120 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



TABLE 6. ILLINOIS PRODUCTS OF SHORE AND BOAT FISHERIES: 1908. 



1 Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Crowfoot dredges, etc., 39,809,000 pounds, valued at $355.000; traps, 19,000 pounds, valued at $20,000; dip nets, 35,000 

 pounds, valued at $1,800; spears, 68.000 pounds, valued at $1,800; pound nets, 32,000 pounds, valued at $1,200; fish baskets and traps, 13,000 pounds, valued at S400; 

 firearms, 600 pounds, valued at $100; and minor apparatus, 24,000 pounds, valued at $6,700. 



1 Less than $100. ' 3,800 skins. 



Less than 100 pounds. 50,000 skins. 



< Includes 1,300 pounds of caviar and sturgeon eggs, valued at $800. 



INDIANA. 



The fisheries of the northern part of Indiana are car- 

 ried on in Lake Michigan, and those of the southern 

 part hi the Ohio Kiver and its tributaries, the Wabash, 

 White, and other rivers. The extent of the industry 

 in this state is briefly indicated in the following state- 

 ment: 



Number of persons employed 986 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $23, 000 



Apparatus of capture 28, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 22, 000 



Value of products 223, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. A comparison 

 of the returns of this census with those of earlier can- 

 vasses shows that there has been a reaction from the 

 decrease in the products which was apparent in both 

 fishery districts of Indiana in 1899. This reaction is 

 due almost entirely to the recent development of the 

 mussel fisheries. The following tabular statement 

 compares the figures for 1908 with the figures reported 

 for former years : 



Persons employed. The statistics of the persons 

 employed in the fisheries of the state are given in the 

 following tabular statement. The greater number 

 were independent fishermen. The low average wages 

 paid to all classes of wage-earners in the Ohio River 

 district and to those employed in the shore and boat 

 fisheries of Lake Michigan indicate the incidental or 

 intermittent character of the employment. 



