﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  543 
  

  

  ARKANSAS. 
  

  

  The 
  natural 
  fishery 
  advantages 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  excellent. 
  It 
  has 
  

   numerous 
  water-courses 
  of 
  large 
  size, 
  in 
  which 
  fish 
  abound. 
  The 
  

   Mississippi, 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  entire 
  eastern 
  boundary, 
  here 
  receives 
  

   one 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  important 
  tributaries, 
  the 
  Arkansas; 
  the 
  White, 
  St. 
  

   Francis, 
  and 
  Ouachita 
  rivers 
  also 
  traverse 
  the 
  State 
  aud 
  ultimately 
  

   enter 
  the 
  Mississippi. 
  All 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  are 
  within 
  easy 
  access 
  of 
  

   one 
  or 
  more 
  of 
  these 
  rivers, 
  and 
  the 
  people 
  are 
  afibrded 
  nearly 
  equal 
  

   opportunities 
  for 
  prosecuting 
  fisheries, 
  either 
  for 
  commercial 
  or 
  i)rivate 
  

   purposes. 
  Although 
  the 
  economic 
  fishing 
  is 
  quite 
  extensive, 
  that 
  for 
  

   local 
  or 
  home 
  use 
  is 
  more 
  important, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  that 
  the 
  

   fishery 
  resources 
  are 
  of 
  chief 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  citizens 
  of 
  Arkansas. 
  The 
  

   Arkansas 
  and 
  White 
  rivers 
  are 
  the 
  waters 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  most 
  extensive 
  

   fishing 
  is 
  carried 
  on, 
  but 
  the 
  industry 
  is 
  also 
  important 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  

   Francis, 
  Ouachita, 
  and 
  Mississippi 
  rivers, 
  and 
  in 
  Horseshoe 
  Lake. 
  

   Nearly 
  half 
  the 
  catch 
  consists 
  of 
  buftaio-fish 
  and 
  other 
  suckers; 
  next 
  

   in 
  importance 
  are 
  catfish 
  and 
  drum. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  showing 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persona 
  employed 
  in 
  Ihe 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Arkannas 
  in 
  ISO 
  I. 
  

  

  * 
  Exclusive 
  of 
  duplication. 
  

   Table 
  showing 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  .IrLansas 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  