KISHERIES 
Summary, by apparatus and waters, of the fisheries of Louisiana in 1899. 
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVEK AND TRIBUTARIES. 
701 
Apparatus and waters. Lbs. Value. Apparatus and waters. Lbs. Value. 
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Seines: Shrimp traps: 
Fausse River ..........- 61, 437 $1, 798 Mississippi River ....-. 52, 980 $4, 395 
Lake Black Fork ....... 31, 485 914 I 
Lake Centennial ......- 38, 945 217 | Otter traps: 
Lake Concordia ......-. 91, 485 2,133 Blacks Rivets. scco-= 56 | 140 
Lake Old River.....-... 111, 525 2,422 Mississippi River ..-..-. 182 455 
Lake Palmyra........-. 107, 850 1, 836 | Ouachita River........ 110 275 
oboe = ose ecu | __ 412, 727 9, 280 || Robles eae 348 870 
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Pepe. Pp 2 Guns: 
ee aoe np ceemer 7 aDe ne ”? nae Black Rivers-f25.0.-5 1, 200 300 
Mississippi River ....... 207, 290 7,339 ees Dee oe 3) 750 938 
Ouachita River.......-.. 39, 750 1,075 ey aaa Lalo S 
ROCGURIVeLis= sono saceee 308, 650 6, 916 = Ana 
Lake Bistineau......... 1, 450 133 Total ---------+.--- 4, 950 1,238 
Lake Catahoula .....--- 52, 000 1,560 : : 
= a 20 Onn || Total by waters: 
Lake Cross .......----.- 30, 000 2, 200 Fausse River .......... 61, 437 1. 758 
EEAwann = Blacks Rivers. s252-.25 161, 816 4, 782 
Total ....-----.----- 750, 800 Poy Bie Mississippi River ...... 446,857 | 16,542 
Fyke nets: Ouachita River........ 145, 460 3, 745 
Black@Riverisss..--- =. 48, 900 1, 193 Red River’ ss.-eeeaee 629, 350 16, 322 
Mississippi River ....-... 182, 655 3, 415 Lake Black Fork ...... 31, 485 914 
Ouachita River.........; 105, 600 2,395 | Lake Centennial ...... 8, 945 217 
IREOERIV Clone os cntisn ee oe 320, 700 | 9,406 | Lake Concordia ....... 101, 110 2,383 
Lake Bistineau......... 4,900 | 423 Lake Old River...-.... 111, 525 | 2,422 
Lake Palmyra......... 107, 850 | 1, 836 
Motalyoss sce a2 662, 755 16,882 || Lake Bistineau........ 54,350 | 2,391 
ai fas Lake Catahoula ....... 52, 000 | 1, 560 
Trammel nets: a eS ; 9’< 
PaAkoGoncordiaee = 9. 625 250 Lake Cross 5.5.0. -0--5 30, 000 2, 200 
Wooden fish-traps: Seco le oa 
AeEBIStN CAT 48, 000 1.835 Grand total..... ---| 1,942,185 | 57, 072 
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ARKANSAS. 
The commercial fisheries of Arkansas are prosecuted wholly in the 
Mississippi River and its tributaries. Some of the more important 
tributaries of the Mississippi in this State are the Arkansas, White, 
St. Francis, and Ouachita rivers, and Big Lake. Large quantities of 
fishery products are also derived from other waters. 
In 1899 the number of persons employed in the fisheries was 463. 
The capital invested in boats, apparatus of capture, and fishing property 
amounted to $39,105. The boats, including house boats, numbered 437, 
valued at $10,357. The fishing apparatus was valued at $25,147, and the 
shore and accessory property at $3,601. 
The products aggregated 4,896,591 pounds, valued at $168,071. The 
principal species obtained were buffalo-fish, 2,388,890 pounds, $52,521; 
cat-fish, 838,514 pounds, $42,044; fresh-water drum, 304,105 pounds, 
7,848. Black bass, crappie, paddle-fish, sun-fish, frogs, and various 
other species were taken in considerable quantities. Caviar made from 
the roe of the paddle-fish or spoon-bill cat amounted to 34,175 pounds, 
valued at $11,488. 
The most productive forms of fishing apparatus were seines and fy ke 
nets, the catch with the former being 2,036,582 pounds, valued at 
$62,505, and with the latter 1,404,613 pounds, valued at $44.664. Next 
in importance, with respect to the quantity and value of products, were 
pound nets, trammel nets, and set lines. 
