FISHERIES OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES. 669 
Products by apparatus. —The most important forms of apparatus 
employed in the fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, as 
determined by the quantity and value of the products secured, are 
seines, fyke nets, lines, and the various appliances used in the capture 
of mussels. The yield of seines, including all species, aggregated 
19,593,614 pounds, $548,054; fyke nets, 17,030,138 pounds, $514,690; 
lines of all kinds, 6,736,087 pounds, $278,400; apparatus in the mussel 
fishery, 47,648,000 pounds, or 23,824 tons, $216,404. Trammel nets 
were also used extensively, their catch amounting to 3,029,903 pounds, 
valued at $82,698. 
Table showing, by apparatus of capture, the yield of the fisheries of the Mississippi River 
and tributaries in 1899. 
| Seines. Trammel nets. | Gill nets. Fyke nets. 
Species. = = = - 
Lbs. | Value.| Lbs. | Value.| Lbs. | Value.) Lbs. | Value. 
| 
Blgeki bass... o2<<: << 215, 153 | $14,189 124, 418 $6, 960 9 $1 231,119 | $14, 725 
Bufialo-fishs: 22222245. 5, 254, 144 | 123, 444 | 1, 201, 403 27,894 | 20,000 400 | 5,846,586 | 147, 526 
Carp, German........ 6, 953, 689 | 167, 224 674,278 | 14,506 40, 000 800 | 3,999,986 | 101,470 
Cateish 22 oesnccasss< | 1, 102, 660 AQP SIZE 3250;209 [6 - OX0G4:Sa2cc 2. c22| Snes cee | 2,281, 883 | 107, 742 
Crapplere sasc.-e4s.c0s 466, 966 21,387 | 169,590] 8,390 1,015 41 507,495 | 22,589 
Drum, fresh-water ... 935, 888 28, 269 LOO GOT ME 25616) eens senc|oesame ao | 1, 229, 051 40, 621 
He See eee os sect sce 1, 450 SON oe oem col ann sao cafe sce ec) menace ete 8, 817 497 
MOooneye sco en dees 13, 980 33a BCE CSE Recent 60 3 2, 826 121 
Paddle-fish .......... 1,848, 101 44, 446 | 26, 920 | $6682 cs ase ece|sece mass 593, 099 9, 882 
Pike and pickerel....| 64, 104 2, 897 31, 985 1, 325 500, 25 20, 123 936 
Pike perch (wall- | 
(S126 NS ORR RBSre 39, 495 2, 538 8, 899 499 50 | 6 51, 200 3, 408 
Pike perch (sauger). - 13, 626 544 2,465 | 90 500 25 18, 032 713 
Shade ethes Boxe oe oc 6, 640 333) | seeeseaee se |Wistees tees 125 6 190 | 16 
Sturgeon, lake ....... 90, 301 2,790 16, 644 | 5/Ds|Ee osama ses aces 40, 530 1, 740 
Sturgeon, shovel-nose| 216, 019 5, 86] 98, 200 DLs | seesec cscs Soc ceato 99, 891 2,575 
SUCKEISHEAB cheao nec 882, 191 28, 792 220,773 | 5,419 175 13 948, 910 34, 714 
UN-fiShie. see oaeenc ee 408, 454 9, 246 82,270 | 1,888 2, 500 50 366, 899 8, 639 
White bass and rock 
DASSee eh eseneae eee 138, 991 5, 231 18, 702 GlOW essa esl oo aee a 102, 222 4, 425 
Yellow perch ........ 20, 615 544 1,810 BS iat ees coc lees cases 26, 395 1, 328 
Othentishieas-se. nicl 485. 390 5, 817 10, 650 | a al ge eee 352, 202 3, 859 
Turtles and terrapin.| 370,457 7,311 900 | TS) | eoboe seat (aee.s a 807,282 | 7,024 
CAVIAl Sa esccoccsceooe | 70, 300 26, 739 ooc eens Snare (eee Ne aaa arora’ 400 140 
Motalee eee fae |19, 593, 614 | 548, 054 | 3,029, 903 | 82, 698 64, 934 1,370 |17, 030,138 | 514, 690 
Pound nets. Set lines. Mend ane other Spears. 
Species. es. 
Lbs. Value. Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value. Lbs. Value. 
Blackebass iis2s0-2--- 29,750 | $1,501 25,505 | $1,820 BOON ODO) | Pilifeto2e 9 | eee ee cine oe ee ee 
Buflalo-fish: <<.ssescs- | 470,185 7,832 | 1,126,817 35, 365 8, 200 346 201,900 | $8, 703 
Carp, German...-..-- 22, 230 438 158, 662 4 B0 Ih lesen - 2s sissies 1,100 110 
Catenshiane eo seecee 48,786 2,259 | 3,388,506 | 147,849 224, 205 7,434 200 | 20 
Grappies ss... 22h. --22 49, 085 2,447 29, 395 2,274 935486 ALO9D Ieee see cee aoe we 
Drum, fresh-water .-- 21, 290 389 677, 541 28, 160 625 10 | 180 18 
RGIS ae aes sos. ciers cis 800 16 82,668 ASST OD: | tee ea 5 ere cme tel Ces ere octets Serre ee 
MOOMeCVe= Ss cz.5c202-- lizeceeas Acne meee 200 1D PAS es tee = |e Cra lee os eee ee eee 
Paddle-fish .-..1..... 5, 400 144 4, 730 ty (aya ie See ene eae pera leas Meistee isle a aaetetere 
Pike and pickerel.... 6, 700 238 3, 920 261 67,935 | 1,948 | 21, 500 410 
Pike perch (wall- | 
CVCC)) eee erricc cress 1, 245 | 71 30,687 | 2,057 78, 446 3, 567 | 60 6 
Pike perch (sauger).. 1,275 | 70 5, 025 193 3, 400 UG eee oe = ae Sa aees oe 
Sturgeon, lake ....... 138, 050 402 36, 620 W457) poe aaee AW iseroisis wey 37, 000 1, 100 
Sturgeon, shovel-nose 14, 500 258 HOG S34 MeO nod Sil oees aces oll ec aoe 86,700 | 1,775 
SuCKermsrnsuaseccce sce 47, 395 883 SIRT DT a ca GOol = oo 8* |e 1, 000 100 
SUES sete rase aa 26,615 453 6,590 550 | 17, 450 ASO Mie ete Seca |e Ne oe 2 
White bass and rock 
IDASS 2 eee ence tess 1,610 | 77 9,555 2 AD S77, BID! \e:cece recesses |iavcs Ss aie 
Yellow perch ........ 175 8 12, 136 | 686 3, 875 AD «cle So's Gabe lloe Save tere 
Otherfishieasse.- 22 1, 250 34 16, 603 | 858 100 Qi ccoatee Seales sanece 
Murtlesjandyterrapin|e/ = 12. <2 -|o~ ee — eee 17, 480 | AO Hal See ysmee lnarattrrtors' |i dasrot acto (hie cect 
IIT ORS sens eter e fos logan he weicie| Sica FeO ee Soe ee Sra come meee le iemicncioall st ab tie. 122, 604 | 15, 804 
Motaleee cess - 761,341 | 17,520 | 5,905, 038 | 242, 597 | 831,049 | 35,803 | 472,244 | 22, 546 
