FISHERY INDUSTRIES OP THE UNITED STATES, 1930 



517 



Lake fisheries of the United States, 1886-1929 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



1885. 

 1890- 

 1893. 

 1899. 

 1903. 

 1908. 

 1913. 

 1914 

 1915 

 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918 

 1919 

 1920 

 1921 

 1£22 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926 

 1927 

 1928 

 1929 



Lake 

 Ontario ' 



3,398 



3,447 



928 



2,406 



1,245 



823 



210 



277 



395 



317 



656 



524 



472 



314 



1,855 



889 



710 



1,049 



446 



788 



698 



854 



948 



Lake 

 Erie 



51, 457 

 64,851 

 42,969 

 58, 394 

 23, 189 

 41, 922 

 22, 120 

 53, 571 

 59, 509 

 41,223 

 41,416 

 51, 479 

 35,154 

 32, 112 

 46, V31 

 40.912 

 44,378 

 40, 264 

 26, 639 

 25. 057 

 23, 796 

 19,643 

 18,647 



Lake St. 



Clair and 



St. Clair 



and Detroit 



Rivers 



2,186 



2,995 



1,814 



579 



522 



737 



(?) 

 « 

 (') 

 (?) 

 (3) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 (?) 

 (3) 

 (3) 

 (') 

 (3) 

 (?) 

 (') 

 (') 



Lake 

 Huron 



11, 457 



10, 056 



12,064 



12, 418 



14, 455 



12, 932 



11,184 



8.248 



10, 245 



IV, 145 



12, 512 



14, 966 



15,240 



11,250 



9,330 



13,481 



9,920 



9, 0/4 



6,667 



13, 132 



15,711 



9,943 



10, 477 



Lake 

 Michigan 



23, 518 

 26, 434 

 30, 748 

 34, 500 

 33, 579 

 40,019 

 26, £94 

 28, 195 



31. 680 

 23, 023 

 29, 317 

 26, 6/5 

 29, 820 

 23, 053 

 17,018 

 16, 605 

 15, 358 

 17, 694 

 21,710 

 20, 495 



23. 681 

 17, 999 

 35, 615 



Lake 

 Superior 



8,826 

 6,116 

 8,097 

 5,430 

 13, 205 

 10, 198 

 6,417 

 7,088 

 5,694 

 5,437 

 9,889 

 11,546 

 10,500 

 9,267 

 7,476 

 6,569 

 7,584 

 8,944 

 12, 307 

 13,436 

 15,302 

 13, 132 

 17, 148 



Lake of the 



Woods, 



Rainy 



Lake, and 



Namakan 



Lakes 



(?) 



(') 



(') 



(') 



(3) 



{') 

 1,384 

 1,246 

 1,425 

 1,287 

 2,103 

 1,489 

 1,277 

 1,299 

 1,048 

 978 

 1. 1§9 

 1,256 

 1,463 

 2,392 

 2,139 

 1,797 

 2,555 



Total 



99, 842 



113,899 

 96, 620 



113,727 

 86, 195 



106,631 

 68, 309 

 98, 625 



108, 948 

 88, 432 

 95, 893 



106, 679 

 92, 463 

 77,375 

 83, 458 

 79, 434 

 79, 109 

 78, 281 

 69, 132 

 75,300 

 81, 327 

 63, 368 

 85,390 



• Includes the catch in Lake Ontario proper and Chaumont Bay in the years from 1913 to 1924, inclusive; 

 Lake Ontario proper in 1925, and Lake Ontario proper, Niagara River below the falls, St. Lawrence River 

 and Chaumont, Black River, Port, Great Sodus and Little Sodus Bays, prior to 1913 and since 1925. 



^ Does not include the catch in Namakan and Rainy Lakes prior to 1926. 



3 Comparable data not available. 



Lake fisheries of (he United States and Canada, 1913 to 1929 



CATCH: By lakes 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



Average, 1913-19,15 

 Average, 1916-.1920 

 Average, 1921-1925, 



1926 



J927 



il928 



1929 



Lake Superior 



United 

 States 



6.400 

 9,328 

 8,576 

 13, 436 

 15, 302 

 13, 132 

 17, 148 



Canada Total 



3,654 

 5,959 

 3,828 

 4,311 

 5,152 

 5,401 

 4,857 



10, 054 



15, 287 

 12,404 

 17, 747 

 20, 454 

 18,533 

 22, 005 



Lake of the Woods, 

 Rainy Lake, and 

 Namakan Lake 



United C ana- 

 States ' da « 



1,352 

 1,491 

 1,181 

 2,392 

 2,139 

 1,797 

 2,555 



3,816 

 2,718 

 3,013 

 2,725 

 2,699 

 2,202 

 2,173 



Total 



5,168 

 4,209 

 4,194 

 5,117 

 4,838 

 3,999 

 4,728 



Total 



Stetif Canada Total 



91,961 

 92, 169 

 77,883 

 75, 300 

 81,327 

 63,368 

 85, 390 



36,611 

 36, 993 

 35, 075 

 27, 498 

 30, 626 

 29, 285 

 26, 437 



128, 572 

 129, 162 

 112, 958 

 102, 798 

 111,953 

 92,653 

 114, 827 



1 Includes the catch of Lake Ontario proper and Chaimiont Bay in the years from 1913 to 1924, inclusive. 

 TLake Ontario proper in 1925; and Lake Ontario proper, Niagara River below the falls, St. Lawrence River, 

 land Chaumont, Black River, Port, Great Sodus and Little Sodus Bays for the years since 1925. 



2 Includes the catch in the Niagara River below the falls. 



' Does not include the catch in Namakan and Rainy Lakes prior to 1926. 



* Includes the catch in Lac Suel, Eagle Lake, etc., in the interior of Canada, prior to 1926. 



Note.— The catch in the Detroit River, St. Clair River, and Lake St. Clair are not included in these 

 statistics. 



