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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  WEST 
  VIRGINIA. 
  

  

  The 
  Ohio 
  River 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  water 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  in 
  which 
  commercial 
  

   fishiug 
  is 
  carried, 
  on, 
  and 
  the 
  industry 
  is 
  of 
  comparatively 
  little 
  impor- 
  

   tance. 
  All 
  the 
  tish 
  taken 
  are 
  either 
  consumed 
  locally 
  or 
  in 
  near-by 
  

   towns 
  in 
  Ohio 
  and 
  West 
  Virginia, 
  Fishing 
  is 
  done 
  almost 
  altogether 
  by 
  

   persons 
  who 
  have 
  temporarily 
  withdrawn 
  from 
  other 
  occupations, 
  chiefly 
  

   manufacturing. 
  The 
  principal 
  centers 
  are 
  Huntington, 
  Williamstown, 
  

   Point 
  Pleasant, 
  New 
  Martinsville, 
  and 
  Wellsburg. 
  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  

   is 
  done 
  with 
  seines 
  and 
  set 
  lines, 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  products 
  are 
  catfish, 
  drum, 
  

   and 
  suckers. 
  

  

  Tahle 
  showing 
  the 
  nnniber 
  of 
  persons 
  using 
  each 
  form 
  of 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  

   fisheries 
  of 
  West 
  Firgi^iia 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Fisheries. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Seine 
  

  

  Gill 
  net 
  

  

  Fyke 
  net 
  

  

  Set 
  line 
  

  

  Total* 
  

  

  * 
  Exclusive 
  of 
  duplication. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  boots, 
  apparatus 
  of 
  capture, 
  and 
  property 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

  

  West 
  Virginia 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Set 
  lines 
  (35,380 
  feet, 
  with 
  6,510 
  hoots) 
  . 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets 
  

  

  Seines 
  (2, 
  144 
  feet) 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  (120 
  feet) 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property 
  

  

  51 
  

   100 
  

   38 
  

   18 
  

   1 
  

  

  Total 
  investment 
  . 
  

  

  $2, 
  630 
  

   147 
  

   235 
  

   946 
  

   20 
  

   97 
  

  

  4,075 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  species 
  and 
  apparatus 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  West 
  Virginia 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  