FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



117 



FISHERIES OP ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



The fisheries of the St. Lawrence River gave employment to 29 

 persons. The number of power and rowboats used was 26, vakied 

 at $1,180; the apparatus of capture used was set lines, valued at 

 $620; and the investment amounted to $1,810. The products of the 

 fisheries amounted to 22,169 pounds, valued at $5,324, of which 

 21,959 pounds were sturgeon, valued at $5,091, and 78 pounds stur- 

 geon caviar, valued at $214. 



Fisheries, by Counties. — The following table shows, by counties, 

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

 the fisheries of the St. Lawi'ence in 1917: 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products, by Set Lines, in the Fisheries 

 OF the St. Lawrence River in 1917, by Counties. 



FISHERIES OF NIAGARA RIVER. 



The fisheries of Niagara River are conducted in Erie and Niagara 

 Counties, N. Y., and in 1917 gave employment to 60 persons. The 

 number of power and rowboats used was 46, valued at $1,815; the 

 apparatus of capture included 9 seines, valued at $495; 7 fishing 

 machines, valued at $795; and set lines to the value of $441; and the 

 value of the shore and accessory property was $300. The total in- 

 vestment amounted to $3,846. The yield of the fisheries of Niagara 

 River was 116,603 pounds, valued at $11,420, of which 81,819 pounds, 

 valued at $7,559, were taken with seines; 29,982 pounds, valued at 

 $2,806, with fishing machines; and 4,802 pounds, valued at $1,055, 

 with set lines. The principal species taken were: Ciscoes, 44,528 

 pounds, valued at $2,927; sturgeon, mcluding caviar, 18,669 poimds, 

 valued at $4,861; suckers, 17,285 pounds, valued at $967; carp, 

 15,890 pomids, valued at $822; and pike perch, 12,592 pounds, valued 

 at $1,151. 



Fisheries, by Counties. — The table following shows, by counties, 

 the number of persons employed, investment, and quantity and value 

 of the products of the fisheries of the Niagara River in 1917. 



