REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. aaa! 
tities are taken the surplus is frequently sold for the manufacture of 
fish fertilizer. German carp sent to New York and other eastern 
cities are shipped round, but if destined for other markets they are 
generally dressed. Most of the catch is made with seines. 
Recent inquiries respecting commercial fishing carried on in Utah 
show that the eatch of German carp in Utah Lake and tributaries in 
1900 amounted to 344,685 pounds, or about three times the quantity 
taken from the same waters in 1895. More than half of the eateh in 
this lake was made with spears. 
FISHERIES OF LAKE OF THE WOODS. 
A canvass of the fisheries of Lake of the Woods, made for 1899, 
shows a continued decrease of the fisheries in nearly all respects. 
The number of persons engaged was 126, and the amount of capital 
employed was $58,830, a decrease of 47 persons and $49,272 since 1894. 
The total yield of the fisheries was 626,225 pounds, valued at $32,815, 
while in 1594 it was 2,198,984 pounds, valued at $56,747. The fish 
eries of this lake are prosecuted chiefly for the sturgeon. Since 1894 
the catch of this species has decreased from 1,059,267 pounds, worth 
$31,778, to 197,053 pounds, having a value of $16,623 
The mmeae of pound nets, the principal form of arpa tie of cap- 
ture, has decreased from 148 in 1894 to 58 in 1899. 
Other products of these fisheries have decreased in similar propor- 
tions. The shrinkage in value has not been so great as in quantity 
for the reason that as the supply has diminished prices have advanced. 
The three following tables show the extent of the fisheries of this lake 
for the year 1899, a fourth table presenting a comparison of the yield 
of the various species taken in pound nets for a term of years: 
Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake of the Woods 
for the year 1899. 



How employed. No. 
SEReSCR IS PANS POnEIN sere aise Ee. Bees nes Se pe yte S I ag eee ed 2 
In shore fisheries ee Se ee he atiaed eee cece n Nae ee ee ae Rees eee he 100 
On shore, in fish- houses, ete _ eal ae SNe ols Nee Pret Fes AE Raney. RSE sek Lo Se oS iy 14 
AMDT a peta Neb REE Spee bs 9 Bee ds Re 4 ee es eke ee ee 8 SR eee | S2gs-2::| 126 

Table showing the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of Lake of the 
Woods for the year 1899, 

Items. No. | Value. 

Vessels ee 

LOHUMSSO seas ar soe. eo). 
Outfit- See ees 2b es He be 2,220 
Boats «oo oeee cece soeeee ieee ee 3 RG Ge Wi Se AES 35 1, 489 
Pile-drivers - we eects tds SEE TSE See LS PE ee 2 RE ee et ee ee eee 12 1, 450 
Barges. - woe ces otek Ee Se Se ai herd SA ee 4 | 2, 500 
Apparatus | of capture: | 
Pound nets-- Unseen bo bees oe See el ee ae ere ee eee 58 | 15, 425 
jilggeizyrig Sete Le ke oe Ce ee Se eee ee eee ee eee ee 25 250 
SEW Sova eh aye ce ats 2 et een ty ee) (cee 17,500 





