nSHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 19 3 7 403 



LAKE FISHERIES" 



In 1936 the yield of the fisheries of the Great Lakes, including those 

 of the international lakes of northern Minnesota, in the United 

 States and Canada amounted to 124,408,100 pounds, representing an 

 increase of 2 percent as compared with the catch in the preceding 

 year. 



Considering the fishery of United States craft only, the catch 

 amounted to 94,276,500 pounds, valued at $6,389,443, which is an 

 increase of 4 percent in volume and 7 percent in value as compared 

 with the catch in the previous year. These fisheries gave employ- 

 ment to 5,623 fishermen or 26 percent less than in 1934, the most 

 recent previous year for which statistics on employment are available. 

 During the survey for 1936 data, statistics of the catch in 1935 also 

 were collected. These are presented following the data for 1936. 



Lake fisheries of the United States and Canada, 1936 

 CATCH: By lakes 



Species 



Blue pike 



Bowfin 



Burbot 



Carp 



Catfish and bullheads. . 



Cisco 



Eels 



Goldfish ._. 



Lake herring 



Lake trout 



Mooneye 



Pike or pickerel (jacks). 



Rock bass 



Sauger 



Sheepshead 



Sturgeon 



Sucker "mullet" 



Sunfish 



Wh'te bass 



\i nitefish: 



Common 



Menominee 



Yellow perch 



Yellow pike 



Mussel shells 



Miscellaneous 



Total. 



Lake Ontario 



United 



States 



Pounds 



27, 900 



200 



6,900 



12, 900 



80, 800 



44, 200 



223, 100 

 8,200 



10, 200 

 4,100 



12, 800 

 38, 000 

 14, 900 



53, 100 



100 



54, 600 



9,100 



601, 100 



Canada 



Pounds 



13, 700 



(') 



(') 



174, 900 



191,600 



53, 800 



1, 332, 500 

 226, 500 



100, 600 



(■) 



6,400 



(') 



(') 



576, 200 



(') 

 164, 800 

 26, 300 



287, 200 



3, 154, 500 



Total 



Pounds 



41, 600 



200 



6,900 



187, 800 



272, 400 



98, 000 



1, 555, 600 

 234, 700 



110,800 

 4,100 



19, 200 

 38, 000 

 14, 900 



629, 300 



100 



219, 400 



35, 400 



287, 200 



3, 755, 600 



Lake Erie 



United 



States 



Pounds 



19, 908, 600 



600 



454, 500 



2, 687, 000 



573, 900 



68, 000 



336, 000 



1,600 



8,800 



1,200 



3,200 



1,737.500 



3, 500, 700 



11,600 



946, 100 



663, 900 

 1, 158, 400 



2, 050, 500 



2, 636, 900 



28,000 



36, 777, 000 



Canada 



Pounds 

 6, 878, 900 



(') 



(1) 

 360, 500 



70, 900 



78, 800 



(0 



200 

 (') 

 1,600 



0) 



(') 

 (') 



12, 500 

 (•) 



(0 

 1, 767, 700 



1, 254, 100 

 326,100 



1, 201, 600 



11, 952, 900 



Total 



Pounds 



26, 787, 500 



600 



454, 500 



3, 047, 500 



644, 800 



146, 800 



336, 000 



1,800 



8,800 



2,800 



3,200 



1, 737, 500 



3, 500, 700 



24,100 



946, 100 



663, 900 

 2, 926, 100 



3, 304, 600 



2, 963, 000 



28.000 



1, 201, 600 



48, 729. 900 



1 Where there has been a Canadian catch of these species it is included under "Miscellaneous." 



" The statistics of the catch presented herewith were obtained principally from records of the various State 

 fishery agencies. The data for the operating units (fishermen, vessels, boats, and gear) of the United States 

 were obtained largely by Bureau agents in a special canvass: although State records in several instances were 

 very helpful in this work. In all cases the statistics collected are for the calendar year, except for Lake of the 

 Woods. Rainy Lake, and Lake Namakan in Minnesota, which are for two seasons. For Lake of the Woods, 

 the seasons are from June 1 to November 1 and December 1 to April 1 and for Rainy and Namakan Lakes 

 from May 15 to November 1 and December 1 to April 1. The catches for these two seasons, in the order 

 named, have been combined to constitute a year. The quantity of fish taken in these lakes between January 

 1 and April 1 is estimated at less than 3 percent of the total catch. 



