FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 53 



Statistics of the Fisheries of the Great Lakes. Appendix, Report of Commissioner, 



U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, 1901, pp. 575-657. 

 Statistics of the Fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1903. Appendix, Report, U. S. 



Bureau of Fisheries, 1904, pp. 643-731. 

 Fisheries of the United States, 1908. Special Report, Bureau of the Census, 1911. 



COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF FISHES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



For the sake of clarity as to the species referred to in the tables 

 and discussions of the fisheries of the Great Lakes, the following list 

 of common and scientific names of fishes is appended, the common 

 name being the first given in every instance. 



Bowfin Amiatus calvus. 



Burbot Lota maculosa. 



Carp, Asiatic Cyprinus carpio. 



p, w, , fAmeirus (species), 



tatnsn {Ictalurus punctatus. 



Ciscoes * Leucichthys (species).^ 



Eel Anguilla chrysypa. 



Gold-eye Amphiodon alosoides. 



Muskellunge Esox mm(piinongy. 



p., (Esox lucius. 



[Esox vermiculatus. 



Pike perch (blue pike) • Slizostedion vitreum. 



Pike perch (wall-eyed or yellow pike) Stizostcdion vitreum. 



Rock pass Ambloplites rupestris. 



Sanger Stizostcdion canadcnse griscum. 



Sheepshead or drimi Aplodinotus grunniens. 



Sturgeon Aripcnscr rubicundus. 



Suckers Catnstomidaj (species). 



Sunfishes Centrarchidte (species). 



Trout, lake Cristivomer namaycush. 



Trout, steelhead Salmo gairdneri. 



White bass Roccus chrysops. 



UTiitefish, common fCoregonvs clupeiformis. 



' \ Coregonus albus. 



Whitefish, menominee Coregonus quadrilateralis. 



Yellow perch Percajlavescens. 



GENERAL STATISTICS. 



In presenting the detailed statistics of the fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes it has })oon necessary to make some revisions of the prcluninary 

 statistics previously published, and the statistics of the fisheries of 

 Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and Lakes Kabetogama and La 

 Croix are shown in separate tables. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of this entire region 

 in 191 7 was 9,416; the investment was $10,732,879; and the products 

 amounted to 106,436,392 pounds, valued at $6,413,527. 



In tlio fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1917 the number of persons 

 engaged was 9,221, of whom 2,141 were on vessels fishing and trans- 

 porting fishery products, 5,076 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 2,004 

 employed as shoresmen in the fisheries and wholesale fishery trade. 

 In the fisheries of the various lakes the number of persons engaged 

 was us follows: Superior, 1,348; Michigan, 3,313; Iluron, 1,348; St. 

 Clair and the St. Clair Kiver, 64; Erie, 2,770; and Ontario, including 

 the St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, 378. Compared with the retm-ns 

 for 1903, the year for which the last previous canvass was made by 



> Includes lake herring, chub, longjaw, bluefln or blackfin, and tullibee. 



