﻿SECTION 
  9 
  - 
  MISSISSIPPI 
  RIVER 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  Commercial 
  landings 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  and 
  its 
  

   tributaries 
  were 
  74.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $9. 
  9 
  million 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  5 
  . 
  5 
  mil- 
  

   lion 
  pounds 
  and 
  $1.3 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  increase 
  resulted 
  principally 
  from 
  improved 
  

   landings 
  of 
  buffalofish, 
  21.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  (up 
  28 
  percent); 
  carp, 
  18.5 
  million 
  (up 
  10 
  percent); 
  

   catfish 
  and 
  bullheads, 
  14.4 
  million 
  (up 
  23 
  percent); 
  and 
  sheepshead, 
  5.6 
  million 
  pounds 
  (up 
  28 
  

   percent). 
  However, 
  landings 
  of 
  crawfish 
  (1.8 
  million 
  pounds) 
  and 
  mussel 
  shells 
  (5.8 
  million 
  

   pounds) 
  declined 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  

  

  Five 
  items 
  — 
  buffalofish, 
  carp, 
  catfish 
  and 
  bullheads, 
  sheepshead, 
  and 
  mussel 
  shells-- 
  

   accounted 
  for 
  88 
  percent 
  Df 
  the 
  volume 
  and 
  85 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  value. 
  The 
  landings 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  

   13,919 
  fishermen, 
  using 
  13, 
  100 
  motor 
  boats 
  and 
  179 
  other 
  boats 
  — 
  a 
  gainof 
  2,438 
  fishermen, 
  2,777 
  

   motor 
  boats, 
  and 
  11 
  other 
  boats 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  Wisconsin 
  and 
  Arkansas 
  led 
  in 
  volume 
  with 
  11.0 
  million 
  pounds 
  each, 
  followed 
  by 
  Minne- 
  

   sota 
  (8.8 
  million) 
  and 
  Louisiana 
  (8 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  pounds). 
  Arkansas 
  led 
  in 
  value 
  of 
  landings 
  with$2.3 
  

   million, 
  followed 
  by 
  Louisiana 
  with 
  $1.4 
  million. 
  

  

  The 
  value 
  of 
  processed 
  products 
  was 
  $27 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  — 
  $2.3 
  million 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969 
  . 
  Frozen 
  

   packaged 
  fishery 
  products 
  accounted 
  for 
  $20.1 
  million 
  (74 
  percent) 
  of 
  the 
  total, 
  and 
  increased 
  9 
  

   percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969: 
  fresh 
  packaged 
  fishery 
  products 
  accounted 
  for 
  $1.8 
  million 
  (7 
  per- 
  

   cent) 
  of 
  the 
  total, 
  and 
  increased 
  167 
  percent 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Canned 
  and 
  industrial 
  fishery 
  

   products 
  ($3.1 
  million) 
  and 
  cured 
  fishery 
  products 
  ($2.1 
  million) 
  were 
  11 
  percent 
  and 
  8 
  percent, 
  

   respectively, 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  value 
  of 
  processed 
  fishery 
  products. 
  

  

  Beginning 
  with 
  the 
  1964 
  report, 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  sectionhas 
  included 
  some 
  data 
  from 
  

   river 
  systems 
  not 
  connected 
  with 
  or 
  draining 
  into 
  the 
  Mississippi 
  River 
  or 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  For 
  ex- 
  

   ample, 
  salmon 
  are 
  reported 
  from 
  waters 
  draining 
  into 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean. 
  Landings 
  are 
  also 
  re- 
  

   ported 
  from 
  river 
  systems 
  draining 
  north 
  into 
  Hudson 
  Bay 
  and 
  south 
  into 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  organizations 
  helped 
  collect 
  the 
  data 
  appearing 
  in 
  this 
  section: 
  Alabama 
  De- 
  

   partment 
  of 
  Conservation, 
  Division 
  of 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish; 
  Arizona 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Department; 
  Arkansas 
  

   Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Division 
  of 
  Fisheries; 
  Colorado 
  Game, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Parks 
  Department; 
  

   Idaho 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Department; 
  Illinois 
  Department 
  of 
  Conservation, 
  Divisionof 
  Fisheries; 
  Indi- 
  

   ana 
  Department 
  of 
  Conservation, 
  Division 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game, 
  Section 
  of 
  Fish 
  Management; 
  Iowa 
  

   State 
  Conservation 
  Commission, 
  Divisionof 
  Fishand 
  Game; 
  Kansas 
  Forestry, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Com- 
  

   mission, 
  Fisheries 
  Division; 
  Kentucky 
  Department 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Wildlife 
  Resources; 
  Louisiana 
  Wild 
  

   Life 
  and 
  Fisheries 
  Commission; 
  Minnesota 
  Department 
  of 
  Conservation, 
  Divisionof 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish, 
  

   Section 
  of 
  Fisheries; 
  Mississippi 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commission; 
  Missouri 
  Conservation 
  Commission; 
  

   Montana 
  Department 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game, 
  Fisheries 
  Management; 
  Nebraska 
  Game, 
  Forestation 
  and 
  

   Parks 
  Commission, 
  Fishery 
  Division; 
  New 
  Mexico 
  Department 
  of 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish; 
  North 
  Dakota 
  

   Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Department, 
  Fisheries 
  Division; 
  Oklahoma 
  Department 
  of 
  Wildlife- 
  Conservation; 
  

   Division 
  of 
  Fisheries; 
  South 
  Dakota 
  Department 
  of 
  Game, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Parks; 
  Tennessee 
  Game 
  and 
  

   Fish 
  Commission, 
  Fish 
  Management 
  Division; 
  Texas 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commission; 
  Inland 
  Fisheries; 
  

   Utah 
  State 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Department; 
  Wisconsin 
  Conservation 
  Department 
  , 
  Fish 
  Management 
  Di- 
  

   vision; 
  Wyoming 
  Game 
  and 
  Fish 
  Commission; 
  and 
  the 
  Tennessee 
  Valley 
  Authority, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  

   Branch. 
  

  

  