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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Persons engaged, investment, and products (by species) in the fisheries of Lake 

 Ontario, in 1922, by counties — Continued 



FISHERIES BY APPARATUS 



The catch, as previously noted, was all taken in the shore or boat 

 fisheries. Trap nets took 494,871 pounds of fish, valued at $57,16S: 

 gill nets, 263,337 pounds, valued at S33,232; fyke nets, 82,966 pounds, 

 valued at $6,107; seines, 37,351 pounds, valued at S7,441; lines, 

 30,381 pounds, valued at $3,798; scap nets, 2,026 pounds, valued at 

 S170; spears, 18.000 pounds, valued at SI, 140; and eel pots, 254 

 pounds, valued at S38. The principal species taken with trap nets 

 were bullheads, German carp, ciscoes, pike perch, and suckers; 

 with gill nets, ciscoes, pike perch, sturgeon, lake trout, and white- 

 fish; with fyke nets, bullheads, eels, pike, and suckers; with seines, 

 German carp; and with lines, sturgeon, lake trout, and yellow perch. 

 Scap nets took small quantities of bowfin, bullheads, German carp, 

 eels, and suckers; and spears took German carp, eels, and suckers. 

 Eel pots took a small catch of eels. 



