CXL REPORT OP" COMMISSIONFR OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Appnratus and capUal employed in Lake Snpcrior finhcries. 



Items. 



Num- 

 ber. 



Valae. 



Vessels (tonnage, 256.70) 



Boats 



Gill nets 



Ponud nets 



Seines 



Fyke nets 



Dip nets 



Spears 



Lines 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital .' '. . 



Total . 



8 



320 



,074 



140 



19 



9 



10 



54 



*$C1,300 



2a, 975 



63, 470 



34, 435 



955 



415 



370 



265 



1,713 



109, 878 



69, 900 



366, 682 



*Includes outfit. 

 rrodiicta of Lake Su2>ei-'wr fisheries. 



Species. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Herring, fresh 



Pike, fresh and salti'd 



Sturfjoon, fresh 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whitetish. fresh 



"Whitelish, Sillied 



Other fish, fresh and salted 



Total 



6, 115, 992 



220, 968 



The fisberies in tlie Canadian waters of the lake in which Americans 

 are pecuniarily interested are of considerable importance, as shown by 

 the table. They are prosecuted with gill nets, iwund nets, and fyke 

 nets, and the principal fish taken are whitefish and trout. In the year 

 covered by the investigation 1,137,387 pounds of fish, valued at $34,472, 

 were brought into the United States from these fisheries on the northern 

 and eastern shores of the lake. 



As lias been shown, the value of the fisheries of this lake in 1890 was 

 more than in 1880, but less than in 1885. The decrease between the 

 two later years was marked in every important fish and was especially 

 Berious in the case of whitefish and trout. 



