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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  KENTUCKY. 
  

  

  Kentucky 
  is 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  large 
  and 
  important 
  waterways, 
  and 
  

   tlie 
  outlook 
  for 
  the 
  commercial 
  fisheries, 
  already 
  quite 
  extensive, 
  is 
  very 
  

   l^romising. 
  Over 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  tbe 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  consists 
  of 
  rivers 
  — 
  the 
  Ohio 
  on 
  the 
  north, 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  on 
  the 
  

   west, 
  and 
  Big 
  Sandy 
  on 
  the 
  east, 
  while 
  the 
  two 
  largest 
  southern 
  tribu- 
  

   taries 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio, 
  namely, 
  the 
  Tennessee 
  and 
  Cumberland, 
  traverse 
  

   the 
  western 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  and 
  the 
  Kentucky 
  and 
  Green 
  

   rivers 
  drain 
  the 
  eastern 
  and 
  central 
  sections. 
  The 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  shore 
  

   line 
  bordering 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Eiver 
  is 
  nearly 
  700 
  miles, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  natural 
  

   that 
  in 
  this 
  stream 
  the 
  principal 
  fishing 
  should 
  be 
  carried 
  on. 
  About 
  

   1,750,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  are 
  credited 
  to 
  this 
  river, 
  against 
  2,225,000 
  for 
  

   the 
  entire 
  State. 
  The 
  predominant 
  type 
  of 
  apparatus 
  is 
  the 
  fyke 
  net, 
  

   of 
  which 
  nearly 
  3,000 
  were 
  used, 
  the 
  catch 
  amounting 
  to 
  half 
  the 
  entire 
  

   yield 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  Next 
  in 
  importance 
  is 
  the 
  set 
  line. 
  Four 
  kinds 
  of 
  

   fish 
  are 
  conspicuous 
  in 
  the 
  output 
  — 
  buffalo-fish, 
  drum, 
  and 
  catfish 
  (of 
  each 
  

   of 
  which 
  more 
  than 
  500,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken) 
  and 
  suckers, 
  of 
  which 
  

   more 
  than 
  250,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  caught. 
  

  

  Statement 
  hy 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Kentucky 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  * 
  Exclusive 
  of 
  duplication. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  property 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

  

  Kentucky 
  iiulSdd. 
  

  

  