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Lake Michigan, 11 per cent on Lake Huron, 4 per cent on Lake 

 Ontario, 3 per cent on Lake of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and Namakan 

 Lake, and 1 per cent on Lake Superior. 



Hooks. — There were 631,637 hooks fished on the Great Lakes dur- 

 ing 1928. This inchides 75 trolhng hooks used on Lake Superior. 

 Fifty-two per cent of the total number of hooks were fished on Lake 

 Michigan, 32 per cent on Lake Superior, 10 per cent on Lake Huron, 

 3 per cent on Lake Erie, and 3 per cent on Lake Ontario. 



Seines. — During 1928 there were 238 seines used in the lake fisheries. 

 These had an aggregate length of 125,324 yards, and a combined area 

 of 311,813 square yards. Of the total number 64 per cent were 

 fished on Lake Erie, 21 per cent on Lake Huron, 11 per cent on Lake 

 Michigan, 3 per cent on Lake Ontario, and 1 per cent on Lake Superior. 



CATCH 



Michigan, with frontage on Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and 

 Superior, ranked first in importance in the lake fisheries of the United 

 States in 1928. The catch in the waters of this State amounted to 

 21,367,934 pounds, valued at S2, 549,251. This is 34 per cent of the 

 total catch of the Lakes, production in the United States, and 43 per 

 cent of the total value. Ohio, with fisheries only on Lake Erie, ranked 

 second with a catch of 15,890,016 pounds. Valued at $1,134,770. 

 This is 25 per cent of the total catch and 19 per cent of the total value. 

 Wisconsin, with fisheries on Lakes Michigan and Superior, ranked 

 third with a catch of 11,001,112 pounds, valued at $1,168,816. This 

 represents 17 per cent of the total catch and 20 per cent of the total 

 value. Minnesota was fourth, with a catch of 9,977,150 pounds, 

 valued at S445,229. Minnesota had fisheries on Lake Superior, Lake 

 of the Woods, Rainy Lake, and Namakan Lake, and its catch in these 

 waters amounted to 16 per cent of the total quantity, and 8 per cent 

 of the total value. The catch of fish in Pennsylvania, taken exclu- 

 sively in Lake Erie, amounted to 1,957,820 pounds, valued at $253,422. 

 This is 3 per cent of the total catch and 4 per cent of the total value. 

 The catch of New York, which was taken from Lakes Ontario and 

 Erie, amounted to 1,902,215 pounds and valued at $251,129. This 

 is 3 per cent of the total catch and 4 per cent of the total value. 

 The catch in Indiana amounted to 694,453 pounds, valued at $79,771. 

 This is 1 per cent of the total catch, and 1 per cent of the total value. 

 The catch in Illinois amounted to 577,767 pounds, valued at $78,396. 

 This rei)resents 1 per cent of the total catch, and 1 per cent of the 

 total value. 



Lake fisheries of the United Stales, 1928 

 OPERATINO UNITS: By States 



