FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES^ 1923 



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FISHERIES BY APPARATUS 



The catch of the vessel fisheries amounted to 24,297,307 pounds, 

 valued at $1,280,146, and of the shore and boat fisheries to 30,781,821 

 pounds, valued at $1,664,058. The entire catch of the vessel fisheries 

 was taken by gill nets, and consisted principally of ciscoes, pike 

 perch, and yellow perch. In the shore fisheries the catch by pound 

 nets was most important, amounting to 22,118,403 pounds, followed 

 in order by haul seines with 5,618,210 pounds, gill nets with 1,636,282 

 pounds, fyke nets with 1,349,905 pounds, and other apparatus with 

 68,021 pounds. 



The following tables give the products of the vessel and the shore 

 fisheries of Lake Erie by States, counties, and species in 1922: 



Yield of the gill-net vessel fisheries of Lake Erie in 1922, by States, counties, and 



species 



