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FISHERY iNDtTSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The total investment in the fisheries amounted to $1,188,705, 

 which included 26 steam and gasoline fishing vessels of 379 net tons, 

 valued at $76,500, and their outfits valued at $27,990; 21 trans- 

 porting vessels of 193 net tons, valued at $40,500, and outfits valued 

 at $5,250; 570 boats valued at $111,980; fishing apparatus used in 

 the vessel fisheries to the value of $73,419 and in the shore or boat 

 fisheries to the value of $264,874; shore and accessory property with 

 a value of $432,092; and cash capital amounting to $156,100. Gill 

 nets and lines were employed in both vessel and shore fisheries. Tlie 

 number of gill nets used in the vessel fisheries was 6,613, representing 

 a value of $69,575, and in the boat fisheries 3,997, valued at $33,260, 

 a total of 10,610 nets with a value of $102,835. The use of pound 

 nets, trap nets, fyke nets, seines, and spears was confined to the 

 shore fisheries. The number of pound nets and trap nets operated 

 was 1,731, valued at $207,904. 



The products of the fisheries of Lake Hm'on in 1917 aggregated 

 13,363,207 pounds, valued at $857,478. The more important species 

 were ciscoes, 5,381,365 pounds, valued at $215,782; lake trout, 

 2,079,455 pounds, valued at $214,574; suckers, 1,776,767 pounds, 

 valued at $72,933; carp, 1,145,250 pounds, valued at $43,474; com- 

 mon whitefish, 998,226 pounds, valued at $124,637; pike perch, 

 994,672 pounds, valued at $119,234; and yellow perch, 844,019 

 poimds, valued at $56,464. 



In comparison with the other lakes in 1917 Lake Huron ranked 

 third in the number of persons engaged, investment, and value of 

 the products and fom'th in the quantity of products taken. Com- 

 pared with 1903 there has been a decrease of 356, or 20.89 per cent, 

 m the number of persons engaged; an incease of $337,066, or 39.57 

 per cent, in the investment and $407,160, or 90.42 per cent, in the 

 value of the products; and a decrease of 1,092,002 pounds, or 7.55 

 per cent, in the quantity of the products. 



FISHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The number of persons engaged, investment, and quantity and 

 value of tlic products of the lisheries in 1917, by counties, are shown 

 in the foUowmg tables: 



Statistics of the Fisheries op Lake Huron in 1917, by Counties. 



persons engaged. 



AJcona 



AJpena 



Arenac 



Bay 



Cheboygan.. 

 Chippewa — 



Huron 



Iosco 



Mackinac 



Presquelsle. 



St. Clair 



Sanilac 



Tuscola 



Total.. 



County. 



On 

 vessels 

 flshing. 



On 

 vessels 

 trans- 

 porting. 



149 



29 



In shore 

 or boat 

 fisheries. 



•Jl 

 220 

 73 

 49 

 246 

 C7 

 89 

 20 

 ]X 

 42 

 22 



1,023 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



20 

 135 

 91 

 268 

 112 

 64 

 338 

 87 

 98 

 49 

 22 

 42 

 22 



1,348 



