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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



FISHERIES OF LAKE ST. CLAIR AND ST. CLAIR RIVER. 



The fisheries of Lake St. Clair and St. Clair River in 1917 gave 

 employment to 64 men. The number of boats in use was 64, valued 

 at $2,540. The apparatus of capture included 6 seines, valued at 

 $1,365, and hand lines to the value of $50; and the shore and acces- 

 sory property was valued at $12,000. The products of the fisheries 

 amounted to 133,330 pounds, valued at $11,852, of which 85,330 

 pounds, valued at $4,652, were carp taken with seines and 48,000 

 pounds, valued at $7,200, pike perch caught with hand lines. Be- 

 cause of legal restrictions, the fisheries of the connecting waters 

 between Lakes Erie and Huron are of much less importance than 

 formerly. 



FISHERIES, BY COUNTIES. 



The following table shows, b}^ counties, the number of persons 

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

 fisheries in 1917: 



FISHERIES OF LAKE ERIE. 



In 1917 Lake Erie ranked first among the Great Lakes in the 

 amount of capital invested and quantity and value of the products 

 and second in the number of persons engaged. The fisheries gave 

 employment to 2,770 persons, of which number 1,761 are credited 

 to Ohio, 446 to Pennsylvania, 305 to New York, and 258 to Michigan, 

 Of the total, 565 men w^ere on fishing and transporting vessels, 1,487 

 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 718 shoresmen m wholesale estab- 

 lishments and other fishery industries on shore. 



The amount of capital invested was $4,332,767, which includes 93 

 fishing vessels of 1,883 net tons, valued at $508,398, with outfits 

 valued at $101,665; 24 transporting vessels, of 304 net tons, valued 

 at $66,100, with outfits valued at $14,655; 1,016 boats, valued at 

 $206,185; fishing apparatus used on vessels and boats to the value 

 of $1,094,713; shore and accessory property valued at $1,884,165; 

 and cash capital utilized in the fishery mdustries amounting to 

 $456,886. The investment in New York was $655,062; in Pennsyl- 

 vania, $919,919; in Ohio, $2,462,822; and in Michigan, $294,964. 

 The apparatus used in the fisheries of Lake Erie included 47,578 gill 



