﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  491 
  

  

  Nearly 
  lialf 
  the 
  fishermen 
  are 
  engaged 
  in 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  branch 
  of 
  

   the 
  industry; 
  that 
  is, 
  use 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  form 
  of 
  apparatus. 
  Without 
  

   allowing 
  for 
  this 
  duplication, 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  over 
  5,300 
  persons 
  emi)h)yed 
  

   set 
  lines, 
  nearly 
  3,800 
  used 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  over 
  2,300 
  liauled 
  seines, 
  2,100 
  

   fished 
  with 
  hand 
  and 
  other 
  lines, 
  and 
  about 
  1,100 
  operated 
  trammel 
  

   nets. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  hundred 
  persons 
  used 
  pound 
  nets, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  cast 
  nets, 
  

   or 
  trap 
  nets. 
  

  

  The 
  State 
  with 
  the 
  largest 
  fishing 
  poi^ulation 
  is 
  Illinois, 
  with 
  over 
  

   1,650 
  people 
  thus 
  engaged. 
  Louisiana 
  ranks 
  next 
  with 
  1,260, 
  Iowa 
  and 
  

   Minnesota 
  with 
  over 
  900, 
  Indiana 
  with 
  nearly 
  900, 
  and 
  Arkansas 
  with 
  

   750. 
  Other 
  States 
  having 
  over 
  500 
  persons 
  employed 
  are 
  Kentucky, 
  

   Missouri, 
  Tennessee, 
  and 
  Utah. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows, 
  by 
  States, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  

   in 
  each 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1894: 
  

  

  Table 
  showiufj 
  hy 
  States 
  the 
  numher 
  of 
  persona 
  using 
  each 
  form 
  of 
  apjtaratus 
  in 
  tin 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  THE 
  FISHING 
  APPARATUS 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  PROPERTY. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  shore 
  property, 
  and 
  accessories 
  

   employed 
  in 
  the 
  inland 
  fisheries 
  was 
  $722,000. 
  Of 
  tliis 
  amount 
  81' 
  ll.ooO 
  

   represented 
  8,800 
  boats, 
  $377,000 
  the 
  a])paratus 
  of 
  capture, 
  and 
  -S 
  10-1,000 
  

   the 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  appliances 
  are 
  fyke 
  nets. 
  These 
  are 
  very 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  employed, 
  and 
  in 
  both 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  exceed 
  any 
  other 
  single 
  

   kind 
  of 
  apparatus. 
  ISTearly 
  38.000 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  statistics, 
  having 
  a 
  

   value 
  of 
  more 
  than 
  $174,000. 
  Of 
  these, 
  upward 
  of 
  11,000, 
  worth 
  about 
  

  

  