FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Comparative Statistics of the Fisheries op the Great Lakes for Various 

 Years from 1880 to 1917 — Continued. 



PRODUCTS.i 



Lake and year. 



Superior: 



1880... 



1885 .. . 



1890... 



1893 . . . 



1899... 



1903... 



1908... 



1917... 

 Michigan: 



1880. . . 



1885 .. . 



1890... 



1893... 



1899... 



1903... 



1908... 



1917... 

 Huron: 



1880... 



1885... 



1890... 



1893 . . . 



1899... 



1903... 



1908. .. 



1917 . . . 

 St. Clair: = 



1880... 



188.5 . . . 



1890... 



1893... 



1899... 



1903... 



1908... 



1917... 

 Erie: 



1880... 



1885... 



1890... 



1893... 



1899... 



1903... 



1908... 



1917... 

 Ontario:^ 



1880... 



1885 .. . 



1890... 



1893... 



1899... 



1903... 



1908... 



1917... 



All lakes: 

 1880.. 

 1885.. 

 1890.. 

 1893.. 

 1899.. 

 1903.. 

 1908.. 

 1917.. 



Whiteflsh. 



Pounds. 



2,257,000 



4,571,947 



3, 213, 176 



2, 732, 270 



693, 191 



794, 022 



910, 100 



302, 210 



12, 030, 400 

 8, 682, 986 

 5, 455, 079 

 2,330,060 

 1,510,364 

 1,972,594 

 2, 490, 900 

 3, 047, 393 



2,700,778 



1, 425, 380 



1, 004, 094 



1, 178, 271 



592, 308 



092, 863 



719, 000 



996, 851 



77, 922 

 41, 125 

 238, 764 

 50, 950 

 69, 902 

 25, 591 



Trout. 



Pounds. 

 1, 464, 750 

 3, 488, 177 

 2, 613, 378 

 4,342,122 

 3, 118, 169 

 4,954,830 

 2, 752, 200 

 2, 588, 353 



2, 659, 450 



6. 431. 298 

 8,364,167 

 8, 216, 920 

 5, 488, 947 



9. 049. 299 

 7, 892, 000 

 8,650,715 



2,084,500 

 2,539,780 

 1, 505, 619 

 3, 439, 575 

 1, 887, 101 

 2, 108, 632 

 1, 358, 800 

 2,079,455 



3, 333, 800 

 3, 531, 855 

 2,341,451 

 1, 292, 410 

 2,066,314 

 302, 805 

 1,503,000 

 1, 755, 947 



1,064,000 

 90,711 



148,771 

 45,380 



161, 935 

 25, 384 

 56, 000 

 88,347 



21, 463, 900 

 18, 344, 004 

 12,401,335 

 7, 029, 341 

 5, 094, 014 

 3, 813, 259 

 5, 679, 000 

 6, 190, 748 



244, 847 

 72, 000 

 69, 915 



26,200 



106,900 



121, 420 



203, 132 



32, 024 



15,127 



6,900 



1,922 



569, 700 

 20,510 

 41,010 



6, 204 

 15,432 



4,050 

 14, 000 

 23, 694 



6, 804, 600 

 12,586,665 

 12, 890, 441 

 16, 279, 953 

 10,611,588 

 16, 131, 938 

 12, 023, 900 

 13,344,139 



Ciscoes. 



Pounds. 



34,000 



324, 680 



199, 121 



660, 272 



1, 125, 478 



4,742,805 



5,587,600 



12, 258, 482 



3,050,400 

 3,312,493 

 6, 082, 082 

 11,580,895 

 21,573,716 

 13, 803, 617 

 21, 842, 000 

 18, 259, 354 



246, 800 

 1,265,650 

 2,514,551 

 2, 758, 628 

 3, 699, 807 

 4, 640, 967 

 4, 791, 000 

 5, 381, 365 



2.50, 700 



1, 208, 150 



490,334 



140, 112 



11,774,400 

 19, 354, 900 



38, 868, 283 

 20, 931, 076 

 33, 427, 797 

 8, 788, 625 

 10, 599, 100 

 17, 160, 852 



611,217 

 403,585 

 598, 978 

 164, 998 



86, 778 

 121,315 



35,000 

 469, 272 



15,967,517 

 25, 869, 458 

 48, 753, 349 

 36, 235, 981 

 59, 913, 576 

 32,157,319 

 42, 854, 700 

 53,529,325 



Sturgeon. 



Pounds. 



182, 700 

 47, 482 

 62, 052 

 4,415 

 13, 137 

 67, 600 



3,839,600 



1, 406, 678 



946, 897 



311,780 



108, 279 



56,420 



70, 500 



10, 805 



204, 000 



215, 500 



365, 718 



79, 553 



30, 497 



34, 343 



9,900 



4,886 



998,500 



227, 780 



309, 003 



54, 106 



7,600 



8,800 



13, 000 



1,970,000 



4, 727, 950 



2, 078, 907 



793, 800 



789, 402 



300, 103 



63, 900 



28, 384 



545,283 

 386, 974 

 541, 752 

 125, 293 

 189, 155 

 226, 095 

 37,000 

 51,141 



All other. 



Pounds. 



60, 875 



258, 410 



42,835 



300,211 



488, 401 



2, 700, 219 



878, 000 



398, 387 



1,562,025 

 3, 684, 693 

 5, 586, 041 

 8,308,100 

 5, 818, 690 

 8, 637, 568 

 7, 521, 900 

 5, 492, 361 



1,969,195 

 6, 010, 860 

 4, 066, 399 

 4,608,311 

 6, 208, 614 

 6, 978, 404 

 6, 053, 300 

 4,900,650 



523, 805 

 708, 740 

 1,711,623 

 1, 497, 143 

 431, 650 

 487, 550 

 724, 700 

 133, 330 



11,982,900 

 23, 734, 912 

 21,440,812 

 19, 747, 907 

 22, 078, 327 

 13, 781, 896 

 29, 733, 600 

 19, 763, 133 



849, 800 



1, 496, 686 



2,115,937 



586, 140 



1,953,032 



867, 756 



679, 800 



421, 934 



7,557,383 



7, 147, 642 



4, 289, 759 



1,426,584 



1, 129, 348 



638, 898 



261,900 



95,216 



16,948,600 

 35, 894, 307 

 35, 563, 647 

 35, 047, 812 

 36,978,714 

 33, 453, 393 

 45,591,300 

 31,109,795 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 3, 816, 625 

 8, 825, 980 

 6, 115, 992 

 8,096,927 

 5, 429, 654 

 13, 205, 013 

 10, 195, 500 

 15, 547, 432 



23,141,875 

 23, 518, 148 

 26, 434, 266 

 30,747,755 

 34, 499, 996 

 33, 579, 498 

 39, 817, 300 

 35, 460, 628 



7, 205, 273 

 11,457,170 

 10,056,381 

 12, 064, 338 

 12, 418, 327 

 14, 455, 209 

 12, 932, 000 

 13, 303, 207 



1, 850, 927 



2, 18.5, 795 



2,994,571 



1,814,311 



579, 067 



521,941 



737, 700 



133, 330 



29,087,300 

 51,456,517 

 64, 850, 873 

 42,968,325 

 58,393,864 

 23, 188, 556 

 41,906,500 

 38,710,238 



3, 640, 000 

 2,398,466 

 3, 446, 448 



928, 015 

 2, 406, 332 

 1, 244, 600 



821, 800 

 1,054,388 



68, 742, 000 



99, 842, 076 

 113,898,531 



96,619,671 

 113,727,240 



86, 194, 817 

 106, 410, 800 

 104, 269, 223 



Value. 



$118, 370 

 291, 523 

 220, 968 

 252, 107 

 150, 862 

 343, 671 

 342,000 

 726, 674 



668,400 



878, 788 



830,465 



828, 611 



876, 743 



1, 090, 550 



1,554,000 



2, 270, 859 



195, 277 

 276, 397 

 221, 067 

 306, 381 

 308, 078 

 450, 318 

 486, 000 

 857, 478 



36, 273 

 40, 193 

 73, 577 

 46,030 

 23, 864 

 21, 594 

 32,000 

 11,852 



474, 880 

 1, 109, 096 

 1, 000, 905 



805, 979 

 1, 150, 895 



780, 015 

 1,280,0(K) 

 2, 327, 299 



159, 700 

 95, 869 



124, 786 

 31,510 



100, 997 

 59, 353 

 74,000 



100, 857 



1, 652, 900 

 2, 691, 866 

 2,471,768 

 2, 270, 618 

 2,611,439 

 2, 745, 501 

 3, 768, 000 

 6, 295, 019 



1 In this table caviar and other secondary {jroducts are omitted except in 1893, 1899, and 1903. In 1880, 

 1885, and 1890 bluefln, longjaw, and menomincc in Lake Michigan and menominee in Lake Huron are 

 included with wliitefish. In 1893 and 1899 bluefin in Lake Superior, bluefin and menomLnee in Lake 

 Michigan, and menominee in Lake Huron are included with "all other," and longjaw in Lake Michigan 

 with ciscoes. In 1903, bluefin, menominee, longjaw, and steelhead trout are included with "all other." 

 In 1908 and 1917 ciscoes (herring) include longjaw, bluefln or blackfln, and tullibce. 



The statistics for 1908 in these tables are from data pubUshed by the Bureau of the Census. 



2 Includes St. Clair and Detroit Rivers. There was no fishing in Detroit River in 1917. 

 ^Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara Rivers. 



