FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES^ 1923 



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FISHERIES OF LAKE SUPERIOR 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Lake Superior 

 in 1922 was 773, of whom 53 were on fishing vessels, 640 in the shore 

 and boat fisheries, and 80 on transporting vessels, in the wholesale 

 trade and related industries. 



The investment amounted to $697,572. This included 13 steam 

 and gasohne vessels, with a total net tonnage of 179, valued, together 

 with their outfits, at $45,525; 4 gasohne transporting vessels, with a 

 total net tonnage of 35, valued, together with their outfits, at $15,200; 

 586 power and row boats, valued at $87,785; fishing apparatus em- 

 ployed on vessels to a value of $28,055 ; fishing apparatus employed 

 m the shore and boat fisheries to the value of $145,422; shore and 

 accessory property valued at $291,557; and cash capital amounting 

 to $84,028. ^ 



The products of the fisheries of Lake Superior amounted to 

 10,988,020 pounds, valued at $484,273. Among the species of 

 importance were the following: Ciscoes, 7,394,105 pounds, valued 

 at $158,454; lake trout, 2,833,490 pounds, valued at $254,337; 

 common whitefish, 380,450 pounds, valued at $51,523; and suckers' 

 296,130 pounds, valued at $12,134. 



Compared with the other lakes. Lake Superior ranked fourth in 

 persons engaged, investment, and quantity and value of products. 

 Compared with 1917, there was a decrease in the number of persons 

 employed, investment, and quantity and value of products. The 

 number of persons employed and the investment approximate that 

 of 1903, and the quantity and value of products somewhat exceed 

 those of 1903. 



FISHERIES BY STATES AND COUNTIES 



The following tables show, by States and counties, the number of 

 persons employed, investment, and quantity and value of the prod- 

 ucts of the fisheries of Lake Superior in 1922: 



Statistics of the fisheries of Lake Superior in 1922, by States and counties 

 PERSONS ENGAGED 



