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U.S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



LAKE FISHERIES '' 



The yield of the United States fisheries of the Great Lakes includ- 

 ing the international lakes of northern Minnesota during 1932, 

 amounted to 83,744,389 pounds, valued at $4,331,776 to the fisher- 

 men, representing a decrease of 9 percent in quantity and 28 percent 

 in value as compared with the catch in the previous year. These 

 fisheries gave employment to 6,932 fishermen or 1 percent more than 

 in 1931. 



Lake fisheries of the United States and Canada, 1932 

 CATCH: By lakes 



Species 



Lake Ontario 



United 



States 



United 

 States 



Blue pike 



Bowfin 



Burbot 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads.. 



Cisco 



Eels 



Goldfish 



Lake herring 



Lake trout-- 



Mooneye 



Pike or pickerel (jacks). 



Rock bass 



Sanger 



Sheepshead 



Sturgeon 



Sucker "mullet" 



Sunflsh 



White bass 



Whitefish, common 



Yellow perch 



Yellow pike 



Miscellaneous 



Pounds 



80, 785 



Pounds 

 91,900 



Pounds 



172, 685 



20, 343 

 54, 457 

 66, 137 



(') 

 49, 900 

 201, 400 



20, 343 

 104, 357 

 267, 537 



43, 536 

 '72,'793' 



Pounds 



9, 866, 679 



184 



251, 521 



2, 878, 130 



622, 293 



160, 215 



Pounds 



3, 962, 100 



(') 



(') 



510, 800 

 83, 300 

 851,200 



651,400 

 301,600 



724,193 

 319, 886 



?,633 



(') 



14, 853 

 1,092 



170, 200 



(') 



11, 627 

 35, 585 

 8,084 



2,530 



(') 

 (') 



14, 157 

 35, 585 

 8,084 



9,740 



15, 684 



7,603 



5,890 



3, 142, 213 



2, 144, 323 



16.901 



1, 325, 253 



1,800 

 (') 



55, 200 

 (1) 

 (') 

 (>) 



28, 142 

 (0 



54, 635 

 27, 044 

 12,022 



418, 300 

 98, 100 

 16, 000 



204, 700 



472, 935 

 125, 144 

 28, 022 

 204, 700 



252, 695 

 1, 168, 570 

 9, 733, 201 

 2, 020, 057 



(') 



912, 200 

 5, 029, 000 



296, 900 

 1, 003, 000 



Total - 521,279 2,256,130 2,777,409 



12, 733, 642 



Pounds 



13,828,779 



184 



251,521 



3, 388, 930 



705, 593 



1,011,415 



48, 533 



11,540 



15. 684 



62, 803 



5,890 



3, 142, 213 



2, 144, 323 



45,043 



1, 325, 253 



252, 695 

 2, 080, 770 

 14, 762, 201 

 2, 316, 957 

 1, 003, 000 



46, 403, 327 



> Where there has been a Canadian catch of these species it is included under Miscellaneous. 



11 The statistics of the catch presented herewith were obtained principally from the records of the various 

 State fishery agencies and from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa, Canada. The data for the 

 operating units (fishermen, vessels, boats, and gear) of the United States were obtained largely by Bureau 

 agents in a special canvass; although State records in several instances were very helpful in this work. In 

 all cases the statistics collected are for the calendar year, e.xcept for Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and 

 Lake Namakan in Minnesota, which are for 2 seasons. For Lake of the Woods the seasons are from June 

 1 to Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 to Apr. 1 and for Rainy and Namakan Lakes from May 15 to Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 to 

 Apr. 1. The catches for these 2 seasons, in the order named, have been combined to constitute a year. 

 The quantity of fish taken in these lakes between Jan. 1 and Apr. 1 is estimated at less than 3 percent 

 of the total catch. 



