90 



FISHERY INDITSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The total investment in the fisheries amounted to $1,188,705, 

 which included 26 steam and gasoline fishing vessels of 379 net tons, 

 valued at $76,500, and their outfits valued at $27,990; 21 trans- 

 porting vessels of 193 net tons, valued at $40,500, and outfits valued 

 at $5,250; 570 boats valued at $111,980; fishing apparatus used in 

 the vessel fisheries to the value of $73,419 and in the shore or boat 

 fisheries to the value of $264,874; shore and accessory property with 

 a value of $432,092; and cash capital amountmg to $156,100. Gill 

 nets and lines were employed in both vessel and shore fisheries. Tlie 

 number of gill nets used in the vessel fisheries was 6,613, representing 

 a value of $69,575, and in the boat fisheries 3,997, valued at $33,260, 

 a total of 10,610 nets with a value of $102,835. The use of pound 

 nets, trap nets, fyke nets, seines, and spears was confined to the 

 shore fisheries. The number of pound nets and trap nets operated 

 was 1,731, valued at $207,904. 



The products of the fisheries of Lake Huron in 1917 aggregated 

 13,363,207 pounds, valued at $857,478. The more important species 

 were ciscoes, 5,381,365 pounds, valued at $215,782; lake trout, 

 2,079,455 pounds, valued at $214,574; suckers, 1,776,767 pounds, 

 valued at $72,933; carp, 1,145,250 poimds, valued at $43,474; com- 

 pion whitefish, 998,226 pounds, valued at $124,637; pike perch, 

 994,672 pounds, valued at $119,234; and yellow perch, 844,019 

 pounds, valued at $56,464. 



In comparison with the other lakes in 1917 Lake Huron ranked 

 '^ thud in the number of persons engaged, investment, and value of 

 the products and fourth in the quantity of products taken. Com- 

 pared with 1903 there has been a decrease of 356, or 20.89 per cent, 

 in the number of persons engaged; an incease of $337,066, or 39.57 

 per cent, in the investment and $407,160, or 90.42 per cent, in the 

 value of the products; and a decrease of 1,092,002 pounds, or 7.55 

 per cent, in the quantity of the products. 



FISHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The number of persons engaged, investment, and quantity and 

 value of the products of the fisheries in 1917, by counties, are shown 

 in the following tables: 



Statistics op the Fisheries of Lake Huron in 1917, by Counties, 

 persons engaged. 



County. 



On 

 vessels 

 fishing. 



On 

 vessels 

 trans- 

 porting. 



In shore 

 or boat 

 fisheries. 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



Alcona. , 

 Alpena. 

 Arenac. 



Cheboygan.. 

 Chippewa — 



Huron 



Iosco 



Mackinac 



Presque Isle. 



St. Clair 



Sanilac 



Tuscola 



Total. 



149 



29 



20 



m 



91 

 220 

 73 

 49 

 246 

 67 

 89 

 20 

 18 

 42 

 22 



1,023 



20 

 135 

 91 



268 

 112 

 64 

 338 

 87 

 98 

 49 

 22 

 42 

 22 



