40 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Total 
value of 
B shell and 
J pearl Pearl 
River. State. Year. | products | products 
to in total. 
fishermen 
at the 
Tiver. 
Per cent. 
1914 $176, 510 29 
I9I3 150, 696 2I 
1913 128, 692 3r 
1912 122,748 38 
I912 118, 891 10 
eeerstehe ee 1912 68,726 65 
abash........ 1913 611991 35 
Bast Fork.................+.....-.---{ Indiama............... 1913 45) 0! 19 
StiGroix-..... 1913 37)032 63 
1912 29, 769 17 
Riss ibies ubleinig'e en dial oa%p Slate eine Mamionhyere chia. | MERON Dee Els eee ae ae 1913 23,970 25 
Cimmbernd ss. ict iiss ccccecce ce cevdewacess| Genmessee: IENUCKY = <sicarcsccesn 1912 22,136 33 
Caddo (Lake) OKA9 15S. sergsiz tosses ¢ - Spted earls 1912 20,000 100 
OX. reece cece cee e eens Wisconsin, Illinois................. 1913 15,842 5I 
Muskingum AWOhio’? 3. Fen. hase ..8 s 1912 14) 275 14 
Neosho..... Kansas, Oklahoma.... 1912 12,063 17 
Pecatonica. Wisconsin, Illinois... . 1913 11, 463 7 
Tennessee. . Tennessee, Alabama... . 1912 II, 061 8 
@ Minor tributaries are included with the main stream. 
Minor mussel streams not included in the foregoing table may be classified as 
follows: (1) Those with shell product exceeding pearl product in value and (2) those 
with pearl product greater than shell product. 
are as follows, the arrangement being alphabetical: 
1. Big Sunflower, Miss.; Blue, 
Kans.; Bourbeuse, Mo.; Cedar, 
Iowa; Cottonwood, Kans.; Des 
Moines, Iowa; Eel, Ind.; Em- 
barrass, Ill.; Grand, Mich.; 
Green, Ky.; Holston, Tenn.; 
Huron and Raisin, Mich.; Iro- 
quois, Ill.; James, S. Dak.; Kala- 
mazoo, Mich.; Kankakee, Ind. 
and Ill.; Little, branch of Red, 
Ark.; Little, branch of St. Fran- 
cis, Ark.; Little Missouri, Ark.; 
Little Wabash, Ill.; Maple, 
Mich.; Marais de Cygnes, Mo. 
and Kans.; Maumee, Ohio and 
Ind.; Meramec, Mo.; Minnesota, 
Minn.; Mississinewa, Ind.; Mus- 
kegon, Mich.; Nebraska, Kans.; 
Ouachita, Ark. and La.; Osage, 
Mo. and Kans.; Pearl, Miss. and 
The streams in each of these two classes 
La.; Saline, Ark.; St. Joseph, 
Mich. and Ind.; Shell Rock, 
Iowa; South Skunk, Iowa; Tom- 
bigbee, Ala.; Tuscarawas, Ohio; 
White, West Fork, Ind.; and 
miscellaneous smaller streams, 
2. Clinch, Tenn.; Duck,Tenn.; 
Iowa, Iowa; Sangamon, IIl.; 
and doubtless many creeks. 
There are also probably a few mussel streams, especially in the South, which have 
not yet been surveyed. 
The mussel fishery is pursued more or less actively in the following 19 States: 
Mississippi River or westward: South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, 
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas. 
Mississippi River or eastward: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, 
Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 
Manufacturing States, such as New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
and Maryland, are indirectly interested in the mussel fishery on account of having 
manufacturing industries based upon the shells received from the mussel streams. 
Thus, at least one-half of the States have an immediate interest in the preservation of 
the mussel resources. 
The accompanying map shows the territory of the fishery and the principal mussel 
streams. 
