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REPOirr OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



LAKE ONTARIO. 



A preliminary report* on tlie fislieries of this liake has already been 

 published in the bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1890. It 

 was issued to supply a demand lor recent information during- a very 

 important discussion of the question of the condition of the industry 

 and of" the necessity for further protection to the fishes. The fisheries 

 of this lake are less valuable than those of any other member of the 

 system, and the threatened further reduction of their importance, due 

 (1) to fishing abuses, or (2) inadequate fish-cultural operations, or (3) 

 to a combination of these causes, drew an unusual amount of attention 

 to Lake Ontario and furnished the basis for a noteworthy movement 

 for- the preservation and increase of the fish supply of the lake, for a 

 discussion of which reference is made to the report cited. 



In 1890 the fishing industry of the lake had the following extent: 



Persons employed in Lake Ontario fisheries. 



Apparatus and capital emploijed in Lake Ontario fisheries. 



Total I I 123,533 



a Includes outfit. 

 Products of Lake Ontario fisheries. 



The fielieries of Lake Ontario. By H. M. Smith, m. d. 39 pp., 30 plates of fishes. 



