FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 487 

 Fishery products received by Seattle wholesale dealers, 1917 to 1930 — Continued 



Year 



Sablefish 



Crabs 



All other 



Total 



1917. 

 1918. 

 1919- 

 1920. 

 1921. 

 1922. 

 1923. 

 1924. 

 1925. 

 1926- 

 1927. 

 1928- 

 1929- 

 1930. 



Pounds 



3,700 



363, 788 

 94, 337 



Value 



""$142' 



23, 746 

 5,724 



Pounds 

 71, 632 

 139, 821 

 239, 758 

 456, 494 

 504, 300 

 477, 560, 

 539, 278! 

 505, 600: 

 544, 600 

 446, 820 

 300, 540 

 272, 720' 

 608, 029i 

 1, 388, 473] 



Value 



$5, 582 

 10, 368 

 21,866 

 40, 818 

 37, 285 

 33, 370 

 37, 368 

 34, 490 

 38, 188 

 29, 245 

 20, 505 

 19, 450 

 41, 105 

 98, 638 



Pounds 

 356, 278 

 593, 822 

 579, 948 

 319, 462 

 298, 140 

 270, 210 

 340, 000 

 310,740 

 251,360 

 288, 400 

 293, 360 

 299, 440 

 228,711 

 297, 058 



Value 

 $25, 252 

 63, 904 

 34, 722 

 31,075 

 23,541 

 21, 506 

 24, 327 

 24, 030 

 17, 003 

 22, 948 

 27, 060 

 24, 200 

 22,571 

 23, 411 



Pounds 

 12,821,353 

 10, 605, 323 

 11,809,450 



9, 813, 956 

 12, 428, 525 

 15,083,390 

 17, 387, 478 

 18,166,710 

 17, 397, 910 

 19, 046, 820 

 15,782,400 

 10, 226, 373 

 23, 413, 678 

 22, 288, 012 



Value 



$988, 559 



912, 598 



983, 819 



881, 066 



778, 878 



964, 832 



1, 308, 731 



1, 389, 265 



1,361,519 



1, 702, 064 



1, 251, 327 



1,391,403 



2, 032, 606 



1, 759, 221 



LAKE FISHERIES' 



UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



In 1929 the total catch of the lake fisheries of the United States 

 and Canada amounted to 114,826,907 pounds. This represents an 

 increase of 24 per cent as compared with the catch in 1928." Of the 

 total catch, that part taken in the United States amounted to 85,389,- 

 467 pounds, valued at $6,787,750. This represents 74 per cent of the 

 total catch of the lake fisheries. It is an increase of 35 per cent as 

 compared with the catch in 1928. The Canadian catch, which 

 amounted to 29,437,440 pounds, shows a decrease of less than one- 

 half of 1 per cent as compared with the catch in the previous je&T. 



« The most recent complete statistical canvass made by the bureau for the American catch in the lake fisher- 

 ies (Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior, St. Clair, Kabetogama, Namakan, and Sand Point, 

 Lake of the Woods, and Rainy Lake) was for the year 1922. The statistics collected in this canvass are 

 published in condensed form in Bureau of Fisheries Statistical Bulletin No. 618 and in full in the report 

 of the division of fishery industries for 1923. 



The statistics of the catch presented herewith for 1929 were obtained mainly from the various State 

 fisheries agencies and Dominion of Canada reports while statistics of the operating units ^fishermen, vessels, 

 boats, and gear) actually fished in 1929 were obtained by the bureau in a special canvass. In this latter 

 canvass the catch, segregated as to method of taking, was not ascertained. 



The statistics for 1929 are not strictly comparable with those for previous years in every instance as the 

 catch of crawfish and mussels, pearls and slugs taken in mussel-bearing streams tributary to Lake Michigan 

 and Lake Huron was included in the 1929 survey. Similarly, the statistics obtained for Wisconsin for 1929 

 are not strictly comparable with previous years due to a different and more complete method of collection 

 utilized in 1929. 



Statistics in the tables for the years 1913 to 1929 are for Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, Superior, 

 Namakan, Lake of the Woods, and Rainy I^ake. Those for the years 1913 to 1924 were obtained in a survey 

 of the lake fisheries made by the U. S. Tariff Commission, while those for the years 1925 to 1929, inclusive, 

 were compiled and supplemented by the bureau from State statistics. To complete the data for the various 

 lakes there have been included statistics of the Canadian lake fisheries for the years 1913 to 1929, which were 

 obtained from official reports of the Dominion of Canada. The statistics shown for the years 1913 to 1925 

 are exclusive of the production of Illinois. The disparity resulting from the noninclusion of the production 

 of Illinois is negligible. The production of Indiana from 1913 to 1925 has been estimated. The statistics 

 from 1926 to 1929, inclusive, of the fisheries of these two States were collected by the bureau, which permits 

 of their inclusion with the statistics collected by New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, 

 and Minnesota. 



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

 and Lake Namakan in Minnesota, which are for two seasons. For Lake of the Woods the seasons are 

 from June 1 to November 1 and December 1 to April 1, and for Rainy and Namakan Lakes from May 15 

 to November 1 and December 1 to April 1. The catch for these two seasons, in the order named, have been 

 combined to constitute a year. The quantity of fish taken in these lakes between January 1 and April 1 

 amounted to less than 3 per cent of the total catch of these lakes in 1927. 



