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valued at S580; with fishing machines, 27,914 pounds, valued at 

 $2,308; and with lines, 1,396 pounds, valued at $178. The species 

 taken included bullheads, 2,838 pounds, valued at $139; German 

 carp, 2,406 pounds, valued at $132; ciscoes, 9,835 pounds, valued 

 at $804; eels, 834 pounds, valued at $82; pike perch, 12,640 pounds, 

 valued at $1,147; suckers, 6,791 pounds, valued at $468; and yellow 

 perch, 3.077 pounds, valued at $294. 



The following table gives the number of persons employed, invest- 

 ment, and the quantity and value of the products of the fisheries 

 of Niagara River in 1922: 



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



Niagara River in 1922 



Items 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



Fisherman 



INVESTMENT 



Rowhoats _.. 



Seines (haul).- 



Pishing machines 



Lines (set) 



Shore and accessory property. 



Total. 



PRODVCTS 



Seines: 



Bullheads 



Carp, German 



Cisenes 



Eels 



Pike perch (blue pike). 



Niagara 

 County 



Number 

 27 



Pounds 



1,480 



1,603 



300 



73 



3,450 



Value 



$2M 



2f)l 



1,175 



49 



360 



2,099 



Value 



$75 

 87 

 15 

 9 



276 



Items 



PRODUCTS — continued 



Seines— Continued. 



Suckers 



Total 



Fishing machines: 



Bullheads 



Carp, German 



Ciscoes _ 



Eels 



Pike perch (blue pike).. 



Suckers 



Yellow perch 



Total 



Lines: Suckers 



Grand total 



Niagara 

 County 



Pounds 

 2,205 



9,111 



1,358 

 803 

 9,535 

 761 

 9,190 

 3,190 

 3, 077 



38, 421 



Value 

 $118 



580 



64 

 45 

 789 

 73 

 871 

 172 

 294 



2,308 



178 



3,066 



FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY STATES 



The fisheries of the Great Lakes are prosecuted in the following 

 States: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, 

 Wisconsin and Minnesota. Michigan borders on Lakes Superior, 

 Michigan, Huron. St. Clair, and Erie; Wisconsin on Lakes Superior 

 and Michigan: and New York on Lakes Erie and Ontario. It is 

 therefore of importance to consider these statistics by States as 

 well as by lakes. 



In 1922 there were 8,039 persons engaged in the fisheries of the 

 Great Lakes, of whom 731 are credited to New York, 479 to Penn- 

 sylvania, 1,588 to Ohio, 96 to Indiana, 3,046 to Michigan, 476 to 

 Illinois, 1,346 to Wisconsin, and 277 to Minnesota. 



The investment, amounting to $12,046,458, was divided among 

 the States as follows: New York, $1,119,093; Pennsvlvania, $1,209,- 

 156: Ohio, $2,649,646; Indiana, $67,375; Michigan .$3,251,305; 

 Illinois, $1,580,252: Wisconsin, $1,879,684; and Minnesota, $289,947. 



The products, aggregating 108,732,443 pounds, valued at $6,689,- 

 611, were distributed among the States as follows: New York, 

 5,210.209 pounds, valued at $364,635; Pennsylvania, 11,043,659 

 pounds, valued at $567,597; Ohio, 38,316,813 pounds, valued at 

 $2,025,994; Indiana, 1,044,485 pounds, valued at $74,702; Michigan, 

 30,415,369 pounds, valued at $2,217,310; Illinois, 513.640 pounds, 

 valued at $58,519; Wisconsin, 15,601,039 pounds, valued at $1,164,- 

 788; and Minnesota, 6,587,229 pounds, valued at $186,066. Separate 

 statistics, by lakes, are given for States whose fisheries are conducted 

 in more than one lake. 



