58 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Comparative Statistics of the Fisheries op the Great Lakes for Various 

 Years from 1880 to 1917 — Continued. 



APPARATUS AND CAPITAL EMPLOYED. 



Lake and 

 year. 



Superior: 

 1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 



1893.. 



1899.. 



1903.. 



1908.. 



1917.. 

 Michigan: 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 



1893.. 



1899.. 



1903.. 



1908.. 



1917.. 

 Huron: 



1885... 



1890... 



1893... 



1899... 



1903. . . 



1908... 



1917... 

 St. Clair :3 



1880... 



1885... 



1890.. 



1893. . . 



1899.. 



1903.. 



1908.. 



1917.. 

 Erie: 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 



1893.. 



1899.. 



1903.. 



190H.. 



1917.. 

 Ontario :< 



1880.. 



1883.. 



1890.. 



1893.. 



1899.. 



1903.. 



1908.. 



1917.. 



All lakes: 



im).. 



1885.. 

 1890.. 

 1893. 

 1899. 

 1903. 

 1908. 

 1917. 



Vessels and 

 boats.i 



NumA 

 her. 



16l| 

 5191 

 328 

 447 

 315 

 378 



724 



836 

 1,402 

 1,102 

 1, 549 

 1, 178 

 1,363 



1,131 



111 

 561 

 417 

 620 

 539 

 643 



52 

 215 

 166 

 211 



188 

 150 



64 



602 



1,536 



1,449 



1,146 



980 



608 



1,133 



167 

 467 

 376 

 177 

 289 

 234 



Pound nets 

 and trap nets. 



Value. 

 $26,240 

 100, 735 



85, 275 

 139,035 



69,045 

 141,109 

 149,000 

 241,425 



133,375 

 368, 326 

 266, 331 

 357,987 

 281,968 

 386,396 

 692,000 

 771, 723 



20,905 

 72,946 

 36, 898 

 87, 645 

 87, 585 

 126, 418 

 185, 0(«) 

 228,980 



8,000 

 7,457 

 28,775 

 13,728 

 3,770 

 3,150 

 10,000 

 2,540 



83,880 

 298,757 

 520,033 

 424, 22" 

 4a5, 566 

 490, 2;i6 

 603, 0(K) 

 780,683 



13, ion 



20,448 

 31,162 

 9,619 

 9,482 

 15,457 

 11, WW 

 24,395 



1,929 

 4, 700 

 3,838 

 4,050 

 3,489 

 3,376 



Nwm- 



her. 

 43 

 230 

 140 

 276 

 162 

 218 



204 



476 

 715 



844 

 785 

 805 

 980 



1,134 



189 

 586 

 551 

 731 

 996 

 1,685 



1,731 



758 

 1,028 

 1,893 

 1,783 

 1,724 

 1,469 



5,011 



34 

 350 

 288 



77 

 145 

 176 



353 



Value 



$14,950 

 67,520 

 34, 435 

 63, 415 

 25,820 

 27,793 



28.';, 500 1,500 

 808,609 2,966 

 968,474 3,750 



1,032,241 

 887, 416 



1,162,760 



1,651,000 

 3,939 2,049,746 



3,743 

 3,837 

 4,528 



8,433 



26,262 



Gill nets. 



Num- 

 ber. 

 4,630 

 7,557 

 5,974 

 8,899 

 7,22i) 

 10, 169 



11,117 



185,425 24,599 



253, 840 

 244, 8S0 

 181,385 

 186,349 

 198,960 



242,570 83,807 



49,425 

 113,350 



88, 515 

 108, 508 

 111,839 

 176,495 



58,516 

 40,896 

 54,232 

 49, 857 

 48,645 



207,904 



12,550 

 9,450 

 7,400 

 1,050 



233,600 

 259, 785 

 548, 100 

 439,060 

 329,500 

 172,805 



681,060 



14,000 

 19,445 

 24,577 

 2,310 

 5,&50 

 9,945 



21,460 



497,400 

 726,490 

 949,95" 

 »)2,07N 

 660, 408 

 585,998 



1,179,256 



3,360 

 3,444 

 2,206 

 4,923 

 5,676 

 6,129 



10,610 



180 

 23 

 814 

 380 

 60 



Seines. 



Value. 



$25,280 

 78,082 

 63, 476 

 87, 680 

 99,283 



127,238 



144,5 



124,740 

 326,902 

 215,914 

 352,0.S4 

 288, 395 

 269, 754 



645,074 



20,600 

 35, 333 

 21,665 

 53,071 

 54, 384 

 51,526 



102,835 



1,080 



160 



9,418 



4,260 



600 



5,775 

 22,644 

 49,320 

 35, 369 

 41,678 

 35, 150 



47,578 



6,000 

 4,722 

 2,345 

 1,185 

 1,187 

 1,796 



165 



44,544 

 06,906 

 101,555 

 104,988 

 105,687 

 101,889 



153,277 



22,500 

 75,507 

 169, 513 

 164,683 

 22'.l, 182 

 180, 581 



Num 



her. 



32 



43 



19 



14 



1 



8 



329,632 



20,000 

 23,952 

 18, 110 

 8,794 

 18,674 

 13,862 



15, 175 



214,200 

 539, 931 

 498,096 

 670, 572 

 090, 518 

 642,961 



1,237,702 



28 



Value 



$2, 010 



2,920 



955 



500 



50 



335 



325 



2,040 

 6,950 

 3,480 

 2,520 

 510 

 2,384 



18, 120 

 5,600 



600 



7, 

 673 

 608 



Value of 

 other 

 appa- 

 ratus.2 



Shore 

 property 

 and cash 

 capital. 



18 

 71 

 44 

 47 

 104 

 110 



285 



9 

 69 

 27 



7 

 24 



8 



148 

 304 

 154 

 117 

 162 

 194 



7,960 



6,000 

 8,825 

 6,240 

 3,025 

 1,255 



1,365 



2,800 

 8,320 

 5, 30 

 4,44(J 

 8, 390 

 8,040 



38, 867 



1,950 

 3,17" 

 656 

 17.': 

 420 

 205 



610 



20,4(XI 

 30, 192 

 17,236 

 10, 735 

 11,298 

 12, 462 



67, 247 



Value. 

 $200 

 1, 155 



2,763 

 1,565 



1,058 



815 



159,000 



5,773 



1,455 

 13,457 

 13,460 

 27,863 

 29,285 

 37, 743 

 753,000 

 69, 263 



3,500 

 23, 100 

 7, 155 

 3, 807 

 8, 1.88 

 13 9 

 281^000 

 19, 594 



l,.50O 



3,819 



5,580 



2,346 



915 



961 



8,000 



50 



8,645 

 72, 205 

 70,601 

 23,339 

 19,362 

 18, S."-)!) 

 615,00' 

 45, 154 



Total. 



12,627 

 10,361 

 2,240 

 7,194 

 9,303 

 16,000 

 6,349 



Value. 

 812, 700 

 177,521 



179,778 

 209, 512 

 167,023 

 299,032 

 &3,000 

 383,810 



104, 100 



78.8, 356 



693, 159 



1,092,219 



2,087,829 



2, .593, 950 



519,000 



2, 108, 141 



3,700 

 140,020 

 254,025 

 236,285 

 203, 989 

 482,615 

 267, 000 

 588, 192 



24,000 

 218, 270 

 150,682 

 206, 672 



46, 945 

 2:54, 884 



2.8,000 



12,000 



163,675 



847, 564 

 1,502,7.50 

 1,423,017 

 1,614,077 

 1,326,385 



426,000 

 2,341,051 



5,000 

 56, 100 

 38,667 

 32,250 

 38,640 

 52,220 



7,900 

 70,235 



15,300 

 126,363 

 109,92;) 

 61,160 

 66,002 

 81, 149 

 ,831,000 

 115,586 



313,175 

 228,431 

 819,061 

 199, 95." 

 1.59, 103 

 989,086 

 332,000 

 503,429 



Value. 

 $.81,380 

 427,933 

 366,682 

 529,024 

 372,083 

 596,322 

 391,000 

 802,581 



5.51,135 

 1,757,831 

 1,437,224 

 2,063,497 

 2,915,241 

 3, 489, 187 

 1,964,000 

 3,854,891 



103,730 

 385, 349 

 408, 858 

 503,700 

 474,953 

 851,639 

 733,000 

 1,155,465 



40,580 

 251,081 

 210, 145 

 240,076 



54,535 

 239,885 



46,000 



15,955 



515, 100 

 1,562,138 

 2, 816, 302 

 2,506,842 

 2, 720, 554 

 2,196,397 

 1,644,000 

 4,216,447 



54,050 

 135,749 

 123,533 



56, 131 



80,350 

 100,992 



34,900 

 138,224 



345,975 

 ,520,081 

 362, 774 

 899, 270 

 617,716 

 474, 422 

 ,814,000 

 ,1.83,563 



1 In 1908 the outfit of the vessels is included in the value. 



■•'Includes all forms of apparatus in 1908. 



•Includes St. Clair and Detroit Rivers. There was no fishing in Detroit iciver in 1917. 



"Indues St. Lawrence nnd Niagara l{ivers. 



