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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  NEBRASKA. 
  

  

  Ill 
  tlie 
  Missouri 
  and 
  Platte 
  rivers 
  fisheries 
  of 
  some 
  importance 
  are 
  

   carried 
  on 
  by 
  ISTebraska 
  fisliermen. 
  Seines 
  and 
  set 
  lines 
  are 
  the 
  i)rin- 
  

   cipal 
  apparatus 
  used, 
  and 
  buffalo-fish, 
  catfish, 
  paddle-fish, 
  and 
  drum 
  

   are 
  the 
  chief 
  sj^ecies 
  taken. 
  On 
  the 
  Missouri 
  the 
  industrj^ 
  is 
  much 
  

   more 
  extensive 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  Platte. 
  Fishing 
  is 
  centered 
  principally 
  iu 
  

   Omaha, 
  Dakota, 
  Blair, 
  Nebraska 
  City, 
  Niobrara, 
  and 
  Plattsmouth. 
  

   The 
  catch 
  is 
  destined 
  mostly 
  for 
  local 
  consumption. 
  

  

  Tahh 
  showinfi 
  the 
  niimher 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  tJie 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Xehrasla 
  in 
  1S94. 
  

  

  Waters. 
  

  

  Miti.imiri 
  Hirer 
  

   Platte 
  River... 
  

  

  Total...- 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  apparatus 
  and 
  waters 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Nebraska 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  