Table 20 



The Commercial Harvest of Fish, Mussels, Turtles, and Frogs 



from the Mississippi River Bordering Illinois by Illinois Fishermen 



and Number of Mississippi River Commercial Fishermen 



Licensed in Illinois in 1970 a 



Value, $ 



4,387 



10,696 



33 



20 



52,893 



2,504 



22 



147,032 



138,357 



1977 $ l 



7,743 



18,878 



67 



35 



93,356 



4,420 



39 



259,511 



244,200 



33,300 58,775 

 355 627 



389,705 687,829 

 389,705 687,829 



Number of full-time fishermen 

 Number of part-time fishermen 

 Total fishermen 



59 



93 



152* 



^eeland, 1973. 



Conversion factors given in Table 21 

 C Includes goldeye. 



i51uegill and green sunfish. 



77 



Includes bullheads. 

 f Gars . 

 S Starrett, unpublished. 



