FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Yield op Shore Fisheries of Lake Michigan in 1917, by States, Counties, 

 Apparatus, and Species — Continued. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE. 



The wholesale fishery trade of Lake Michigan in 1917 was carried 

 on by 75 establishments, of which 38 were in Chicago, 7 in Green Bay, 

 and the same number in Milwaukee, the j)rincipal centers of the 

 wholesale trade, and the remaining 22 distributed in Michigan and 

 Wisconsin towns. The number of persons employed was 752, to 

 whom $792,927 were paid in wages; the value of the shore and 

 accessory property utilized was $1,444,826; and the cash capital 

 amounted to $349,800. 



The following table shows the extent of the wholesale fishery trade 

 of Lake Michigan in 1917: 



• Includes one firm at Michigan City, Ind. 

 FISHERIES OF LAKE HURON. 



The total number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake 

 Huron in 1917 was 1,348. Of this number, 149 were on fishing 

 vessels, 29 on transporting vessels, 1 ,023 in the shore or boat fish- 

 eries, and 147 shoresmen in the wholesale establishments and other 

 shore activities. 



