60 FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



FISHERIES OF LAKE SUPERIOR. 



The number of persons engaged in the fisheries of Lake Superior in 

 1917 was 1,348, of whom 166 were on fishing vessels, 51 on vessels 

 transporting fishery products, 854 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 

 277 in the wholesale fishery trade and other occupations on shore 

 connected with the fishery industries. 



The investment amounted to $841,006. This included 16 steam 

 and gasoline fishing vessels, valued at $73,300, with a net tonnage of 

 406 tons and outfits valued at $16,630; 11 steam and gasoline trans- 

 porting vessels, valued at $75,500, with a net tonnage of 262 tons and 

 outfits valued at $21,795; 697 power, sail, and row boats, valued at 

 $92,625; fishing apparatus employed on vessels to a value of $32,955; 

 fishing apparatus employed on boats to a value of $144,391; shore 

 and accessory property valued at $341,310 and cash capital amount- 

 ing to $42,500. 



The principal forms of fisliing apparatus were gOl nets, pound nets, 

 and trap nets. The number of gill nets used on vessels was 1,806, 

 valued at $31,995; and on boats 9,311, valued at $112,991; a total 

 in both fisheries of 11,117 nets, representing a value of $144,986. 

 The number of pound nets and trap nets in operation was 204, 

 valued at $26,262, 



The products of the fisheries of Lake Superior amounted to 15,547,- 

 432 pounds , valued at $726,674. Among the species of special im- 

 portance were the following: Ciscoes, 12,258,482 pounds, valued at 

 $460,249, representing 78.85 per cent of total quantity of fish and 

 63.34 per cent of total value of fish taken in the lake; lake trout, 

 2,588,353 pounds, valued at $215,973; suckers, 342,053 pounds, val- 

 ued at $13,744; and common whitefish, 302,210 pounds, valued at 

 $30,943. 



Compared with the other lakes. Lake Superior ranked third in 

 quantity of products and fourth in value of products, number of per- 

 sons engaged, and amount of invested capital. Compared with 1903 

 there was an increase of 430, or 46.84 per cent, in the number of per- 

 sons employed; $244,684, or 41,03 per cent, in the amount of capital 

 invested; and 2,342,419 pounds, or 17.74 per cent, in quantity, and 

 $383,003 or 111.44 per cent, in the value of the products. 



FISHERIES, BY STATES AND COUNTIES. 



The following tables show by States and counties the number of 

 persons employed, investment, and quantity and value of the products 

 of the fisheries in 1917: 



