the 
  States 
  under 
  consideration. 
  It 
  has 
  extensive 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  in 
  the 
  Mississii)pi 
  Eiver 
  and 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Woods, 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  Eiver, 
  Big 
  Stone 
  Lake, 
  and 
  numerous 
  other 
  lakes. 
  About 
  

   four-fifths 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  credited 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  comes 
  from 
  IMississippi 
  Eiver 
  

   and 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Woods, 
  which 
  waters 
  have 
  a 
  corresponding 
  proportion 
  

   of 
  the 
  persons 
  engaged 
  and 
  capital 
  invested. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  936 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1894, 
  of 
  whom 
  325 
  

   were 
  on 
  Mississippi 
  Eiver, 
  190 
  on 
  St. 
  Croix 
  Eiv^er, 
  173 
  on 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  

   the 
  Woods, 
  and 
  248 
  on 
  other 
  lakes. 
  Tlie 
  capital 
  invested 
  was 
  $123,975, 
  

   of 
  which 
  $38,473 
  represented 
  vessels 
  and 
  boats, 
  $53,871 
  api^aratus 
  of 
  

   capture, 
  and 
  $31,005 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property. 
  A 
  prominent 
  fea- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  was 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  148 
  pound 
  nets 
  in 
  Lake 
  of 
  

   the 
  Woods. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch, 
  amounting 
  to 
  0,401,280 
  pounds, 
  had 
  

   a 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  $102,782. 
  

  

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