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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  KANSAS. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Missonvi 
  and 
  Kansas 
  rivers 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  fishing 
  is 
  done 
  

   with 
  seines, 
  fyke 
  nets, 
  trammel 
  nets, 
  and 
  set 
  lines. 
  The 
  i)riiicii)al 
  cen- 
  

   ters 
  are 
  Atchison, 
  Topeka, 
  Leavenworth, 
  and 
  Lawrence. 
  The 
  leading- 
  

   species 
  in 
  both 
  streams 
  are 
  catfish, 
  buffalo-fish, 
  and 
  fresh-water 
  drum. 
  

  

  Tabic 
  fihow'mg 
  the 
  niimhcr 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Kansas 
  in 
  1S94. 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  the 
  apparatus 
  and 
  capital 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Kansas 
  in 
  1894. 
  

  

  Waters. 
  

  

  Missouri 
  River 
  , 
  

   Kansas 
  River... 
  

  

  Boats. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $368 
  

   315 
  

  

  Seines. 
  

  

  No 
  r^^Stli 
  

   ■""■ 
  I 
  (feet). 
  

  

  12 
  3, 
  795 
  

  

  3,795 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $715 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  1 
  Value. 
  

  

  Trammel 
  nets. 
  

  

  ^- 
  "-& 
  ^-1-- 
  

  

  105 
  

   85 
  

  

  $645 
  

   565 
  

  

  190 
  ; 
  1,210 
  

  

  $118 
  

  

  Waters. 
  

  

  Missouri 
  River 
  

   Kansas 
  River.. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Set 
  lines. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  Length 
  

   (feet). 
  

  

  80, 
  400 
  

   34, 
  800 
  

  

  193 
  115, 
  200 
  19, 
  500 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

   hooks. 
  

  

  13, 
  700 
  

  

  5,800 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $227 
  

   58 
  

  

  285 
  

  

  Shore 
  and 
  

   accessory 
  

   property. 
  

  

  275 
  

   125 
  

  

  Total 
  in- 
  

   vestment. 
  

  

  $2, 
  3-18 
  

   1,063 
  

  

  3,411 
  

  

  Table 
  showing 
  by 
  waters, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  species 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Kansas 
  in 
  1S94. 
  

  

  