FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1934 



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LAKE FISHERIES ^2 



The most recent catch statistics of tlic fisheries of the Great Lakes, 

 inchidin.ix the intornntional Inkos of northern Minnesota, are those 

 collected for the year 1932 and the most recent com])lete statistics 

 on fisheries wholesale and mannfactnring industries m the same rej^ion 

 are for 1931. The yield of these fisheries in 1932 in the United States 

 amounted to 83,744,389 pounds valued at $4,389,061 to the fisheimen, 

 representing: a decrease of 9 percent in quantity and 27 percent in 

 value as compared with the catch and its value in 1931. Detailed 

 statistics of the operatmg; units and catch of the Lake fisheries for 

 1932 appear in "Fishery Industries of the United States, 1933", 

 Appendi.x I to the Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries for the 

 fiscal year 1934 while data on wholesale and manufacturing; industries 

 for 1931 are published in "Fisheries Industries of the United States, 

 1932", AppendLx III to the Report of the Conmiissioner of Fisheries 

 for the fiscal year 1933. A summary of these fisheries appears in the 

 follo%ving tables. 



Lake fisheries, 1932 ' 



' The statistics of the catch from 1929 to 1932, inclusive, include data on crawfish, mussels, pearls and slugs 

 which were omitted in most of the surveys prior to 1929. Data on the catch in Wisconsin for 1929 and 

 in subsequent years also are not strictly comparable with data for previous years due to a more complete 

 method of collection adopted in the more recent statistics. Data for the years 1929 to 1932 are shown on the 

 bisis of round weight whereas they formerly included dressed or partially dressed fish in some cases. 



'2 The statistics of the catch presented herewith were obtained principallv 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 cinvass; although State records in sevenl instances were very helpful in this work. In 

 all cases the statistics collected are for the calendar year, except for Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and 

 Lake Naraakan in Minnesota, which are f or two sea-sons. For Lakeof the Woods the seasons are from June 2 

 to Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 to Ai)r. 1 and for Rainy and Namakan Lakes from May 15 to Nov. 1 and Dec. 1 to 

 Apr. 1. The catches for these two 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. For a clearer understandins of the statistics published in this section the reader is referred 

 to the section in the latter part of the document entitled "Statistical survey procedure." 



