FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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FISHERIES OF ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



The fisheries of the St. Lawrence River gave employment to 29 

 persons. The number of power and rowboats used was 26, valued 

 at $1,180; the apparatus of capture used was set lines, valued at 

 S620; and the investment amounted to $1,810. The products of the 

 fisheries amounted to 22,169 pounds, valued at $5,324, of which 

 21,959 pounds were sturgeon, valued at $5,091, and 78 pomids stur- 

 geon caviar, valued at S214. 



Fisheries, by Counties. — The following table shows, by counties, 

 the persons, investment, and c^uantity and value of the products of 

 the fisheries of the St. Lawrence in 1917: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products, by Set Lines, in the Fisheries 

 OF THE St. Lawrence River in 1917, by Counties. 



fisheries of niaoara rivek. 



The fisheries of Niagara River are conthicted in Erie and Niagara 

 aunties, N. Y., and in 1917 gave em])lovment to 60 persons. The 



Counties, IN. i., and in 1917 gave employment to uu persons, 

 number of ])Ower and rowboats used was 46, valued at $1,815; the 

 apparatus of capture included 9 seines, valued at $495; 7 fishing 

 macliines, valueu at $795; and set lines to the value of $441; and the 

 value of the shore and accessory properly was $.'^00. The total in- 

 vestment amounted to $3,846. The yiel(l of the fisheries of Niagara 

 River was 1 1 6,60."{ pounds, valued at $1 1 ,420, of which 81 ,819 pounds, 

 valued at $7,559, were taken with seines; 29,982 pounds, valued at 

 $2,S06, with fisliini:; machines; and 4,802 ])ounds, valued at $1,055, 

 with set lines. The principal species taken were: Ciscoes, 44,528 

 pounds, valued at $2,927; sturgeon, including caviar, 18,669 pounds, 

 valued at $4,861; suckers, 17,285 pounds, valued at $967; carp, 

 15,890 pounds, valued at $822; and ])ike perch, 12,592 ])Ounds, valued 

 at $1,151. 



Fisheries, by Counties. — The table following shows, by counties, 

 the number of j)ersons employed, investment, and riuuntity and value 

 of the products of the fisheries of the Niagara River in 1917. 



