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Statistics op the Fisheries op Lake Erie in 1917, by States and Gounties- 



Continued. 



YIELD. BY SPECIES— Continued. 



FISHERIES, BY APPARATUS. 



The catch of the vessel fisheries amounted to 17,151,247 pounds, 

 valued at $1,057,079, and of the shore or boat fisheries to 21,558,991 

 pounds, valued at $1,270,220. The catch of the vessel fisheries was 

 all taken with gill nets, the principal species being ciscoes to the 

 amount of 15,497,879 pounds, valued at $949,894; pike perch and 

 Sanger, 710,951 pounds, valued at $43,508; common whitefish, 

 388,614 pounds, valued at $45,914; burbot, 288,142 pounds, valued 

 at $2,881; and yellow perch, 174,837 pounds, valued at $11,883. 



The catch with the principal forms of apparatus used in the shore 

 or boat fisheries was as follows: Pound nets and trap nets, 13,319,548 

 pounds, consisting principally of sauger, pike perch, sheepshead or 

 drum, whitefish, ciscoes, and yellow perch, valued at $840,640; 

 seines, 5,505,997 pounds, mainly carp, valued at $251,409; gill nets, 

 1,853,294 pounds, mainly ciscoes, valued at $123,293; fyke nets, 

 857,176 pounds, consisting principally of carp, pike perch, sheepshead, 

 suckers, sauger, and yellow percli, valued at $51,971; and set lines, 

 20,976 pounds, consisting principally of catfish, bullheads, and 

 sturgeon, valued at $2,807. 



