FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Statistics op the Fisheries of Lake Michigan in 1917, by States and Coun- 

 ties — Continued. 



YIELD, BY SPECIES— Continued. 



FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



Of the total product, 20,786,387 pounds, valued at $1,493,914, was 

 credited to the vessel fisheries, and 14,674,241 pounds, valued at 

 $776,945, to the shore or boat fisheries. In the vessel fisheries, gill 

 nets and lines were employed and in the shore fisheries pound nets 

 and trap nets, gill nets, fyke nets, seines, lines, and crawfish pots. 

 The catch with these forms of apparatus was as follows: Gill nets, 

 22,346,654 pounds, valued at $1,458,809; pound nets and trap nets, 

 8,735,445 pounds, valued at $491,647; lines, 2,007,204 pounds, 

 valued at $231,563; fyke nets, 1,906,613 pounds, valued at $72,875; 

 seines, 384,217 pounds, valued at $11,538; crawfish pots, 80,495 

 pounds, valued at $4,427. 



