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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



FISHERIES OF NEW YORK. 



Tlie fisheries of New York in the Great Lakes are conducted in 

 Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers, and also in 

 two counties, Erie and Chautauqua, on Lake Erie. The numher of 

 persons engaged, investment, and products of these fisheries are given 

 in detail in the following table: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products op the Fisheries of Nem' York 



IN 1917, BY Lakes. 



Items. 



Lake Ontario.i 



Lake Erie. 



Total. 



PERSONS ENGAGED. 



On vessels fishing 



On vessels transporting . 



In shore fisheries 



Shoresmen 



Number. 



2 



2 



363 



11 



Total. 



378 



INVESTMENT. 



Vessels fishing: 



Steam — 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Gasoline 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting, gasoline 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Sail and row boats 



Power boats 



.\pparatus, vessel fisheries: Gillnets. 

 Apparatus, shore fisheries: 



Poimd nets.and trap nets 



Gill nets 



Fyk&nets 



Seines 



Lines 



Fishing machines 



Other apparatus 



Shore and accessory property 



Cash capital 



189 

 79 

 3 



353 



lti2 



334 



12 



Total. 



PRODUCTS. 



Bowfln 



"Burbot 



Carp, Asiatic 



Catfish and bullheads 



Ciscoes: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Eels 



Pike 



Pike perch: 



Blue pike 



Wall-eyed or yellow pike . 



Rock bass 



Sauger 



Sheepshead or drum 



sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers 



Sunfi.sh 



Trout 



White bass 



Whitefish 



Yellow perch 



Total 1 , 054, 388 



Pounds. 

 7,046 

 61,760 

 41,472 

 47,934 



460,363 



8,909 



43,007 



16,191 



45,730 

 2,590 

 7, 525 



Value. 



Number. 



137 



305 



$1,200 



20 

 1,300 



65 



4,765 



17,130 



40 



21,460 



15,135 



4,374 



610 



1,174 



795 



6 



50, 235 



20,000 



138,309 



Value. 



$350 



2,388 



2,173 



5,935 



39,991 

 1,051 

 3,402 

 2,149 



4,784 

 458 

 463 



300 

 51,141 



544 

 89,111 

 23, 885 

 23,694 



88, 347 

 34,839 



23 

 12,063 

 1,232 

 6,317 

 1,327 

 2,818 



11,120 

 2,819 



100,863 



11 

 236 



13 



31 



,470 



30 

 ,322 



Pounds. 



15,265 



29,508 



695 



2,043,360 



19,644 

 5,798 

 100 

 77,598 

 55 

 22,139 

 1,018 

 46,988 



1,541 



30 



143,068 



20,041 



2,426,848 



Value. 



Number. 



82 



2 



451 



148 



683 



$79,000 



11 

 236 



10,230 

 7,500 



1,160 



360 



18,675 

 53,777 



2,820 

 26, 451 



240 



202 



110 



7,473 



383 



3,484 



334 



20 



337,265 

 116,886 



655,062 



Value. 



$245 



1,570 



81 



133,085 



1,669 

 719 



5 

 3,879 



3 

 5,147 

 2,045 

 2,588 



156 



2 



14,510 



1,654 



167,358 



Pounds. 

 7,046 

 77,025 

 70,980 

 48, 629 



2,503,723 



8,909 



43,007 



16,191 



65,374 



8,388 



7,625 



77, 598 



355 



73,280 



1,562 



136,099 



23, 885 



25, 235 



30 



231,415 



54, 880 



3,481,236 



Value. 



$79,000 



10, 230 

 8,700 



1,180 

 1,300 



65 

 5,125 

 35,805 

 53,817 



24,280 



41,586 



4,374 



850 



1,872 



795 



6 



387,500 



136,886 



793, 371 



Value. 



$350 



2, 633 



3,743 



6,016 



173,076 

 1,051 

 3,402 

 2,149 



6,453 



1,177 



468 



3,879 



26 



17,210 



3,277 



8,905 



1,327 



2,974 



2 



25,630 



4,473 



268,221 



'Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers. 



