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Statistics of the fisheries. — In the folio win j>' tables the fisheries of this 

 region are shown, the extent of the industry in each county being 

 exhibited. Included in the statistics are the vessel fisheries prosecuted 

 from Detroit in lakes Huron and Erie. The vessels are owned in 

 Detroit, to which place the catch is sent. The fact that the ^•essels 

 fished in more than one lake has made it desirable to treat them as 

 indicated, the quantity of fish taken in each lake being shown in a foot- 

 note to the general products tables. 



Table xliowiiuj hij counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake St. Clair 

 and St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 1890. 



Table showing by counties the yield of the fisheries of Luke St. Clair and the St. Clair 

 Detroit rivers in 1S90. 



*0f these fish, 273,911 pounds (244,847 trout and 29,064 whitefish) were taken in Lake Huron and 

 373,453 pounds (297,934 herring, 46,276 piko porch, and 29,243 perch) xn Lake Erie, by vessels owned 

 in Detroit, Mkh. 



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