FISHERY INDUSTETE.^ OF THE UNITED STATES, 1923 



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The products of the fisheries amounted to 108,732,443 pounds, 

 having a value to the fishermen of $6,689,611. The yields of the 

 various lakes were as follows; Superior, 10,988,020 pounds, valued 

 at $484,273; Michis^an, 26,128,199 pounds, valued at S2,133,849; 

 Huron, 13.942,115 pounds, valued at S945,259; St. Clair and St. Clair 

 River, 310,012 pounds, valued at $17,365; Erie, 56,338,298 pounds, 

 valued at $2,977,064 ; and Ontario, 1,025,799 pounds, valued at $ 13 1 ,801 . 



The principal species taken, in order of value, including fresh, 

 salted, and smoked fish, were lake trout, 13,726,039 pounds, valued 

 at $1,647,638; pike perch, all species, 23,967,086 pounds, valued at 

 $1,516,332; ciscoes, all species, 36,009,659 pounds, valued at $1,377,- 

 055; whitefish, all species, 4,378,128 pounds, valued at $710,280; carp 

 8,119,441 pounds, valued at $330,874; yellow perch, 4,902,250 

 pounds, valued at $314,928; suckers, 5,395,213 pounds, valued at 

 $263,575; catfish and bullheads, 1,662,298 pounds, valued at $117,417; 

 and other fishes, 4,242,182 pounds, valued at $174,639. The pro- 

 duction of shellfish totaled 6,330,147 pounds, valued at $236,873, 

 of which mussel shells from rivers tributary to lakes Michigan and 

 Erie constituted the largest item, 6,245,975 pounds, valued (to- 

 gether with the pearls and slugs) at $233,873. 



The following table' presents, by lakes, the number of persons 

 engaged, the amount of capital invested, and the quantity and value 

 of the products of the fisheries of the Groat Lakes in 1922. 



Persons engaged, investment, and products of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1922 



'Includes mussel fisheries of the .?t. Joseph, Grand, Kalamazoo, Maple, Muskegon, Pigeon, Thorn 

 apple, and Wolf Rivers. 

 ' Includes St. Clair River. 



