54 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



the Biu'cnu, tliero was an increaso of 430 pei'sons in Lake Superior, 

 72 in Lake Michigan, and 43 in Lake Erie, but a decrease of 356 in 

 Lake Huron, 291 m Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River, and 10 in Lake 

 Ontario, a total decrease of 112. 



The investment in the fisheries and related industries amounted 

 to §10,555,669, apportioned among the lakes as follows: Superior, 

 $841,006; Michigan, $4,038,927; Huron, $1,188,705; St. Clair and 

 St. Clair River, $15,955; Erie, $4,332,767; and Ontario, $138,309. 



The investment included 585 steam and gasoline vessels engaged 

 in fishing and transporting fishery products, of 7,844 net tons, valued 

 at $1,512,983, with outfits valued at $372,106; 3,354 sail, row, and 

 power boats valued at $536,763; fishing apparatus used on vessels 

 and boats to the value of $2,630,388; shore and accessory property 

 valued at $4,478,143; and cash capital amoimting to $1,025,286. 

 The apparatus of capture consisted principally of 8,333 pound nets 

 and trap nets valued at $1,179,256 and 153,277 gill nets valued at 

 $1,237,702. The investment, as compared with the returns for 1903, 

 has increased in all the lakes except Lake St. Clan-, the total increase 

 being $3,081,247. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 104,269,223 pounds, 

 having a value to the fishermen of $6,695,019. The yield of the var- 

 ious lakes was as follows: Superior, 15,547,432 pounds, valued at 

 $726,674; Michigan, 35,460,628 pounds, valued at $2,270,859; 

 Huron, 13,363,207 pounds, valued at $857,478; St. Clair and the St. 

 Clair River, 133,330 pounds, valued at $11,852; Erie, 38,710,238 

 pounds, valued at $2,327,299; and Ontario and the St. Lawrence 

 and Niagara Rivers, 1,054,388 pounds, valued at $100,857. 



The principal species taken, including fresh, salted, and smoked 

 fish, were carp, 7,563,347 pounds, valued at $331,938; ciscoes, which 

 include lake herring, chub, longjaw, bluefin or blackiin, a^nd tuUibee, 

 53,529,325 pounds, valued at $2,609,917; pike perch, which include 

 blue pike and wall-eyed or yellow pike, 4,599,524 pounds, valued at 

 $438,299; sauger, 3,929,1 72 'pounds, valued at $240,035; sheepshead 

 or drum, 2,901,994 pounds, valued at $70,936; suckere, 5,362,428 

 pounds, valued at $204,881; lake trout, 13,344,139 pounds, valued at 

 $1,286,704; whitefish, common, including caviar, 6,192,123 pounds, 

 valued at $723,424; and yellow perch, 4,206,011 pounds, valued at 

 $245,223. Various other species were also taken in considerable 

 quantities. Compared with the returns for 1903, there has been an 

 increase in the products of the fisheries of the Great Lakes of 18,074,- 

 406 poimds in quantity and of $3,549,518 in value. There has been 

 considerable increase in both the quantity and value of the products 

 in Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Hm-on, and Lake Erie, but a 

 decrease in both quantity and value in Lake St. Clair, and a decrease 

 in quantity with a large increase in value in Lake Ontario. 



Compared with the returns for 1908, pubtished by the Bm'eau of 

 the Census, there was an increase of 8.06 per cent in the number of 

 persons engaged, and of 119.27 per cent in the amount of capital 

 invested, but'there was a decrease of 2.21 per cent in the quantity, 

 with an increase of 67. 1 per cent in the value of the products. There 

 was a large increase in the (uit(;h of burbot, cisco or lake herring, 

 sheepshead or di'um, and lake trout, but a decrease in carp, pike, pike 

 perch, whitefish, and a number of other species. Compared with the 

 statistics for 1903, published by the Bureau, there was a decrease of 



