152 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Table showing, by apparatus and species, the yield of the fisheries of Lake of the 
Woods for the year 1899, 







Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. 
Pound nets: 
(Butta ome ese te eee oe oct aere Sons he cce ee ae Sek eee eee ee eee pen eS Soe 6,018 $113 
| Bartle vera Dae AEE TNCs SU ANNE OS ee ere eee ee) eee age Te ee kn eee 39, 903 1,200 
Pike perchitwallieyed)! = 2.222222. 252 ee ee eee oe eres 124. 722 6, 236 
Stur POOU ste Se Sao N. oS Saas pho Rape ese ee aes ee ee | 197,033 | 16,623 
White- FFT IARI Ree cet nS nee ee cp eink ea Ra OTL ae SE a 179, 242 6, 722 
MBCA 2 to aR ye Sey aR eee ceed ER teee HAR es een es ee |S aon ees |). 20. SNN 
Fyke nets: 
ulna See ose se ee es ec oe ee ce aes Se ao a eee 78, 889 1, 904 
Grandtotallecets. 2 5 Po ee fae ee ot i Ee se een 626,225 | 32,815 



*Included with sturgeon are 18,941 pounds of caviar, valued at $11,865, and 391 pounds of 
sturgeon sounds, valued at $332. 
Table showing the pound-net catch in the American waters of Lake of the Woods 
in certain years. 




Species. 1894. 1897. 1898. 1899. 
| 
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 
BUthalo tse -e se see oe scoot Seca te cae tre en eae eee eae 80, 620 16, 965 28, 130 6,013 
Pike . ae ae SE ee ee tee 231, 474 48, 275 56, 676 39, 903 
Pike per ch (wall- -eyed)_- SEA! SRE.) St SEA ER ae ee Hee 405,104 | 137,461 92,181 124, 722 
Sturocone 3 ate ae ee a eee ee 1, 059, 267 511, 159 330, 601 197, 033 
Trout. - Ra aL ne ee eet, eee ae Se ee ee Bee 11,501 650 | 440 423 
Whi tori sh ee atee. ates ae oa etna eed Ne Roba ey eh 411,018 71,907 | 112, 624 179, 242 
Total . aie ER RN tt yee te BE See ne a re eel EO LORS O BA a [ey GG 40 (in| BOO Kode 547, 336 





FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 
A statistical canvass of the fisheries of the Great Lakes for 1899— 
the results of which have already been published in condensed form 
as Statistical bulletin No. 17—shows the total yield and value of fishery 
products to be nearly equal to that of 1890, the largest on record. 
In 1899 the fisheries of the Great Lakes yielded 113,728,040 pounds, 
valued at $2,611,482. 
The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries was 9,670, and 
the capital invested amounted to $6,617,716. The vessels employed 
numbered 208, having a value, with their outfits, of $802,621. The 
number of boats employed was 3,281, worth $277,766. The apparatus 
of capture which represented the greatest value was gill nets, valued 
at $690,518. Pound nets and trap nets were valued at $660,408. The 
number of gill nets in use was 105,687, and of pound and trap nets 
3,837. 
The most important species among the produets of the fisheries with 
respect to value was herring, worth $941,067. The cateh of trout was 
valued at $431,276, and of white-fish at $297,023. The yield of pike 
and pike perch was valued at $325,941. 
The various lakes as compared with each other differ considerably 
in the value of their fisheries. Lake Erie, the fisheries of which are 
