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BUIvIyETiN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



River.o 



Mississippi 



Rock 



Illinois 



White 



Ohio 



Black 



Wabash 



White, East Fork 



St. Croix 



St. Francis 



Okaw 



Cujtnberland 



Caddo (Lake). . . . 



Fox 



Muskingum 



Neosho 



Pecatonica 



Tennessee 



State. 



Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri. 



Wisconsin, Illinois 



Illinois 



Arkansas 



AVest Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois 



Arkansas 



Indiana, Illinois 



Indiana 



Wisconsin, Minnesota 



Arkansas 



Illinois 



Tennessee, Kentucky 



Texas 



Wisconsin, Illinois 



Ohio 



Kansas, Oklahoma 



Wisconsin, Illinois 



Tennessee, Alabama 



Year. 



Total 

 value of 

 shell and 



pearl 

 products 



to 

 fishermen 



at the 



I9I4 



$176,510 



I9I3 



150,696 



I9I3 



128,692 



I9I2 



122,748 



I9I2 



118,891 



I9I2 



68, 726 



I9I3 



67,991 



I9I3 



45,080 



I9I3 



37,032 



I9I2 



29,769 



I9I3 



23,970 



I9I2 



22,136 



I9I2 



20, 000 



I9I3 



15,842 



I9I2 



14,27s 



I9I2 



12, 063 



I9I3 



11,463 



I9I2 



11,061 



Pearl 



products 

 in total. 



Per 



cent. 

 29 

 21 

 31 

 38 

 10 

 6S 

 35 

 19 

 63 

 17 



25 



33 

 100 



51 



14 



17 



7 



8 



o Minor tributaries are included with the main stream. 



Minor mussel streams not included in the foregoing table may be classified as 

 follows: (i) Those with shell product exceeding pearl prgduct in value and (2) those 

 with pearl product greater than shell product. The streams in each of these two classes 

 are as follows, the arrangement being alphabetical: 



I. Big Sunflower, Miss.; Blue, 

 Kans.; Bourbeuse, Mo.; Cedar, 

 Iowa; Cottonwood, Kans.; Des 

 Moines, Iowa; Eel, Ind.; Em- 

 barrass, 111.; Grand, Mich.; 

 Green, Ky.; Holston, Tenn.; 

 Huron and Raisin, Mich.; Iro- 

 quois, 111. ; James, S. Dak. ; Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich.; Kankakee, Ind. 

 and 111.; Little, branch of Red, 



Ark.; Little, branch of St. Fran- 

 cis, Ark.; Little Missouri, Ark.; 

 Little Wabash, 111.; 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 



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, 111.; 

 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 1 9 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. 



