THE GREAT LAKES 
FISHERIES IN 
1899, 
583 
Comparative table showing the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of the Great 
Lakes in 1880, 1885, 1890, 1893, and 1899—Continued. 



















Vessels and | Pound nets 4 ee Other | Shore 
Ss Seines. . 
Lakes and boats. and trap nets. Galas ates appa- | property| Total in- 
years. | ratus, |andecash} vestment. 
No. | Value. | No. | Value.| No. |\Value. | No. |Value.| value. | capital. 
St. Clair: | 
SSO Sees Zt SS OOS. cemsllsectomes 180; $1,080) 42) $6,000} $1,500) $24,000) $40,580 
il Dee epee 215 7, 457) 57| $12, 550 23) 160} 34) 8,825) 3,819 218,270) 251,081 
1890. .... 166} 28,775 34 9, 450 814) 9,418 28} 6,240} 5,580 150,682} 210,145 
PE9S sae 2- 211 18, 728 91 7, 400 380} 4,260) 20) 3,025) 2,346) 206,672) 240,076 
a See 188 3, 770 5 1, 050) 60, 600) 13) 1,255 915 46, 945 54, 585 
rie: 
T8805. 22 -—- 602} 83,880) 758] 233,600) 5,775) 22,500; 18) 2,800) 8,645) 163,675) 515,100 
Isher ees 1,536] 298; 757) 1,028) 259,785) 22,644! 75,507 71| 8,320) 72,205) 847,564) 1, 562, 138 
ike? Weeeess 1,449} 520, 033) 1,893} 548,100) 49, 320| 169,513} 44) 5,305) 70,601) 1,502, 750] 2, 816, 302 
CRBS eae 1,146) 424,227) 1,783) 439,060) 35, 369) 164,683] 47) 4,440) 23,339) 1,423,017) 2, 506, 842 
eke Saar. 980) 435, 566] 1,724) 329,500) 41,678! 229,182} 104) 8390) 19,362) 1,614,677) 2,720, 554 
ntario: 
IS8ONe aoce 167 13, 100 34) 14,000 6,000) 20,000 Ol, 2 950|t esas 5, 000 54, 050 
TSSH ees te 467) 20, 448 350} 19,445; 4,722) 23,952 69) 3,177) 12,627 56, 100 135, 749 
E90 Oe eens 376; 317162) 288) 24,577) 2,345) 18,110) 27] 656} 10,361 38, 667 123, 533 
1898 2esee 177 9, 619 77 2,310) 1,185) 8,794 ul 175, 2,240 32, 250, 56, 131 
W899-2 2222. 289 9, 482 145) 5,850; 1,187) 18,674 24 420 7,194 38, 640 80, 850 
All lakes: ———————— ————— ———— 
1880s sas 1,929} 285, 500, 1,500} 497,400} 44,544} 214,200) 148) 20,400] 15,300) 318,175) 1,345,975 
SS Oe ee 4,700} 868, 669) 2,966) 726,490) 96, 906} 539,986) 304) 30,192) 126, 363] 2,228, 431) 4,520, 081 
SOO Res Hs. 3,838] 968,474! 3, 750) 949, 957! 101,555} 498,096) 154) 17, 236) 109, 920) 2,819,061) 5, 362,774 
1893-2. =; 4, 050)1, 032, 241) 3,743) 802,078) 104,988) 670,572) 117) 10,735} 61,160) 3, 199-955) 5, 899, 270 
UGH) ooo eSe 3,489) 887,416) 3,837] 660,408) 105,687) 690,518) 162) 11,298) 66,002) 4,159,103 6,617,716 





Comparative table showing the products of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1880, 1885, 
1890, 1898, and 1899. 
















Vhite-fish. i 5 ing. |S eon. ETS, Potal. 
Takes aod White-fish Trout Herring Sturgeon. | All other | Total 
ess Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Value. 
Superior: 
1880 ee cies 2, 257, 000 1, 464, 750 SAN OUOn IE Acree erent 60, 875 3, 816, 625 $118, 370 
1885... ... 4,571, 947 3,488, 177 324, 680 182, 760 258, 416 8, 825, 980 291, 523 
1890.55.25 3, 213, 176 2, 613, 378 199, 121 47, 482 42, 885 6, 115, 992 220, 968 
SOS hes o> 2, 732, 270 4,342, 122 660, 272 62, 052 300, 211 8, 096, 927 252, 107 
1399 Sess 693, 191 3, 118, 169 1, 125, 478 4,415 488, 401 5, 429, 654 150, 862 
Michigan: 
S80.) 12, 030, 400 2,659,450 | 3,050,400 | 3,889, 600 1, 562, 025 23, 141, 875 668, 400 
S85 os cae- 8, 682, 986 6, 431, 298 3,312,493 | 1,406,678 3, 684, 693 23, 518, 148 878, 788 
S890! - 5.2 5, 455, 079 8, 364, 167 6, 082, 082 946, 897 5, 586, 041 26, 434, 266 830, 465 
1893S eas 2, 330, 060 8, 216,926 | 11,580, 895 311, 780 8, 308. 100 30, 747, 755 828, 611 
mee Beas 1,510, 364 5,488,947 | 21,573, 716 108, 279 5, 818, 690 34, 499, 996 876, 743 
uron 
18802225. 2,700,778 2,084, 500 | 246, 800 204, 000 1, 969, 195 7, 205, 273 195, 277 
SS eee ee 1, 425, 380 2,539,780 | 1,265, 650 215, 500 6,010, 860 11, 457,170 276, 397 
1390: S42... 1, 004, 094 1, 505, 619 2,514, 551 365, 718 4, 666, 399 10, 056, 381 221, 067 
Ibs Been 1,178, 271 3, 439.575 2, 758, 628 79, 553 4, 608, 311 12, 064, 338 306, 381 
ae Means 592, 308 1, 887, 101 3, 699, SO7 30, 497 6, 208, 614 12, 418, 327 308, 078 
St. Clair | 
1880-6. <<: int? 2a) Sean eee 250, 700 998, 500 523, 805 1, 850, 927 36, 273 
18855-5552 AN DD Roses cee as 1, 208, 150 227,780 708, 740 2,185, 795 40,193 
T8902 235 238, 764 244, 847 490, 384 309, 003 1, 711, 623 2,994, 571 73,577 
1b eee 50, 950 72, 000 140, 112 54,106 1, 497, 143 1,814,311 46, 030 
wee Perce 69, 902 6939153 esceeeees ome 7, 600 431, 650 579, 067 23, 864 
rie: 
1880-52 3, 800, 800 26,200 | 11,774,400 | 1,970,000 | 11,982,900 29, 087, 300 474, 880 
1885. - 3, 531, 855 106,900 | 19,354,900 | 4,727,950 | 23,784,912 51,456,517 | 1,109,096 
a o}S Uepee eee 2,341, 451 121, 420 38, 868, 283 2,078, 907 21, 440, 812 64, 850, 873 1, 000, 905 
18935-2- =. 1,292,410 203,132 | 20,931,076 793,800 | 19, 747, 907 42, 968, 325 805, 979 
1899...... 2, 066,314 32,024 | 33,427,797 789,402 | 22,078,327 58,393,864 | 1,150,895 
Ontario | | 
1880! 7 -. 1, 061, 000 569, 700 611, 217 545, 283 849, 800 3, 640, 000 159, 700 
1b ea 90, 711 20,510 403, 585 386, 974 1, 496, 686 2,398, 466 95, 869 
SOO: es. 148, 771 41, 010 598, 978 541, 752 2,115, 937 3, 446, 448 124, 786 
16930 sce 45, 380 6, 204 164, 998 125, 293 586, 140 928, 015 31,510 
ee EMS 161, 935 15, 432 86, 778 189, 155 1, 958, 032 2, 406, 332 100, 997 
All lakes: ——<— = 5 
1880. .....| 21,463,900 | 6,804,600 | 15,967,517 | 7,557,383 | 16,948, 600 68, 742,000 | 1,652, 900 
1885. . 18, 344,004 | 12,586,665 | 25,869,458 | 7,147,642 | 35,894,307 99,842,076 | 2,691, 866 
1890% 23555 12,401,335 | 12,890,441 | 48,753,349 | 4,289,759 | 35,563,647 | 113,898,531 | 2,471,768 
1893S-s5e3 7,629,341 | 16,279,953 | 36,235,981 | 1,426,584 | 35,047,812 96,619,671 | 2,270,618 
1899525 2-4 5,094,014 | 10,611,588 | 59,913,576 | 1,129,348 | 36,978,714 | 113,727,240 | 2,611,439 




NorE.—In the above table caviar and other secondary products are omitted except for 1893 and 
1899. 
Lake Huron are included with white-fish. 
In 188v, 1885, and 1890 bluefin, longjaw,and Menominee in Lake Michigan and Menominee in 
In 1893 and 1899 bluefin in Lake Superior, bluefin and 
Menominee in Lake Michigan, and Menominee in Lake Huron are included with ‘‘All others,”’ and 
longjuw in Lake Michigan with herring. 
