﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  499 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  prices 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  leading 
  fish 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  ; 
  

  

  FISHERIES 
  IN 
  INTERSTATE 
  RIVERS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  is 
  given 
  a 
  summarized 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  extent 
  

   of 
  the 
  fishing 
  in 
  those 
  rivers 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  States. 
  The 
  

   fishing 
  in 
  such 
  rivers 
  in 
  each 
  State 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  accompanying 
  

   detailed 
  tables. 
  It 
  appears 
  that 
  more 
  than 
  2,800 
  persons 
  were 
  engaged 
  

   in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Eiver 
  and 
  over 
  1,200 
  in 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   Ohio. 
  The 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  was 
  $150,000 
  

   and 
  $65,000, 
  respectively. 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  products 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  was 
  upwards 
  of 
  10,500,000 
  pounds, 
  havingavalueof 
  $161,000, 
  

   while 
  from 
  the 
  Ohio 
  4,357,000 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $176,000, 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  ciTtairi 
  rivers 
  which 
  arc 
  in 
  

  

  two 
  or 
  more 
  States. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Cumberland 
  . 
  

   Kankakee 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  94 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  2, 
  819 
  

  

  Missouri 
  347 
  

  

  Ohio 
  I 
  1,206 
  

  

  Tennessee 
  

  

  Tonibigbee 
  

  

  Wabaah 
  

  

  Total 
  . 
  

  

  61 
  

   222 
  

  

  5,202 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  other 
  property 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  certain 
  

   rivers 
  which 
  arc 
  in 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  States. 
  

  

  