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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



The following table gives, by States, the number of persons engaged, 

 apparatus and capital employed, and products of the fisheries of 

 the Great Lakes in 1922: 



Persons engaged, investment, and products in the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 



1922, by States 



Items 



PERSONS ENGAGED 



On vessels fishing... 



On vessels transporting.. 

 In shore or boat fisheries. 

 Shoresmen 



Total. 



INVESTMENT 



Vessels fishing: 



Steam 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



G asol ine .- 



Tonnage. 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting: 



Steam 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Gasoline- - 



Tonnage. 



Outfit .- 



Sail and row boats.. 



Power boats. 



-Apparatus, vessel fisheries: 



Gill nets 



Apparatus, shore fisheries: 

 Pound nets and trap nets. 



Gill nets... - 



Fyke nets 



Seines (haul) 



Lines 



Fishing machines 



Other apparatus — 



Shore and accessory property- 

 Cash capital 



Total. 



PRODUCTS 



Bowfin 



Burbot . 



Carp, German 



Cattish and bullheads 



Ciscoes: 



Fresh .-- 



Salted 



Eels 



Goldeye and mooneye 



Muskellunge 



Pike 



Pike perch: 



Blue pike 



Saugers 



Wall-eyed or yellow pike. 



Rock bass 



Sheepshead or drum 



Shiner 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers, fresh 



Sunflshes 



Trout, lake, fresh 



W'hite bass... 



Whiteflsh, common, fresh 



Yellow perch 



Other fish... 



Turtles. 



Mussel shells 



Pearls 



Slugs 



Total 5,210,209 



New York ' 



Number 

 96 



Value 



521 

 114 



731 



Pennsylvania 



Ohio; 



Number 



249 



2 



33 



195 



479 



208 



$65,000 



13,000 

 24,500 



6,575 



263 

 135 



4,819 



441 



4,814 



204 



37 



Pounds 



1,558 



15, 991 



200, 177 



111,529 



3, 310. 373 

 3,000 

 55, 323 



19,448 



612, 069 



94,277 



117,217 



5, 974 



25 



13, 450 



- 82,597 



949 



161,851 



13, 687 



47, 979 



1,598 



259, 659 



80, 278 



1,200 



8,518 

 48, 145 



59, 315 



35, 049 



47, 715 



3,362 



2,764 



2,132 



1,175 



272 



370, 414 



431, 157 



1,119,093 



Value 

 $86 



1,594 

 14,013 



8,424 



167,878 



450 



4,931 



2,304 



23,122 



4,711 



27, 709 



308 



1 



10,088 



20, 826 



2,832 



12,717 



636 



5,942 



113 



49, 768 



6,122 



60 



34 

 850 



10 

 120 



15, 212 



65 

 370 



Pounds 



6,438 



41,472 



1,531 



6, 963, 128 



3,208, 

 139, 

 25, 



509 



14, 

 375, 

 160, 



.585 

 257 

 972 

 3.54 



11,043,6.59 



Value 



$229, 000 



57, 874 

 28,000 



7,607 

 12,000 

 "4,148" 



520 

 8,800 



113, 108 



19, 950 

 1,4,50 



439, 699 

 287,000 



1,209,156 



$65 



1,379 



149 



347, 499 



Number 



237 



24 



1,030 



297 



Value 



1,588 



26 

 543 



18 

 265 



17 

 147 



532 

 312 



16, 524 



3,794 



2, 956 



432 



151 



Pounds 



347, 216 

 3, 633, 923 



1, 278, 835 



6, 078, 847 



9,546 



85 



57, 763 



10, 768, 805 

 5, 768, 621 

 1,744,967 



503 

 200 



49 



566 

 093 



2,291,424 



235 



8 

 1, 338, 650 



31 



1. 004, 773 



338, 465 



2,679,211 



1,408 

 974,000 



38, 316, 813 



> Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers. 



> Includes mussel fisheries of the .\uglaize, Maumee, Sandusky, and TifiBn Rivers. 



