488 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



CATCH 



By species. — The statistics of the catch in the United States and 

 Canada in 1929 show that the lake herring ranked first in (Quantity 

 of production among species of fish taken in the lake fisheries. 

 The catch in 1929 amounted to 25,601,722 pounds, which is 22 per 

 cent of the total production for all the lake fisheries. This represents 

 an increase of 35 per cent as compared with the catch of the pre- 

 vious year. The catch of lake herring in the United States ac- 

 counted for 82 per cent of the total. Lake trout ranked second in 

 importance with a catch of 17,988,095 pounds and represents 16 

 per cent of the total production. The catch shows an increase of 

 14 per cent as compared with that in the previous year. About 66 

 per cent of the trout were taken in the waters of the United 

 States. Common whitefish ranked third in importance with a 

 catch of 14,572,564 pounds, or 13 per cent of the total. This is an 

 increase of 35 per cent as compared with the catch of the previous 

 year. About 70 per cent of the catch was taken in United States 

 waters. The catch of yellow perch, 58 per cent of which was 

 taken in the waters of the United States, amounted to 13,917,725 

 pounds. This is an increase of 34 per cent as compared with the 

 catch in 1928. The catch of blue pike, about 53 per cent of which 

 was taken in the waters of the United States, amounted to 

 5,386,707 pounds. This is a decrease of 23 per cent as compared 

 with the catch in 1928. The catch of cisco in Lake Erie, amounted to 

 only 488,874 pounds in 1929. About 74 per cent of the catch was 

 made in Canadian waters. The catch of this species represents a 

 decrease of 74 per cent as compared with the previous year, and a large 

 decrease as compared with the catches of this fish that were formerly 

 made on Lake Erie. 



By lakes. — Statistics of the production in the United States and 

 Canada in 1929, by lakes, show that Lake Michigan ranked as the 

 most important, with a catch of 35,614,571 pounds. This is an 

 increase of 98 per cent as compared with the catch in the previous 

 year. Lake Erie ranked second in importance, the catch amounting 

 to 29,906,772 pounds. This is a decrease of less than one-half of 1 

 per cent as compared with the catch in the previous year. Lake 

 Superior ranked third, with a catch amounting to 22,004,794 pounds. 

 This is an increase of 19 per cent as compared with the catch in the 

 previous year. The catch of Lake Huron amounted to 17,933,347 

 pounds, which is an increase of 1 per cent as compared with that in 

 the previous year. The catch in Lake Ontario amounted to 4,638,696 

 pounds, which is an increase of 4 per cent as compared with the pre- 

 vious year. The catch in Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and 

 Namakan Lake amounted to 4,728,727 pounds, which is an increase of 

 18 per cent as compared with that in the previous year. 



