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  -STATISTICS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  IXTEKIOR 
  WATERS 
  

   OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  Bv 
  Hu(;ii 
  M. 
  Smith. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  report 
  are 
  presented 
  detailed 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  economic 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  exckisive 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Lakes 
  and 
  the 
  coastal 
  rivers. 
  The 
  data 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  report 
  is 
  based 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  1896 
  by 
  United 
  States 
  Fisli 
  Commission 
  

   assistants, 
  who 
  personally 
  visited 
  the 
  fishing 
  centers 
  and 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   the 
  fishermen, 
  dealers, 
  and 
  others 
  the 
  information 
  necessary 
  to 
  exhibit 
  

   the 
  methods, 
  extent, 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  in 
  each 
  localit3\ 
  

  

  The 
  agents 
  participating 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  inquiries 
  and 
  the 
  territory 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  by 
  each 
  were 
  as 
  follows: 
  J. 
  N. 
  Cobb, 
  Xew 
  York 
  and 
  Vermont; 
  

   T. 
  M. 
  Cogswell, 
  parts 
  of 
  Arkansas, 
  Iowa, 
  Kansas, 
  ^Missouri, 
  Louisiana, 
  

   Mississippi, 
  Nebraska, 
  Wisconsin, 
  and 
  Minnesota, 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  

   W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox; 
  Ansley 
  Hall, 
  Alabama 
  and 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  parts 
  of 
  

   Ohio, 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois, 
  Kentucky, 
  Tennessee, 
  Mississippi, 
  ^Missouri, 
  

   Iowa, 
  and 
  Wisconsin 
  ; 
  C. 
  E. 
  Ingersoll, 
  i)arts 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  Indiana, 
  Ohio, 
  

   Kentucky, 
  and 
  Tennessee; 
  E. 
  F. 
  Locke, 
  part 
  of 
  Louisiana; 
  C. 
  II. 
  

   Stevenson, 
  South 
  Dakota 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  Iowa, 
  IMissouri, 
  and 
  

   Nebraska; 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  parts 
  of 
  Illinois, 
  Kentucky, 
  Kansas, 
  ^lis- 
  

   sonri, 
  Iowa, 
  Nebraska, 
  Wisconsin, 
  Minnesota, 
  Tennessee, 
  Mississippi, 
  

   Arkansas, 
  and 
  Louisiana. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  

   Alexander, 
  fishery 
  expert 
  on 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  canvassed 
  CalifoiMiia 
  and 
  

   Nevada; 
  Mr. 
  William 
  Barnum, 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner's 
  oflice, 
  collected 
  

   information 
  in 
  Idaho, 
  Oregon, 
  and 
  Washington, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Tulian, 
  

   superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Leadville, 
  Colo., 
  vis- 
  

   ited 
  Utah 
  and 
  Idaho. 
  

  

  The 
  statistical 
  information 
  for 
  each 
  State 
  illustrates 
  the 
  industry 
  by 
  

   rivers 
  and 
  lakes 
  for 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1894, 
  and 
  shows 
  the 
  following 
  

   particulars: 
  Number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  each 
  fishery; 
  number 
  and 
  

   value 
  of 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  other 
  fishing 
  property 
  in 
  use; 
  quantity 
  

   and 
  value 
  of 
  catch 
  of 
  each 
  important 
  fish, 
  with 
  each 
  kind 
  of 
  apparatus. 
  

   Voluminous 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  were 
  submitted 
  by 
  the 
  agents, 
  but 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  lack 
  of 
  space 
  these 
  can 
  be 
  utilized 
  only 
  in 
  ])art. 
  

  

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