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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 
COMPARISON WITH STATISTICS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED FOR1917 AND 1922 
The statistics for the States herein presented differ from those 
already gathered and published by the Bureau of Fisheries for the 
years 1917 and 1922 (those being the only years during the period 
1913 to 1925 when a canvass was made in the regular manner by the 
Bureau of Fisheries). This difference is to be expected for various 
reasons. First, in the canvass made by the Bureau of Fisheries’ 
representatives the figures for the catch are obtained directly from 
the fishermen or fish dealers, rather than from State records, and 
it is believed that these representatives exert a greater effort than 
do the State authorities to secure the record of the catch from every 
source, with the result that the total catch probably is more nearly 
approximated. Second, the State agency receives its reports shortly 
after the close of each fishing season, at a time when the fisherman 
or fish dealer has a written record of his catch or has the figures fresh 
in his memory. On the other hand, the canvass by representatives 
of the Bureau of Fisheries, while begun shortly after the beginning 
of the calendar year, is not completed for four or five months. Dur- 
ing the interval, it is likely that a new fishing season may begin and 
it is decidedly improbable that a written record, or even an estimate 
will be obtained, and the figures given the representatives may be 
greater or less than the actual catch. Thus, the Bureau of Fisheries’ 
canvass is likely to obtain more complete returns, but, on the other 
hand, the individual returns may be less accurate than those of the 
States. Third, due to the lack of uniform common names for certain 
fishes throughout the Great Lakes region, there may be considerable 
difference in the size of the catch credited to each species by the 
various agencies collecting the statistics. The following tables, giv- 
ing a comparison between State and bureau statistics by species and 
by Lakes, clearly show this difference. However, the State statistics 
are available for consecutive years and probably are collected in a 
sufficiently comparable manner to be of considerable value in showing 
the trend in the yield of the fisheries of the Great Lakes. 
Comparison by species of the statistics of the Great Lakes, including Lake of the 
Woods, as obtained from State reports and a canvas by the Bureau of Fisheries 
for the years 1917 and 1922 (expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 
omitted) 



1917 





| 1922 
| 
4 From From 
Species From State! Bureau of | From State! Bureau of 
| reports | Fisheries | reports | Fisheries 
‘reports | reports 
SREGURDUM G2 = a eas ee ee Seo tes nse ae 10, 733 13, 344 11,101 13, 727 
WO PSTIPSIPIASS 2" eu 5 es Sra ae aie et ay aca gare 5, 773 6, 238 | 4, 325 ; 
LIUFL AR p58 oes Se eet ee et ee ere eee ee ae 
TS. 2h ese ae Se oe a SEO) ee 44, 893 53, 529 | 28, 117 36,010 
ile tone ae ee NS ofa) > ka PS ai VY Bos PR | | 
SET TRF OL CS as ee Sa ere 49 | 108 33 103 
Banu wai ketene ee ees 2 TE Te ete 3, 457 | 2,770 | 2,907 4,076 
[DST iki 2s er ee Ee are epee eee eno ears SEO Re 1, 655 | 2, 103 | 10, 361 14, 590 
Bringpes ee Se ee 4, 336 | 3, 929 4, 623 6,002 
Sucker, ‘‘mullet”’ 5, 699 | ayy pl 3, 788 5, 492 
Segoe sys ie ae a 3,013 2, 902 1,415 2, 414 
Yellow TE CRG oie pe ae ge ES ee eres gies Cae eee 4,086 | 4,209 | 3, 555 4,903 
DT (G0(G EC) BEE SS 1 a ee i i ee Ce Ra ND Nee mae 461 | 352 | 402 462 
Oo Vscs sn ceteass eee eee eee ence Lee ae 4, 602 | 7, 563 | 5,094 7, 869 
“ALS S LARS i oe 2 Re ESN ie OE SS Ee 333 | 287 | 831 1, 031 
apes sna bliigads + 2 bo Se dy aia 2, 296 | 883 | 805 1, 758 
OD) SUL dane SEE ek IRS A ice Be EP, Cig Si 69 936 | 323 400 
EOS iT ee pee | ee ase ape) ree ha 4, 438 | 430 | 1, 756 395 
LG) AN Sa an Saal as Seal ee be es 95,893 | 105, 154 | 79, 436 | 103, 528 

