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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  MINNESOTA. 
  

  

  Ill 
  the 
  iiiiportauce 
  of 
  its 
  fisheries 
  Minnesota 
  ranks 
  next 
  to 
  Illinois 
  

   and 
  Louisiana 
  among 
  the 
  interior 
  States 
  under 
  consideration. 
  It 
  has 
  

   extensive 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  Kiver 
  and 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Woods, 
  

   and 
  fisheries 
  of 
  considerable 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  Eiver, 
  Big- 
  

   Stone 
  Lake, 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  lakes. 
  The 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  has 
  the 
  

   largest 
  yield, 
  consisting 
  chiefly 
  of 
  bufialo-fish, 
  catfish, 
  saugers, 
  and 
  

   sturgeon. 
  These 
  are 
  taken 
  chiefly 
  with 
  set 
  lines, 
  haul 
  seines, 
  and 
  fyke 
  

   nets. 
  In 
  the 
  Lake 
  of 
  the 
  Woods 
  the 
  prominent 
  fishes 
  are 
  pike, 
  lake 
  

   sturgeon, 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  and 
  whitetish, 
  which 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  pound 
  

   nets, 
  Minnesota 
  being 
  the 
  only 
  State 
  of 
  the 
  interior, 
  excluding 
  the 
  

   Great 
  Lakes, 
  in 
  which 
  pound 
  nets 
  are 
  employed 
  in 
  noteworthy 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Talile 
  shomind 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  empJoijed 
  in 
  ihe 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Minnesota 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Table 
  showiH(/ 
  by 
  waters 
  the 
  apparatus 
  and 
  property 
  emploi/ed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Minnesota- 
  

  

  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Waters 
  and 
  apparatus. 
  No. 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  Eiver 
  : 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Hand 
  lines 
  

  

  Set 
  lines 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines 
  

  

  Trammel 
  nets 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets 
  

  

  Spears 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  

  

  property 
  

  

  St. 
  Croix 
  Kiver: 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines 
  

  

  Trammel 
  nets 
  

  

  Spears 
  

  

  Shore 
  .a 
  n 
  d 
  accessory 
  

  

  property 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  lakes 
  : 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Hand 
  lines 
  

  

  Set 
  lines 
  

  

  Haul 
  seines 
  

  

  Length. 
  

  

  a 
  404, 
  800 
  

   6,000 
  

   2,700 
  

  

  277 
  

  

  816 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  1.750 
  

   600 
  

  

  6 
  64, 
  200 
  

   625 
  

  

  $2, 
  508 
  

  

  20 
  

  

  289 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  1,070 
  

  

  704 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  2,100 
  

  

  150 
  

  

  450 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  360 
  

  

  2,100 
  

  

  2,400 
  

   511 
  

   107 
  

   200 
  

  

  Waters 
  and 
  apparatus. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  lake 
  s 
  — 
  

   Continued. 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  

  

  Big 
  Stone 
  Lake: 
  

  

  Boats 
  , 
  

  

  Hand 
  lines 
  

  

  Haul 
  seiues 
  

  

  Trammel 
  nets 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  

  

  property 
  '. 
  . 
  

  

  Lake 
  of 
  the" 
  Woods 
  : 
  

  

  Boats 
  

  

  Steamers 
  (transport- 
  

   ing) 
  

  

  Barges 
  

  

  Pile-drivers 
  

  

  Pound 
  nets 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  

   property 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Jfo. 
  

  

  Length. 
  

  

  Feet. 
  

  

  20, 
  700 
  

  

  900 
  

   1, 
  5U0 
  

   2,250 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $1, 
  085 
  

  

  390 
  

   67 
  

   75 
  

  

  200 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  340 
  

   2,960 
  

  

  24, 
  710 
  

   4, 
  200 
  

   1, 
  155 
  

  

  46, 
  750 
  

  

  28, 
  300 
  

  

  123, 
  976 
  

  

  aNumher 
  of 
  hooka 
  used, 
  68,350. 
  

  

  & 
  Number 
  of 
  hooks 
  used, 
  10,700. 
  

  

  