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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products of the Fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes in 1917^Continued. 



Items. 



Lake Superior. 



Lake Michigan. 



Lake Huron. 



Lake St. Clair. 



PRODUCTS— continued . 



Pike perch: 



Wall-eyed or yellow pike, 

 fresh 



Wall-eyed or yellow pike, 



salted 



Rock l)ass 



Sheepshead or drum 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers: 



Frc.sh 



Salted 



Sunfishes 



Trout, lake: 



Fresh 



Frozen 



Salted 



Trout, steelhead 



White bass 



Whitefish: 



Common, fresh 



Common, salted 



Common, caviar 



Menominee, fresh 



Menominee, salted 



Yellow perch: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Crawfish 



Pounds. 

 27,979 



326,203 

 15, 850 



2,537,081 

 44,000 

 7,272 



302, 210 



12,080 

 2,900 



5,000 



Total. 



15,547,432 



Value 

 ;$3,774 



Pounds 

 132,024 



13,184 

 560 



1,714 



28,412 



10,805 



346 



2,104,453 

 14,110 



209,597 



5,800 



576 



8,647,895 



30,943 



2,820 



21,950 



1,275 



3,045,448 

 1,945 



682 

 228 



356 



100, 332 

 26, 103 



2,361,071 



1,725 



80, 495 



726,674 



35, 460, 628 



Value. 

 $18,445 



137 



796 



2,517 



904 



74,859 

 625 



852,879 



Pounds 

 994,642 



30 



4,283 



17,731 



4,88b 



227 



1,775,767 

 1,000 

 1,650 



2,070,797 



259 

 3,349 



77 



323, 162 

 201 



8,658 



4,829 

 1,973 



116,419 



81 



4,427 



993,501 

 3,350 

 1,375 

 46, 457 

 20,017 



844,019 



2,270,8.59 



13,363,207 



Value. 

 $119,231 



3 



208 



615 



1,063 



495 



72,883 

 50 



213,790 

 "'""784 



Pounds 

 48,000 



124,050 



330 



257 



2,191 



1,200 



56,464 



857, 478 



133, 330 



Value. 

 $7,200 



11,852 



Items. 



Lake Erie.i 



Lake Ontario.' 



Total. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



On vessels fishing , 



On vessels transporting. 



Inshore fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Number. 



517 



48 



1,487 



718 



Total. 



2,770 



INVESTMENT. 



Vessels, fishing, steam 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels, fishing, gasoline 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels, transporting, steam 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels, transporting, gasoline.. 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Sail and row boats 



Power boats 



Apparatus, vessel fisheries: 



Gill nets 



L.nes 



Apparatus, shore fisheries: 



Pound nets and trap nets . . 



Gill nets 



Fyke nets 



Seines 



Lines 



Crawfish pots 



Fishing machines 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property... 

 Cash capital 



73 

 1,700 



602 

 414 



38,007 



5,011 



9,571 



801 



285 



Total . 



Value. 



Number. 



2 



2 



363 



11 



378 



$469,398 



93, 679 

 39,000 



7,986 

 2-*, 500 



5,200 

 41,600 



9,455 

 27,370 

 178, 815 



272,577 



189 

 79 



681, 

 57, 

 44, 

 38, 



353 



162 



334 



12 



10 

 , 884, 165 

 456,886 



4,332,767 



Value. 



Number. 



1,930 



211 



5,076 



2,004 



9,221 



190 

 4,063 



$1,200 

 20 



278 

 2,521 



11 

 329 



1,300 



106 

 935 



65 

 4,765 

 17, 130 



2,006 

 1,348 



103, 882 



21,460 

 15, 135 



4,374 

 610 



1,174 



8,433 



49, 395 



4,938 



446 



795 



6 



50,235 



20,000 



6,400 



7 



138,309 



Value. 



$977,348 



249, 494 

 314,010 



76,332 

 87,500 



23,580 

 134,125 



22,700 

 61,958 

 474,805 



909,803 

 30, 537 



1, 179, 256 



327,899 



100, 707 



67, 247 



11,008 



1,600 



795 



1,536 



4, 478, 143 



1,025,286 



10,555,669 



' Includes men and investment in the wholesale fish trade of Detroit. 

 » Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers. 



