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FISHERY IISTDUSTEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Persons Engaged, Investment, and Products, by Apparatus, in the Fisheries 

 OF THE Niagara River in 1917, by Counties. 



FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY STATES. 



The States bordering on the Great Lakes and interested in the 

 fisheries are: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Of these, Michigan borders on 

 Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, St. Clair, and Erie; Wisconsin, on 

 Lakes Superior and Michigan; and New York on Lakes Erie and 

 Ontario. It is therefore of importance to consider these statistics by 

 States, as well as by lakes. 



In 1917 there were 9,221 persons engaged in the fisheries of the 

 Great Lakes, of whom 3,183 are credited to Michigan, 1,909 to Wis- 

 consin, 1,761 to Ohio, 683 to New York, 608 to Minnesota, 564 to 

 Ilhnois, 446 to Pennsylvania, and 67 to Indiana. In Michigan the 

 investment amounted to $2,937,086; Ohio, $2,462,832; Wisconsin, 

 $1,668,529; Illinois, $1,265,664; Pennsylvania, $919,919; New York, 

 $793,371; Minnesota, $428,443; and Indiana, $79,825. On the basis 

 of the value of the products the States ranked as follows: Michigan, 

 29,737,355 pounds, valued at $2,035,889; Ohio, 26,442,993 pounds, 



