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Statistics of the Fisheries of Lake Erie in 1917, by States and Counties- 



Continued. 



YIELD, BY SPECIES— Continued. 



FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



The catch of the vessel fisheries amoimted to 17,151,247 pounds, 

 valued at Si, 057,079, and.of the shore or hoat fisheries to 21,558,991 

 pounds, valued at Si, 270, 220. The cateh of the vessel fisheries was 

 all taken with gill nets, the principal species heing ciscoes to the 

 amount of 15,497,879 pounds, valued at $949,894; pike perch and 

 Sanger, 710,951 pounds, valued at S4.3,508; common whitefish, 

 388,614 pounds, valued at S45,914; huri)ot, 288,142 pounds, valued 

 at $2,881; and yellow perch, 174,837 pounds, valued at $11,88.3. 



The catch with the principal forms of apparatus used in the shore 

 or hoat fisheries was as follows: Pound nets and trap nets, 1.3,319,548 

 pounds, consisting principally of sauger, pike percli, sheepshead or 

 drum, whitefish, ciscoes, and yellow perch, valued at $840,040; 

 seines, 5,505,997 pounds, mainly carp, valued at $251,409; gill nets, 

 1,8.53,294 pounds, mainly ciscoes, valued at $123,293; fyke nets, 

 857,1 70 pounds, consisting principally of carp, pike perch, sheepshead, 

 suckers, sauger, and yellow percHi, valued at $51,971; and set hues, 

 20,970 pounds, consisting principally of catfish, hullheads, and 

 sturgeon, valued at S2,807. 



