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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing bij lakes and species the yield of the fisheries, etc. — Coutimied. 



Species. 



Bass 



Carp 



Catfish 



Herring 



Ling or lawyers 



Perch 



Pike and pike perch . . . 



Stiirgeon 



Suckers 



Trout 



Trout, siscowet 



Wliitefish, common 



WhilcliHh, bhietin 



Whitcfish, long,iaw 



Whitelish, menoniinee - 

 Other fish 



Total , 



Erie. 



Pounds. 



312, 188 



635, 583 



770, 993 



20, 931, 076 



32, 127 



2, 594, 933 



12.529,515 



793, 800 



1, 360, 8,57 



203, 132 



1, 292, 410 



1, 505, 711 



42, 968, 325 



Value. 



$11, 864 

 16,481 

 23, 609 



260, 268 



384 



35, 595 



312, 769 



31,472 



14, 855 



9,994 



78, 730 



9,958 



805, 979 



Ontario. 



Pounds. 



59, 223 



69,716 

 52,111 



131,353 

 216, 745 

 125,293 

 47, 651 

 6,204 



45, 380 

 i 12,' 887' 



61, 452 



928, 015 



Value. 



$2, 405 



2,765 

 1.466 



2,641 



8,317 



4,987 



745 



275 



2,787 

 '2,' 977' 



2,145 



31,510 



Total. 



Pounds. 



474, 648 

 659, 347 



1.003,134 



35,740,916 



192, 630 



8,641,311 

 14,943,948 



1, 426, 584 



5, 224, 663 



15, 673, 350 



606, 603 



7, 629, 341 



1,734,948 

 495, 065 

 467, 739 



1, 645, 444 



Value. 



96, 019, 671 



$18, 400 

 16, 980 

 31,525 



536, 238 

 2, 784 



130, 970 



410,163 

 50, 438 

 58, 607 



585, 114 

 18, 675 



321,153 

 46, 452 

 13,250 

 12, 656 

 17, 213 



2, 270, 618 



* No weights shown for turtles and frogs. 

 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE GREAT LAKES FISHERIES. 



The information collected in this canvass makes it possible to show 

 by detailed statistics the extent of the Great Lakes fisheries at four 

 different periods, viz, 1880, 1885, 1890, and 1893. In the following- 

 condensed table the prominent features of the fishing industry of this 

 region are shown by lakes for each of the years named. 



The aggregate statistics show that in 1893 more persons were 

 employed in this branch than in 1880 or 1890, but less than in 1885; 

 the capital invested was greater than in any previous year; the quan- 

 tity of fish taken and the value of the catch were more than in 1880, 

 but less than in 1885 or 1890. 



Comparative table showing the extent of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in ISSO, 1885, 



1890, and 1893. 



