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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



1 Exclusive of 24 proprietors not fishing. 



2 Includes provisions furnished to the value of $16,000. 



The fisheries of the Illinois River gave employment 

 in the aggregate to 2,497 persons, or more than one- 

 half of the total number for the state. Of these, 1,504 

 were proprietors and independent fishermen, 6 were 

 salaried employees, and 987 were wage-earners. 



Equipment and other capital. The distribution 

 among the three districts of the value of equipment 

 and other capital employed in the Illinois fisheries is 

 shown in the following table: 



The number and tonnage of the vessels and the 

 number of boats reported for 1908 and the distribu- 



tion by districts is given in the following tabular state- 

 ment: 



The value of apparatus of capture, of floating equip- 

 ment, and that of shore and accessory property, com- 

 bined with cash, each represents about a third of the 

 total investment. Of the investment in shore and 

 accessory property, $126,000 pertained to shore and 

 boat fisheries and $26,000 to vessel fisheries and trans- 

 porting vessels. Of the cash capital, $115,000 was 

 reported by the shore and boat fisheries and $27,000 

 by the vessel fisheries. The total investment of the 

 shore and boat fisheries was $725,000, and that of 

 vessel fisheries and transporting vessels was $124,000. 



Of the investment in floating equipment exclusive of 

 outfits, $190,000, or over 70 per cent, represents steam 

 and motor boats. 



The Illinois River fisheries employed $551,000, or 

 nearly two-thirds of the total capital for the state. 



The number and distribution of the various kinds of 

 apparatus of capture, as reported for 1908, were as 

 follows: 



Products, by species. The quantity and value of the 

 fishery products of the state are given, by species and 

 by apparatus of capture, in Table 1, on page 117. 



The carp and mussel fisheries ranked far above all 

 of the others in value and together contributed 65 

 per cent of the total value of the fishing product for 

 the state. 



Products, by fishing grounds. Tables 2, 3, and 4, 

 on pages 118 and 119 show the products, by species and 



