![]() Sewage, industrial by-products, stockyard waste, and settlement runoff degraded the water quality that once supplied abundant food for generations of Native Americans, white explorers, and early settlers who lived along the river and its tributaries. Just 90 years ago, a summer fish survey found only two living fish between St. Yet, the river of today is not yesterday’s river. Anthony Falls, a diversity made possible by the many habitats available in currents, pools, and backwaters. ![]() More than 120 species of fish inhabit the river below St. Their presence (or absence) says much about water quality. Some are critical to the life cycle of mussels. Fish supply food for otters, eagles, humans, and other fish. But these water residents play a vital role in the life of all the river’s neighbors, including people. The fish of the Mississippi River are mostly invisible unless we seek them out with a fishing rod. ![]() The river contains large numbers of fish species as well as individual fish. Non-targeted species, such as this catfish, are released. Commercial fishing on the Mississippi River is for common carp and buffalo. ![]()
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