1022 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



LAKE FISHERIES '" 



UNITED STATES AND CANADA 



In 192S the total catch of the lake fisheries of the United States 

 and Canada amounted to 92,913,909 pounds. This represents a 

 decrease of 17 per cent as compared with the catch in 1927. Of the 

 total catch, that taken in the United States amounted to 63 368 467 

 pounds, valued at $5,960,784. This represents 68 per cent of 'the 

 total catch of the lake fisheries. It is a decrease of 22 per cent as 

 compared with the previous year's catch. The Canadian catch, 

 which amounted to 29,545,442 pounds, shows a decrease of 4 per cent 

 as compared with the catch in the previous year. 



CATCH 



By species.— The statistics of the catch m the United States and 

 Canada m 1928 show that lake herring ranked first in quantity of 

 production among species of fish taken in the lake fisheries The 

 catch in 1928 amounted to 18,953,179 pounds, which is 20 per cent of 

 the total production for all the lake fisheries. This represents a de- 

 crease of 26 per cent as compared with catch of the previous year. The 

 catch of lake herring in the United States accounted for 79 per cent 

 ot the total. Lake trout ranked second in importance with a catch 

 ot 15,833,038 i)()unds and represents 17 per cent of the total produc- 

 tion. The catch shows a decrease of 10 per cent as compared with 

 that in the previous year. About 60 per cent of the trout were taken 

 in the waters of the United States. Common whitefish ranked third 

 in importance with a catch of 10,823,440 pounds, or 12 per cent of 

 the total. This is an increase of 6 per cent as compared with the 

 catch of the previous year. About 59 per cent of the catch was taken 

 in United States waters. The catch of yellow perch, 56 per cent of 

 which were taken in the waters of the United States, amounted to 

 10,381,960 pounds. This is an increase of 34 per cent as compared 

 with the catch m 1927. The catch of blue pike, about 69 per cent 

 ot which were taken m the waters of the United States, amounted to 

 6,987,331 pounds. This is a decrease of 33 per cent as compared with 

 the catch of 1927. The catch of cisco in Lake Erie, amounted to 



flshPHP^ nfLTn^L^?"^^^-^ statistical canvass made by the bureau for the American catch in the lake 

 Point I itPnff>2iv ' i ^"^'. Huron Michigan, Superior, St. Clair, Kabetogama, Namakan, and Sand 

 Tre n nUithpd n '^ ?\ '""''', ')"'' "''"??' ^'''^''^ ,^;^s f^^the year 1922. The statistics collected iu this canvass 



oni^^^mSof^nsis^^^ i::f^'' ' '^^^"^ ''^''''''' ^""^^^ ^"- ''' ^-^ - f*^" ^- 1'- -1-t 



o„T.!!1.^''"'f i*f "^- "'^ ^,^^1^ presented herewith for 1928 were obtained from the various State fisheries 

 agencies and Dominion of Canada reports while statistics of the operating units (fishermen vessels boatf 

 ?he cS seLSid Ifff J^H? were obtained by the bureau in a special canvass. In th°s latter ™ss 

 me c-aicii, segreptetl sis to method of taking, was not ascertained. 



Nam«l?!'nS'",i '^^f,''''?,-''"" }^^ ^'^/^If m-itoim are for Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan. Superior 

 of thP Hk o r:^t -i "''^ V ""^Is and Kamy Lake. Those for the years 1913 to 1924 were obtained in a sur ey 

 ^Lhi%it\^f,? "i" "^ ''^,"'** ^P'^^^ ?^?'f ^>""' Commission, while those for the years 1925 to wls^ 

 or the v^lr .n. 1 ?-i"'/ ^'' ^^'^ supplemented by the bureau from State statistics. To complete the data 

 192S wh /hTJ K." '''■^.'J'*'''' t^eeii included statistics of the Canadian lake fisheries for the years 19i;Uo 

 v^r's nf tr. .^o- "^^^'""f from official reports of the Dominion of Canada. The statistics shown f^or he 

 ofTe iwiuc ion of inlnH'T "^ ^%",'""'^H:;f,'"" "f ""°pi'^- 'J'ho disparity resulting from the noninclusion 

 The sta sHcV rnn? ,f^^^^^^ V?. Production of Indiana from 19i;i to 1925 has been estimated, 



whfr.h , Jr^u fl\ '-^^^ ''•^ ^^^' la.clusive, of the fisheries of these two States were collected by the bureau 

 Wisc^-rls^Hn-i M inne!s"ota"^'"° '^''"'"'^ ''°"^''®^ ^^ ^^^ ^°'^' Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan,' 



and°LLkr\Im4'^^n^';?Minn^^^ ""'u-'T the calendar year, e.xcept for Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake, 

 June 1 to Wmn? ir nnH nn°'^' f ^ich are for wo seasons. For Lake of the Woods the seasons are fron 

 November 1 ,un>oo > Pfcem*"?;- 1 to April 1, and for Rainy and Namakan Lakes from May 15 to 

 c^mbi^e 1 t , c ns iM fp ™r^° ^f'^ ^- "^ n*^,i'; ''"","'««^ t^" ^'''^s^S' *" "'e ^'der named, have been 

 a3intP,l to n« hi V ^'^'- Jr?J^".^"t'.ty "f,''^'' '''"^e" '° these lakes between January 1 and April 1 

 amounted to less than 3 per cent of the total catch of these lakes in 1927. ' 



