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 140 

 130 

 120 

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 100 



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YEAR*; 

 Figure 26.— Yield of the lake fisheries for various years, 1885 to 1928 



Lake fisheries of the United States for certain years, 1885-1928 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



1885 

 1890 

 1893 

 1899 

 1903 

 1908 

 1913 

 1914 

 1915. 

 1916. 

 1917. 

 1918. 

 1919. 

 1920. 

 1921. 

 1922. 

 1923. 

 1924. 

 1925. 

 1926- 

 1927. 

 1928. 



Lake 

 Ontario ' 



2,398 



3,447 



928 



2,406 



1,245 



823 



210 



277 



395 



317 



656 



524 



472 



314 



1,855 



889 



710 



1,049 



446 



788 



698 



854 



Lake 

 Erie 



51,457 

 64,851 

 42,969 

 58, 394 

 23,189 

 41, 922 

 22,120 

 53, 571 

 59,509 

 41,223 

 41, 416 

 51, 479 

 35, 154 

 32, 192 

 46, 731 

 40,912 

 44, 378 

 40,264 

 26, 639 

 25, 057 

 23,796 

 19,643 



Lake St. 



Clair and 



St. Clair 



and Detroit 



Rivers 



2,186 



2,995 



1,814 



579 



522 



737 



(3) 



(3) 

 (') 



(^) 



(3) 

 (3) 



(3) 

 (3) 



Lake 

 Huron 



11, 457 

 10, 056 

 12,064 

 12, 418 

 14, 455 



12, 932 

 11,184 



8,248 

 10, 245 

 17, 145 

 12, 512 



14, 966 



15, 240 

 11,250 



9, 330 

 13, 481 

 9,920 

 9,074 

 6, 567 

 13, 132 

 15,711 

 9, 943 



Lake 



Michigan 



23,518 

 26, 434 

 30,748 

 34,500 

 33, 579 

 40, 019 

 26, 994 

 28, 195 

 31,680 

 23,023 

 29,317 

 26, 675 

 29, 820 

 23,053 

 17,018 

 16,605 

 15, 358 

 17, 694 

 21,710 

 20, 495 

 a3, 681 

 17, 999 



Lake 



Superior 



8,826 



6,116 



8,097 



5,430 



13, 205 



10, 198 



6,417 



7,088 



5,694 



5,437 



9,889 



11,546 



10,500 



9,267 



7,476 



6,569 



7,584 



8,944 



12, 307 



13,436 



15, 302 



13, 132 



Lake of the 



Woods, 



Rainy 



Lake, and 



Namakan 



Lake 2 



Total 



(3) 

 (?) 



(3) 



{') 

 1,384 

 1,246 

 1,425 

 1,287 

 2,103 

 1,489 

 1,277 

 1,299 

 1,048 

 978 

 1,159 

 1,256 

 1,463 

 2,392 

 2,139 

 1,797 



99, 842 

 113,899 



96, 620 

 113,727 



86, 195 

 106, 631 



68,309 



98, 625 

 108, 948 



88, 432 



95, 893 

 106, 679 



92, 463 



77, 375 

 83, 458 

 79, 434 

 79, 109 



78, 281 

 69, 132 

 75, 300 

 81,327 

 63, 368 



» Includes the catch in Lake Ontario proper and Chaumont Bay in the years from 1913 to 1924, inclusive; 

 Lake Ontario proper in 1925, and Lake Ontario proper, Niagara River below the falls, St. Lawrence River 

 and Chaumont, Hlack River, Port, Great Sodus and Little Sodus Bays, prior to 1913 and since 1925. 



' Does not inrlude the catch in Namakan and Rainy Lakes prior to 1926. 



' Comjiarable data not available. 



