FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES^ 1923 



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



iSif^— Continued 



Items 



PRODUCTS 



Lake Erie 



Pounds 



354, 004 

 5, 899, 181 

 1,337,519 



13, 438 



85 

 65, 095 



14, 542, 195 

 6, 002, 378 

 1, 813, 423 



2, 362, 343 



Black bass 



Bowfin 



BuffaloSsh. _ 



Burbot - 



Carp, German- 



Catfish and bullheads 



Ciscoes: 



Fresh \ 16,158,239 



Frozen 



Salted 



Smoked 



Eels 



Qoldeye and mooneye 



Muskellunge 



Pike 



Pike perch; 



Blue pike 



Sauger.. 



Wall-eyed or yellow pike.. 



Rock bass 



Sheepshead or drum 



Shiner 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers, fresh 



Suckers, salted 



Sunflshes._ _ 



Trout, lake, fresh 



Trout, lake, salted 



Trout, steelhead 



White bass 



Whiteflsh, common, fresh 



Whitefish, common, salted 



Whiteflsh, common, caviar 



Whitefish, Menominee, fresh.. 

 Whitefish, Menominee, salted. 



Yellow perch 



Other fish 



Crawfish 



Turtles. 



Mussel shells 



Pearls 



Slugs 



Oil 



Total. 



1, 



15,475 



127 



598, 171 



Value 



242, 937 

 96, 883 



804, 601 



Lake Ontario 



Pounds 



1,558 



Value 



15, 641 

 141,117 

 110,319 



194,319 



3,000 



55, 323 



720, 970 

 295, 337 

 269, 092 



19,448 

 47, 540 



56, 952 



106, 310 

 5,974 



4,293 



256 



49, 586 



13, 450 



68, 698 



935 



92,116 



1,897 



1, 022, 609 

 922, 209 



168 



13, 687 

 46, 698 



2, 969, 332 



1,408 

 1, 259, 170 



56, 338. 298 



42, 006 

 173, 402 



54,951 



1,587 

 11,059 

 8,348 



15, 545 



450 



4,931 



Total 



25, 390 

 308 



10, 088 

 17, 130 

 2,796 

 8,532 



636 



5,826 



9,603 



177, 492 



113 



30, 580 



816 



1,464 



2, 977, 064 



33, 515 

 1,200 



1, 025, 799 



2,875 

 60 



Pounds 



2,000 



1,558 



955 



387, 790 



8,119,441 



1, 662, 298 



29,721,228 



930, 151 



5, 306, 365 



45, 915 



55, 323 



13,438 



85 



190, 045 



14, 589, 735 



6, 002, 378 



3, 374, 973 



5,974 



2,413,591 



13, 450 



96, 324 



1,858 



5, 377, 653 



17, 560 



13, 687 



13, 699, 919 



26, 120 



11, 165 



1, 030, 514 



4, 205, 230 



50 



1,289 



148, 019 



23,540 



4, 902, 250 



1,200 



82, 764 



1,408 



6, 245, 975 



2,625 



Value 



$200 



86 



53 



8,273 



330, 874 



117,417 



1, 212, 042 



18, 981 



139, 059 



6,373 



4,931 



140 



9 



17,055 



725, 217 



295, 337 



495, 778 



308 



58, 400 



10, 088 



26,116 



3, 035 



263, 015 



560 



636 



1,645,981 



1,657 



2,233 



42, 251 



697, 931 



35 



1,009 



10, 163 



1,142 



314, 928 



60 



2,887 



113 



218, 148 



8,812 



6,913 



105 



131,801 j 108,732,443 j 6,689,611 



Note. — Ciscoes include lake herring, chub, longjaw, bluefin or blackfin, and tullibee. The mussel 

 fisheries of the rivers tributary to Lake Michigan and Lake Erie have not previously been included in the 

 statistics of the fisheries of the Great Lakes. 



COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS STATISTICS 



An examination of the available statistics for previous j^ears 

 shows that there was a marked increase in all phases of the Great 

 Lakes fisheries during the years 1880 to 1885; the number of per- 

 sons employed doubled, the number of vessels and boats more than 

 doubled, the number of pound nets, gill nets, and seines doubled, 

 the investment more than tripled, and the catch of iish increased 

 45 per cent. 



Subsequent to 1885 we find a general decline in most aspects of 

 the fishery. The number of persons employed has never exceeded 

 the 10,355 reported in 1885, and the number in 1922 (8,039) is the 

 lowest reported in any canvass since 1880. Similarly, the number of 

 vessels and boats reported in 1885 exceeds that of any later can- 

 vass, although not much in excess of the number reported in 1922. 

 The number of pound nets reported has increased witn each canvass 



