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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  $59,000, 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  Illinois. 
  Other 
  States 
  in 
  which 
  fyke 
  nets 
  are 
  

   comi)aratively 
  numerous 
  are 
  Arkansas, 
  Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  Kentucky, 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

  Next 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  value 
  are 
  seines, 
  of 
  which 
  875, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  

   $58,000, 
  were 
  fished. 
  Over 
  L'OO, 
  worth 
  $19,000, 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  Illinois. 
  

  

  The 
  use 
  of 
  set 
  lines, 
  or 
  trawl 
  lines, 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  fisheries 
  is 
  very 
  

   extensive. 
  While 
  their 
  value 
  is 
  comparatively 
  small, 
  being 
  only 
  

   $25,000 
  for 
  the 
  18,200 
  lines 
  employed, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  lines 
  and 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  hooks 
  are 
  very 
  great. 
  Their 
  combined 
  length 
  in 
  1891 
  was 
  

   7,817,000 
  feet, 
  or 
  1,480 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  hooks 
  aggregated 
  2,021,000. 
  

  

  In 
  Illinois 
  and 
  ]\Iinnesota 
  the 
  investment 
  in 
  fishing 
  ijroperty 
  was 
  

   $150,000 
  and 
  $121,000, 
  respectively. 
  In 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Arkansas, 
  

   Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  Kentucky, 
  Louisiana, 
  Missouri, 
  Tennessee, 
  and 
  Wis- 
  

   consin 
  between 
  $25,000 
  and 
  $75,000 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  industry. 
  

  

  Prominent 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  sections, 
  as 
  regards 
  

   apparatus, 
  are 
  the 
  extent 
  to 
  which 
  lines 
  are 
  used 
  and 
  the 
  compara- 
  

   tively 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  pound 
  nets 
  and 
  trap 
  nets 
  employed, 
  thus 
  con- 
  

   trasting 
  very 
  strongly 
  with 
  the 
  conditions 
  in 
  the 
  coast 
  sections 
  and 
  

   Great 
  Lakes. 
  Of 
  nets, 
  the 
  fyke 
  and 
  the 
  seine 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  prominent, 
  

   both 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  used 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  State, 
  The 
  trammel, 
  which 
  

   is 
  very 
  rarely 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  salt- 
  Water 
  fisheries, 
  is 
  also 
  quite 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  type. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  in 
  detail, 
  by 
  States, 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  : 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  hi/ 
  Statrs 
  Ihe 
  hoats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  ])ropcrty 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  Jisherles 
  of 
  the 
  

   interior 
  tvaters 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  