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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



There were 70 establishments engaged in the wholesale fishery 

 trade of Lake Erie in 1917, employing 728 persons, to whom $565,053 

 were paid in wages, representing a total investment of $1,559,788 and 

 utilizmg cash capital to the amount of $456,886. Compared with 

 1903, there was an increase of 38 in the number of establishments, 

 230 in the number of persons employed, $296,515 in wages paid, and 

 $746,804 in the investment, including cash or working capital. 



The following table shows the extent of the wholesale nshery trade 

 of Lake Erie in 1917: 



Wholesale Fishery Trade of Lake Erie in 1917. 



FISHERIES OF LAKE ONTARIO AND CERTAIN TRIBUTARIES. 



FISHERIES OF LAKE ONTARIO. 



In 1917 the fishing industry of Lake Ontario gave employment to 

 289 persons, 4 of whom were on fishing and transporting vessels, 274 

 in the shore or boat fisheries, and the remainder employed as 

 shoresmen. 



The investment amounted to $132,653, which included 2 vessels of 

 18 net tons, valued at $2,585, including outfits; 196 boats, valued at 

 $18,900; fishery apparatus used on vessels and boats, valued at 

 $41,243; shore and accessory property to the value of $49,925; and 

 cash capital amounting to $20,000. The apparatus included 165 gill 

 nets, valued at $15,175; 353 trap nets, valued at $21,460; 334 fyke 

 nets, valued at $4,374; and seines, set lines, etc., to the value 

 of $234. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 915,616 pounds, valued 

 at $84,113. The catch of the more important species was made up 

 of 424,744 pounds of ciscoes, value $38,115; common whitefish, 

 88,347 pounds, value $11,720; suckers, 71,826 pounds, value $5,350; 

 burbot, 61,760 pounds, value $2,388; catfish and bullheads, 45,124 

 pounds, value $5,719; eels, 41,424 pounds, value $3,249; and pike 

 perch, 35,688 pounds, value $4,083. 



Compared with 1903 there was a decrease of 16, or 5.25 per cent, 

 in the number of persons employed and of 159,832 pounds, or 14.86 

 per cent, in the quantity of the products, and an increase of $36,374, 

 or 76.19 per cent, in the value of the products and of $38,274, or 

 40.55 per cent, in the investment. 



