﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  The 
  yield 
  iu 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  was 
  li/JJUjOGS 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $60,1 
  k;8; 
  iu 
  the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  lliver, 
  701,938 
  ])Ounds, 
  $U,873; 
  iu 
  Lake 
  of 
  

   the 
  Woods, 
  2,198,984 
  pounds, 
  $5(),747; 
  and 
  iu 
  other 
  lakes, 
  560,L'90 
  

   pounds, 
  $151,194. 
  The 
  Mississippi 
  aud 
  St. 
  Croix 
  catch 
  was 
  uiade 
  up 
  

   largely 
  of 
  buffalo-fish, 
  cattish, 
  saugers, 
  shovel- 
  nose 
  sturgeon, 
  and 
  suck- 
  

   ers. 
  In 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Woods 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  was 
  pike, 
  lake 
  

   sturgeon, 
  Avall-eyed 
  pike, 
  and 
  whitelish, 
  about 
  half 
  being 
  sturgeon. 
  In 
  

   the 
  other 
  lakes 
  black 
  bass, 
  pike, 
  and 
  Avall-eyed 
  pike 
  i^redominated. 
  

   The 
  ])roduction 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  species 
  iu 
  the 
  entire 
  State 
  was 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  : 
  Sturgeon, 
  1,560,448 
  pounds, 
  $43,190 
  ; 
  buffalo-fish, 
  1,587,802 
  pounds, 
  

   $31,228; 
  catfish, 
  747,274 
  pounds, 
  $18,200 
  j 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  651,850 
  

   pounds, 
  $20,128; 
  whitetish, 
  422,198 
  pounds, 
  $10,648; 
  suckers, 
  324,999 
  

   pounds, 
  $6,031; 
  and 
  pike, 
  396,165 
  pounds, 
  $10,042. 
  

  

  Iowa. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  foremost 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  as 
  regards 
  

   commercial 
  fishing. 
  The 
  industry 
  is 
  important 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  Big 
  

   Sioux, 
  I)es 
  Moines, 
  and 
  Skunk 
  rivers, 
  and 
  on 
  Okoboji 
  and 
  Si)irit 
  lakes, 
  

   although 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  interests 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  

   The 
  business 
  gave 
  employment 
  to 
  944 
  persons, 
  of 
  whom 
  680 
  fished 
  in 
  

   the 
  ]Mississipi)i 
  River. 
  The 
  invested 
  capital 
  was 
  $46,710, 
  of 
  which 
  

   $40,100 
  represented 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  etc., 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mississippi. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  was 
  4,079,704 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  

   other 
  products, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $124,851; 
  of 
  this 
  amount, 
  3,367,497 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $96,190, 
  were 
  from 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  principal 
  forms 
  of 
  apparatus 
  used 
  in 
  

   this 
  State 
  were 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Seines, 
  103, 
  $6,515 
  ; 
  trammel 
  nets, 
  80, 
  $2,204; 
  

   fyke 
  nets, 
  3,106, 
  $14,285; 
  set 
  lines, 
  1,783, 
  $1,646; 
  695 
  fishing 
  boats 
  and 
  

   44 
  house 
  boats, 
  $14,837. 
  

  

  The 
  prominent 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  buffalo-fish, 
  catfish, 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  drum, 
  suckers, 
  and 
  carp. 
  The 
  quantity 
  aud 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  

   of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  iu 
  1894 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  Buftalo-flsh, 
  1,350,144 
  pounds, 
  

   $33,209; 
  catfish, 
  985,983 
  pounds, 
  $43,934; 
  fresh-water 
  drum, 
  704,744 
  

   pounds, 
  $15,916 
  ; 
  suckers, 
  209,545 
  pounds, 
  $3,789 
  ; 
  carp^ 
  203,377 
  pounds, 
  

   $5,218. 
  Other 
  fish 
  taken 
  iu 
  less 
  ([uautities 
  than 
  100,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  

   wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  paddle-fish, 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  black 
  bass, 
  crappy, 
  sunfish, 
  

   sturgeon, 
  eels, 
  saugers, 
  white 
  and 
  yellow 
  bass. 
  Nearly 
  150,000 
  pounds 
  

   of 
  mussel 
  shells 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  buttons 
  were 
  gathered 
  

   by 
  the 
  fishermen; 
  tliese 
  brought 
  $2,072. 
  Seines 
  were 
  credited 
  with 
  

   taking 
  the 
  largest 
  amount 
  of 
  i)roducts, 
  although 
  the 
  fyke-net 
  aud 
  set- 
  

   line 
  catches 
  were 
  nearly 
  as 
  great. 
  

  

  Missouri. 
  — 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  carried 
  on 
  principally 
  in 
  

   the 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Missouri 
  rivers. 
  Little 
  River, 
  Big 
  Lake, 
  and 
  

   Pemiscot 
  Lake, 
  the 
  remaining 
  waters 
  having 
  commercial 
  iisheries, 
  are 
  

   situated 
  iu 
  the 
  extreme 
  southeastern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Swamps 
  

   and 
  sunken 
  lands, 
  formed 
  from 
  overflows 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  also 
  in 
  

   this 
  i)ortiou 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  are 
  hunted 
  for 
  frogs. 
  In 
  1894, 
  575 
  persons 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries, 
  of 
  whom 
  379 
  fished 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River, 
  

   143 
  in 
  the 
  Miss(mri 
  River, 
  and 
  53 
  in 
  the 
  Little 
  River, 
  Big 
  Lake, 
  and 
  

  

  