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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 3.— MINNESOTA— FISHERY PRODUCTS OF LAKE SUPERIOR DISTRICT: 1908. 



Total 



Lake herring, fresh 



Lake herring, salted 



Lake herring, smoked 



Lake trout, fresh 



Lake trout, salted 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (wall-eyed pike) . . . 



Sturgeon 



Suckers 



Whiteflsh 



Whiteflsh fbluefln) 



Whiteflsh (longjaw) 



Whiteflsh (Menominee), salted 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



3,802,000 



1,608,000 

 1,165,000 

 4,000 

 183,000 

 27,000 

 213,000 

 258, 000 



64,000 

 41,000 



205,000 

 1,400 



35,000 

 1,000 



Value. 



$83,000 



21,000 



18,000 

 200 



10,000 

 1,500 

 6,100 



11,000 



5,400 

 200 



10,000 



700 



100 



PRODUCT CAUGHT BY— 



Gill nets. 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



2, 963, 000 



1,608,000 



1,165,000 



4,000 



138,000 



23,000 



5,000 



2,000 



1,000 

 5,000 



4,900 

 1,400 

 4,000 

 1,000 



$48, 000 



21,000 



18, 000 



200 



7,600 



1,300 



100 



100 



(') 



100 



0) 



100 

 100 



Pound nets. 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



25,000 



1,200 



208, 000 



266, 000 



53,000 

 30, 000 



200,000 



31,000 



Value. 



$33,000 



1,400 



100 



5,000 



11,000 



5,300 

 200 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



28,000 



25, 000 

 3,100 



Value. 



$1,500 



1,300 ■ 

 200 



i Less than $100. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



The fisheries of Mississippi may be grouped in two 

 divisions, including, respectively, the fisheries of the 

 Gulf of Mexico and those of the Mississippi Eiver and 

 its tributaries. Of the total value of the state product 

 in 1908, the Gulf fisheries contributed 82 per cent. 

 Biloxi is a center for the wholesale dealers and the 

 canners, and here oysters and shrimps are both 

 canned and prepared for shipment fresh, in large 

 quantities. 



The following statement presents a summary of 

 the chief statistics for the state fisheries in 1908: 



Number of persons employed 2, 037 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $418, 000 



Apparatus of capture 58, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 46, 000 



Value of products 556, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — A slight falling 

 off in the number of persons employed is shown for 

 each district in 1908, as compared with the last can- 

 vass, as well as a decrease in the quantity and in 

 the value of the product. An increase, however, is 

 to be noted in the investment in equipment for each 

 district. 



The decline in the products of the Gulf fisheries in 

 ' late years is not due entirely to natural causes, but is 

 to be attributed, in part, to a recent decision of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States, by which the 

 jurisdiction of the oyster and other fishing grounds 

 about Pear Island was transferred from Mississippi to 

 Louisiana. 



The following tabular statement presents for each 

 district comparative statistics as to persons employed, 

 value of equipment, and products, as returned at the 

 canvass of 1908 and certain earlier canvasses: 



Persons employed. — The following table gives sta- 

 tistics of persons employed in the fisheries of Mississippi 

 in 1908: 



1 Exclusive of 47 proprietors not fishing. 



2 Includes provisions furnished to the value of S45,000. 



3 Includes crew of one vessel engaged in fishing. 



