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FISHERIES OF LAKE OF THE WOODS, RAIXY LAKE, AND LAKES K^VBE- 

 TOGAMA AND LA CROIX. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Lake of the 

 Woods, Rainy Lake, and Lakes Kabetogama and La Croix, Minn., 

 in 1917 was 195, of whom 9 were on transporting vessels, 165 in the 

 shore or boat fisheries, and 21 shoresmen. 



The investment amounted to SI 77,210, which inchided 2 transport- 

 ing vessels with their outfits, valued at S 15,960, 82 sail and power 

 boats, valued at $28,100; fishing apparatus to the value of $44,800; 

 shore and accessory property, valued at $81,850; and cash capital 

 utilized to the amount of $6,500. The fishing apparatus included 

 185 pound nets, valued at $36,250; 220 gill nets, valued at $8,150; 

 and 30 fyke nets, valued at $400. 



The products of the fisheries amounted to 2,167,169 pounds, valued 

 at $118,508, which was divided among the different forms of appara- 

 tus as follows: Pound nets, 1,576,829 pounds, value $85,432; gill 

 nets, 575,390 pounds, value $32,366; and fyke nets, 14,950 pounds, 

 value $710. Among the principal species were pike perch, 706,279 

 pounds, valued at $67,615; pike, 553,037 pounds, valued at $22,109; 

 ciscoes, 392,548 pounds, valued at $12,770; suckers, 268,980 pounds, 

 valued at $3,584; whitefish, 96,185 pounds, valued at $8,095; and 

 sturgeon, 13,820 pounds, valued at $1,659. 



Following are given some comparative figures for Lake of the 

 Woods for 1903 based on unpublislied data and for 1917. In 1917 

 there were 100 men employed in the fisheries of this lake, an increase 

 of 46 as compared with 1903. In 1903, the fishing aj)paratus con- 

 sisted of 57 pound nets, valued at $17,100, as compared with 100 

 pound nets, valued at $15,000; 45 gill nets, valued at $1,500; and 

 30 fyke nets, valued at $400 in 1917. The products of the fisheries 

 in 1903 amounted to 430.209 pounds, valued at $17,954, and in 1917 

 to 1,098,744 pounds, valued at $59,748, an increase of 668,535 pounds 

 in nuantity and of $41,794 in value. 



1 he table following shows the extent of the fisheries of Lake of the 

 Woods, Ilainy Lake, and Lakes Kabetogama and La Croix, Minn., 

 in 1917. 



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