FISHERIES 
OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
AND TRIBUTARIES. 
Table showing the yield of the fisheries of Arkansas in 1899. 
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Apparatus and waters. 
Scines: 
Arkansas River 
White River 
St. Francis River 
Cache River 
Mississippi River 
Horseshoe and Porterlakes 
Big Lake 
Trammel nets: 
Arkansas River........--- 
WihitterRiverts: ==. 22222 
Ouachita River 
Cache River 
Mississippi River 
Big Lake 
Miscellaneous waters..... 
Pound nets: 
Arkansas River... 22.2. =..4 
WihiteRiver= 5-28. ¢.2.. | 
St. Francis River 
Big Lake 
Total 
Fyke nets: 
Arkansas River 
White River 
St. Francis River 
Ouachita River 
Cache River 
Mississippi River 
Horseshoeand Porterlakes 
Big Lake 
Set lines: 
Arkansas River 
White River 
St. Francis River 
Ouachita River 
Cache River 
Mississippi River 
Big Lake 
Miscellaneous lines: 
St. Francis River 
Mississippi River 
Big Lake 
Miscellaneous waters 
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Spears: 
Big Lake 
Drag nets: 
Ouachita giver <2. 22 -..5.- 
Total by waters: 
Arkansas iRiver’, <i: 22.2 2- 
White River 
St. Francis River 
Ouachita River 
Cache River 
Mississippi River 
Horseshoeand Porterlakes 
Biss kemer sss ees 
Miscellaneous waters ..... 
Grand total 
Black bass. Buffalo-fish. | Carp, German. | Cat-fish. 
Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value.| Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value 
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Le at Senos | Meee 124,500 | $2,690 |........|....----| 32,550 | $1,228 
1,950] $147 | 100,900! 3,571 |........|....-.-.| 120,300 | 6,599 
its aaee Pa 19, 000 RD il a see ewe IMs C1 A00 49 
75 6 2: 700 LOS [ener a eal caer 600 54 
1,700 102 | 102,400 | 1,827 | 14,870 | $380 2,800 113 
600 42 | 25,000 500 Nee seerlhen se 3,000 120 
23,000 | 1,150] 84,000) 1,260} 800 12 4,200 | 210 
10,700 | 549 | 518,900 | 10,173 | 3,600 89 17,100 | 683 
38,025 | 1,996 | 977,400 | 20,414 | 19,270 481 | 181,950 | 9,056 
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TEE | ee 1,700 | Billy oe ae ee 400 24 
2,400 1889 eSONO00N| Te1 85 ites aee|oeemae 2 8, 700 634 
18, 800 940 | 57,400 HOSt| secre lee caer 9, 200 343 
2) 400 240 4, 800 TOD alee sone | te Bee 1,300 104 
7 Gyli we 2 B00 cali alcag ane: |c eee as 600 54 
100 6 600 LOM) WOR eee | Deere 300 | 12 
18, 000 900 | 42,000 630 | 200 3 3, 200 | 160 
1,218 65 | 8,500 140 100 2 650 | 30 
42,993 | 2,345 | 147,800] 3,090| 300 5 | 24,350] 1,361 
a es eee 18000'| e360) | shee lee ee || 4.000 160 
100 8 600 | DAN ae el Sear el 100 8 
Pee oe New 225,000 | 3,375 |.....-..|........| 6,000 210 
8, 000 400 | 42,000 | 630 | 400 6 | 9,000 450 
8,100} 408 285,600 | 4,389 400 6 | 19,100 828 
un See HN tes zele 72, DON: | 259303) ew cae | Soong I aibagh 
3, 850 398 | 196,000 | 7,462 |_.......|_......- 108,900 6, 809 
16,700 838 314,600 | 4,992 100 2! 62,000} 2,219 
130 13 1, 800 [Dales ond ee eee 3, 400 264 
375 31 6, 000 YL, een al De 4,700 439 
460 98} 100,840} 2,342 4,098 102 3, 405 | 132 
335 24 7, 000 TAO t |p eee ees 2,100 84 
21,000 | 1,050) 90,000) 1,350 1,000 15 8,000 | 400 
8, 657 490 28, 600 454 260 4 4, 409 | 193 
51,507 | 2,872 | 817,390 | 19,282 | 5,458 123 218,814) 11,625 
Sept Mies ANG ss 353 22,750 SOS etal bende 9) |e 8500) 491 
3,475 O54” 86550 le 307881. 5.20-|_-seacen 183,550 | 10,359 
eee tells Fate 600 TOM Ree Ee | raat O09 
690 | 69 5, 600 NAG a ieenters ee ee 17,800 | 1,254 
275 | 22 5, 300 Pa Picea Neue neh 4,050 | 335 
ees eee 25, 100 640 |........|.-......| 80,600] 3,366 
Ee |) Min IL Mae ey ike Deve (055: 34,000} 1,035 
RePU nee ie P IN. | Steger |e RRA |e Cee, |bot ee s 7, 400 111 
4,440 345 | 145,900 | 5,004 |........]........ 381,000 | 18,500 
| 
11, 000 BBO ke mere ee cree elle oe os 9 te 2,200 110 
Le ON EN | we | oo cee |e eh at | aS 6,800 310 
DST O00 Lad 50s |i eee tee |e ee ae eee 3 000 150 
6, 000 S00i| ese ete e ks | SAN ieee (meee eain pera cete’ 
AQ*OOON ee O00M|-eee ete |seeerees [seen «| Exssnes 12, 000 570 
i | I | 
scene OS | ae ee 10, 000 150 ee ee RAN EP ie Ne 
280 28 4, 800 192) |e eee: 1,300 104 
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clots poten epee 239,500 | 6,154 |........|....--.-| 68,350 | 2,988 
11, 775 995 | 414,050 | 15,315 |._.....- [ee ene 421,550 | 24,409 
46,500 | 2,828 | 616,600 | 9,432 | 100 | 2| 124,900} 4,480 
3,500 350 | 17,000 FAN ene Pee aie 23,800 | 1,726 
800 65 | 16, 800 672 lee ae [secant 9, 950 882 
2, 260 136 | 228,940} 4,821 | 18,968|  482| 93,905] 3,933 
935 66 | 32,000 GAO gee se |e: 5, 100 204 
93,000 | 4,650 | 268,000} 4,020 | 2,400 36 | 61,400} 2,405 
26,575 | 1,404 | 556,000 | 10,767 | 3,960 95 | 29,559] 1,017 
185,345 | 9,994 |2,388, 890 | 52,521 | 25,498 615 838,514) 42,044 
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