FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



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in respect to both quantity and value, than in 1899, 

 although its relative importance was somewhat 

 greater at the earlier date, when it contributed 26 per 

 cent of the value of the total fishery yield of the state. 

 Two-thirds of the value of this species was from the 

 Ohio River district, and one-third from the Mississippi 

 River district. 



Buffalo fish. — This product in 1908 was credited 

 with about 20 per cent of the total value of the catch. 

 The species showed a substantial increase in both 

 quantity and value over the figures for 1899, but 

 declined somewhat in relative importance. Of the 

 value of the catch of buffalo fish, 71 per cent was 

 reported from the Ohio River district. 



Mussel -products. — Mussel shells, together with 

 pearls and slugs, ranked third in value of products, and 



contributed 18 per cent of the total value of products. 

 The mussel product, which in 1908 appears for the 

 first time in the statistics of the commercial fisheries 

 of Kentucky, was entirely from the Ohio River 

 district. 



German carp. — This fish has advanced from the 

 position of a minor species, with a value of $3,100 in 

 1899, to fourth rank in 1908, with a value of $18,000, 

 one-sixth of the total for the state. The Ohio River 

 district reported the greater portion of the catch. 



Fresh-water drum. — This is the only important 

 species which shows a decrease in quantity and value 

 since 1899. In that year 391,000 pounds were 

 taken, valued at $19,000, or 24 per cent of the total 

 value of products for the state. Four-fifths of the 

 drum catch was from the Ohio River district. 



Table 1 .—KENTUCKY— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



1 Less than $100. 

 Table 2.— KENTUCKY— FISHERY PRODUCTS OF OHIO RIVER DISTRICT: 1908. 



76786°— 11- 



i Less than $100. 



