FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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Canadian fisheries of Lalce Erie controlled hy Sandusl-y dealers. — The 

 growing- demand for fishery products, and the failure of the American 

 fisheries to supply all the fish required for the trade of the Sandusky 

 dealers, has, during the past ten years, led to an extension of the opera- 

 tions of the Sandusky fishermen into Canadian waters." Several firms 

 now control important pound-net fisheries on the northern shore of Lake 

 Brie. Over 100 pound nets are there employed, and 3 steamers are 

 engaged in transporting the catch to Sandusky. Herring constitutes 

 more than two-thirds of the weight and over one-half the value of the 

 yield. The following tables relate to these fisheries : 



Persons employed. 



Vessels, hoais, a'pparatus, etc., employed. 



Products in 1890. 



The yield of these fisheries during the ten years ending in 1890 is 

 shown in the following table. It appears that duringlSST, 1888, and 

 1880 the out])ut was larger than in any other years. The figures are 

 from the olijcial customs-house records, and show separately the fish 

 brought in free and those subject to a duty. 



