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Statistics of the fisheries of Lake Michigan in 1922, by Stale and counties — Con. 

 YIELD, BY SPECIES— Continued 



FISHERIES BY APPARATUS 



Of the total yield of Lake Michigan in 1922, the Yessel fishery pro- 

 duced 13,294,749 pounds, valued at SI, 395, 396, and the shore and 

 boat fisheries produced 7,846,645 pounds, valued at $537,440. Gill 

 nets and lines were employed, the former catching 11,152,890 pounds 

 of fish, mainly ciscoes, lake trout, whitefish, yellow perch, and pike 

 perch, and the latter catching 2,141,859 pounds of lake trout and 260 

 pounds of pike. In the shore and boat fisheries the pound nets were 

 most important, yielding 3,771,600 pounds, followed by gill nets with 

 a yield of 2,397,435 pounds. 



