THE WHITEFISH PRODUCTION OF THE GREAT LAKES. 
665 
TABLE 8.—ANNUAL CATCH AND PLANT OF WHITEFISH AND Tota, LENGTH OF NETS IN USE IN THE 
WATERS OF GEORGIAN BAy FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1892 TO 1906, INCLUSIVE. 
Years. 
Plant of fry. 
300, 000 
550,000 
600, 000 
Catch, in 
pounds. 
3,635,700 
I, 601,000 
I, 199,300 
642,030 
584,750 
311,995 
340,750 
822,520 
274, 180 
501, 842 
465,590 
467,080 
470,670 
333,620 
379,950 
Total gill and 
pound nets, in 
| Catch, in 
pounds per 
fathoms. | net-fathom 
40, 000 90. 89 
773,500 2.06 
581,250 2.06 
I, 071,000 -59 
620, 650 -90 
528,300 -59 
653,400 -52 
615,071 Tess 
419,450 65 
326,950 1.53 
361,030 1.28 
844, 100 355 
441,650 1.06 
443,550 -75 
486,190 78 
TABLE 9.—ANNUAL CATCH AND PLANT oF WHITEFISH AND Tora, LENGTH OF NETS IN USE IN CANADIAN 
WaTERS OF LAKE ERIE FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1892 TO 1906, INCLUSIVE 
Years. 
Plant of fry.¢ 
» 34, 500,000 
6 58, 000, 000 
37,000, 000 
61, 000, 000 
49,000, 000 
60, 000, 000 
59,000, 000 
60,000, 000 
64,000, 000 
60, 000, 000 
77,000, 000 
62,000, 000 
44,000, 000 
72,000, 000 
55,000, 000 
@ Includes Detroit River. 
Catch, in 
pounds. 
311,950 
256, 240 
153,033 
148,010 
126, 300 
270, 290 
245,305 
431,022 
401, 425 
523,366 
449, 886 
303, 280 
360, 800 
304, 400 
359, 100 
Total gill and 
pound nets, in 
fathoms. 
32,850 
49,540 
73,660 
84, 410 
86,990 
92,360 
90, 480 
107,910 
191,915 
141,460 
133,411 
169, 250 
228,535 
236, 200 
268, 480 
Catch, in 
pounds per 
net-fathom. 
49 
Rey 
08 
75 
44 
-92 
71 
99 
°9 
.69 
+37 
-79 
-57 
-29 
+33 
HHH RWW HSH HHH DUNO 
6 In the absence of exact information for the years 1892 and 1893 the plants of these years are assumed to have been 
the same for Lake Huron, Georgian Bay, and Lake Ontario as in the years immediately following, and the remaining 
plant was assigned to Lake Erie. 
TABLE 10.—ANNUAL CATCH AND PLANT OF WHITEFISH AND ToTaL LENGTH OF NETS IN USE IN CANA- 
DIAN WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO FOR EACH OF THE YEARS 1892 TO 1906, INCLUSIVE, 
Years. 
Plant of fry. 
23, 800, 000 
23,800, 000 
3, 800, 400 
4, 800, 000 
4, 800, 000 
4, 800, 000 
4,900, 000 
5,050, 000 
4, 800, 000 
4,550,000 
3,000, 000 
3,000, 000 
4,000, 000 
4,000,000 
4,000,000 
Total gill and Catch, in 
ens ee pound nets, in | pounds per 
¢ fathoms. net-fathom. 
489, 900 144,775 3-38 
369,570 126,730 2.91 
299,930 158,705 1.88 
126,650 173,645 72 
170,350 255,100 . 66 
292, 460 273,670 1.06 
410,420 233,810 Te75 
259,815 168,155 1.54 
129,126 231,405 Sit 
133,192 156, 480 85 
77,071 153,920 -50 
96,980 186,352 a0 
190,650 221,512 . 86 
472,770 249,820 1.89 
354,000 258,792 evar 
@ In the absence of exact information for the plants in 1892 and 1893 it has been assumed to be the same from each 
hatchery as in the years immediately following, the total plant remaining constant, and is so set down here. 
