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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Ill 
  point 
  of 
  value 
  the 
  catfislies 
  are 
  the 
  leading 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  

   waters, 
  being 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  every 
  State 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  

   Mountains. 
  Over 
  14,700,000 
  pounds, 
  having 
  a 
  market 
  value 
  of 
  about 
  

   $533,000, 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  statistics. 
  Of 
  these, 
  4,900,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  1,960,000 
  pounds 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  while 
  Arkansas, 
  

   Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  Kentucky, 
  Minnesota, 
  Mississippi, 
  Missouri, 
  Tennessee, 
  

   and 
  Wisconsin 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  output. 
  

  

  Buffalo-fish 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  even 
  larger 
  quantities 
  than 
  catfish, 
  but 
  their 
  

   value 
  is 
  less 
  ; 
  17,583,000 
  pounds 
  are 
  reported, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $419,000. 
  

   The 
  yield 
  of 
  buffalo 
  fish 
  in 
  Illinois 
  is 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  amount- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  5,817,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $146,000. 
  In 
  no 
  other 
  State 
  is 
  the 
  catch 
  

   over 
  2,000,000 
  pounds 
  ; 
  but 
  upwards 
  of 
  1,000,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  

   each 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  of 
  Alabama, 
  Arkansas, 
  Iowa, 
  Minnesota, 
  Wisconsin, 
  

   and 
  Tennessee. 
  

  

  Ranking 
  third 
  among 
  the 
  products 
  is 
  the 
  fresh- 
  water 
  drum, 
  sheeps- 
  

   head, 
  or 
  gaspergou, 
  of 
  Avhich 
  5,245,000 
  pounds, 
  with 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $141,000, 
  

   were 
  secured. 
  More 
  than 
  1,000,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  

   comparatively 
  large 
  quantities 
  in 
  ten 
  other 
  States. 
  

  

  Other 
  important 
  fishes 
  are 
  black 
  bass, 
  carp, 
  crappy, 
  pike, 
  sturgeon, 
  

   suckers, 
  sunfish, 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  white 
  bass 
  and 
  other 
  basses, 
  and 
  white- 
  

   fish. 
  Shrimp, 
  crayfish, 
  terrapins, 
  frogs, 
  alligators, 
  otters, 
  and 
  mussels 
  

   are 
  also 
  represented 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  prominently 
  in 
  the 
  returns. 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  the 
  items 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  and 
  capital 
  invested, 
  Illinois 
  

  

  leads 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch; 
  over 
  11,500,000 
  i)ounds 
  of 
  

  

  products, 
  valued 
  at 
  $333,000, 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  this 
  State. 
  In 
  Louisiana 
  

  

  6,274,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $192,000, 
  were 
  obtained, 
  aud 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  

  

  6,401,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $162,000. 
  Other 
  States 
  in 
  which 
  more 
  

  

  than 
  1,000,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  products 
  were 
  taken 
  are 
  Alabama, 
  Arkansas, 
  

  

  Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  Kentucky, 
  Mississippi, 
  Missouri, 
  Ohio, 
  Tennessee, 
  Utah, 
  

  

  and 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

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  States 
  and 
  species 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  United 
  States. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Black 
  baas. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  Value. 
  

  

  Alabama 
  

  

  Arkansas 
  

  

  Illinois 
  

  

  Indiana 
  

  

  Iowa 
  

  

  Kansas 
  

  

  Kentucky 
  

  

  Louisiana 
  * 
  

  

  Minnesota 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  

  

  Missouri 
  

  

  Nebraska 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  Ohio 
  

  

  Soiitb 
  Dakota. 
  . 
  

  

  Tennessee 
  

  

  Utah 
  

  

  Vermont 
  

  

  West 
  Virginia. 
  

   Wisconsin 
  

  

  Total.. 
  

  

  25, 
  150 
  

   160, 
  277 
  

   96, 
  829 
  

   48, 
  685 
  

   37, 
  6:35 
  

  

  24. 
  491 
  

   20, 
  015 
  

  

  102, 
  500 
  

   77, 
  517 
  

  

  143, 
  056 
  

  

  55, 
  806 
  

  

  185, 
  853 
  

   13, 
  176 
  

   75, 
  704 
  

   30, 
  000 
  

   250 
  

   3, 
  606 
  

   22, 
  330 
  

  

  ...1,122,880 
  

  

  $2, 
  064 
  

   8,695 
  

   8,004 
  

   4,206 
  

   2,445 
  

  

  2,064 
  

   1,355 
  

   4,061 
  

   3,925 
  

   5,142 
  

  

  6,230 
  

  

  17,151 
  

  

  660 
  

  

  5,071 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  289 
  

  

  1,174 
  

  

  75, 
  556 
  

  

  Buffalo-fish. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  

  

  1, 
  032, 
  

   1, 
  626, 
  

   5, 
  817, 
  

  

  870, 
  

  

  1, 
  350, 
  

  

  48, 
  

  

  584. 
  

  

  956, 
  

   1, 
  587, 
  

  

  847, 
  

   1,724, 
  

  

  168, 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  700 
  $25,585 
  

   290 
  I 
  30,823 
  

   119 
  146,190 
  

  

  2,306 
  

  

  195, 
  991 
  

  

  1, 
  057, 
  235 
  

  

  2,793 
  

   210, 
  905 
  

  

  17, 
  583, 
  544 
  

  

  16, 
  971 
  

   33, 
  209 
  

  

  1,708 
  

   20, 
  480 
  

   14, 
  579 
  

   31,228 
  

   14, 
  908 
  

   41,354 
  

  

  7,005 
  

  

  134 
  

  

  3,965 
  

  

  25, 
  953 
  

  

  179 
  

  

  4,678 
  

  

  418, 
  949 
  

  

  Carp. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  

  

  3,700 
  

  

  9,949 
  

  

  860, 
  330 
  

  

  20, 
  954 
  

  

  203, 
  377 
  

  

  18, 
  725 
  

  

  12, 
  248 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  117, 
  624 
  

   1,293 
  

  

  19, 
  800 
  

  

  2, 
  950 
  

  

  34, 
  630 
  

  

  133, 
  324 
  

  

  2,450 
  

   6,863 
  

  

  1,448,217 
  

  

  391 
  

  

  21, 
  320 
  

  

  1,058 
  

  

  5,218 
  

  

  573 
  

  

  476 
  

  

  3,284 
  

   52 
  

  

  443 
  

   69 
  

  

  868 
  

   3,330 
  

  

  163 
  

  

  238 
  

  

  37, 
  683 
  

  

  Catfish. 
  

  

  Lbs. 
  

  

  302, 
  300 
  

   904, 
  562 
  

  

  1,962,418 
  

  

  802, 
  025 
  

  

  985, 
  983 
  

  

  92, 
  270 
  

  

  531, 
  944 
  

  

  4, 
  903, 
  978 
  

   747, 
  274 
  

   851,790 
  

   757, 
  566 
  

   55, 
  067 
  

   136, 
  827 
  

   320, 
  361 
  

   124, 
  369 
  

   669, 
  608 
  

  

  13, 
  440 
  

  

  58, 
  345 
  

  

  506, 
  085 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $15, 
  747 
  

   38, 
  007 
  

   81,615 
  

   43, 
  325 
  

   43, 
  934 
  

  

  5, 
  385 
  

   24, 
  714 
  

   126, 
  550 
  

   18, 
  200 
  

   23, 
  787 
  

   34, 
  072 
  

  

  3,217 
  

  

  6,229 
  

   16,966 
  

  

  5,121 
  

   28, 
  403 
  

  

  14, 
  726, 
  812 
  

  

  549 
  

   3,021 
  

   14, 
  130 
  

  

  532, 
  972 
  

  

  * 
  Does 
  not 
  include 
  some 
  fishing 
  for 
  fresh-water 
  species 
  in 
  coast 
  waters, 
  shown 
  in 
  a 
  previous 
  report. 
  

  

  