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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



1908, as compared with 1899, was almost 40 per cent. 

 In 1894, the only other year for which statistics of the 

 fishery products of this state are available, the catch 

 amounted to 417,000 pounds, valued at $13,000. The 

 larger part of the catch in each of these former 

 years was taken from the Missouri, Dakota, Vermilion, 



and Big Sioux Rivers. 



The products of the state in 1908 are shown, by 

 species and by apparatus of capture, in the following 

 table. The catch reported with seines and pound nets 

 was confined to Lake Kampeska and the Dakota 

 River, where such fishing was carried on under the 

 supervision of the game warden. 



SOUTH DAKOTA— FISHERY PRODUCTS: 1908. 



1 Less than $100. 



TENNESSEE. 



The fisheries of Tennessee in 1908 were of the shore 

 and boat class only, and were conducted on the Mis- 

 sissippi River and its tributary waters, comprising 

 chiefly Reelfoot Lake, Open Lake, and Hatchee River; 

 and in the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. In this 

 report the fisheries of the last two rivers are considered 

 apart from the others. A summary of the statistics 

 for Tennessee for 1908 is given in the following tabular 

 statement : 



Number of persons employed 427 



Capital: 



Boats $9, 400 



Apparatus of capture 27, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 13, 000 



Value of products 112, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — With the ex- 

 ception of the number of persons employed, every 

 item of the data for the fisheries of Tennessee shows a 

 substantial increase in 1908, as compared with prior 

 years. The following tabular statement presents com- 

 parative statistics for those years for which figures 

 are available: 



Persons employed. — The fisheries of the Mississippi 

 River district reported 62 per cent of the total number 

 of persons employed and those of the Cumberland and 



Tennessee Rivers accounted for the remaining 38 per 

 cent. Only 67 fishermen, or 16 per cent of the total 

 number of persons engaged in the fisheries of the 

 state, were wage-earners, the remainder being proprie- 

 tors or independent fishermen. 



The following tabular statement gives the data con- 

 cerning persons employed in the fisheries of Tennessee 

 in 1908: 



1 Exclusive of four proprietors not fishing. 



2 Includes provisions furnished to the value of $700. 



Equipment and other capital. — The distribution of 

 the investment in the fisheries of Tennessee is shown 

 in the following tabular statement : 



