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22 A Comparison of the Fish Harvest by Illinois Com- 

 mercial Fishermen from a Pooled Section of the Mis- 

 sissippi River (Pools 12-26) and an Unpooled Section 

 (Alton to Cairo, Illinois), 1950-1970 83 



23 Reported Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Illinois 

 Commercial Fishermen Actively Engaged in River Fishing 

 on the Illinois, Mississippi, and All Illinois Rivers, 

 1950-1970 84 



24 Yearly Total and 5-Year Average Harvest of Carp, 

 Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, and All 

 Commercial Species from Pool 24, Mississippi River, 

 1953-1976 85 



25 Yearly Total and 5-Year Average Harvest of Carp, 

 Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, and All 

 Commercial Species from Pool 25, Mississippi River, 

 1953-1976 86 



26 Yearly Total and 5-Year Average Harvest of Carp, 

 Buffalo, Channel Catfish, Freshwater Drum, and All 

 Commercial Species from Pool 26, Mississippi River, 

 1953-1976 87 



27 Calculated Wholesale (Undressed) Prices Paid to 

 Mississippi River Commercial Fishermen Licensed in 

 Illinois for Catches of Carp, Buffalo, Channel Cat- 

 fish, and Freshwater Drum in 1894, 1899, 1922, 1931, 

 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, and 1970 92 



28 Number of Fish Caught Per Net-Dav in Meredosia Lake 



in 1931 and 1934 ' 95 



29 Number of Fish Caught per Net-Day in the Lower 



Illinois River in 1942 96 



30 Number of Fish Caught Per Net-Day in the Lower 



Illinois River near Meredosia in 1934, 1942, and 1967 98 



31 Number of Fish Caught Per Net-Day in the Lower 



Illinois River near Hardin in 1942, 1964, and 1967 99 



32 Number of Fish Caught Per Net-Day in the Lower 



Illinois River near the Mouth in 1942 and 1967 100 



33 Summary of Creel Data for Pool 26 of the Upper 

 Mississippi River for 1956-1957, 1962-1963, 1967- 



1968, and 1972-1973 106 



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