454 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



IV.— COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES OF THE 



GREAT LAKES. 



Perhaps the most useful purpose which the statistics now available 

 serve is the opportunity afforded for makiujj^ comparisons with 1880 

 aud 1885. The following tables give a detailed contrast, by lakes, of 

 the principal phases of the fishing industry in the three years named, 

 aud are self-exi)lanatory. In view of the attention now being devoted 

 to the fisheries of this region, such comparisons will doubtless furnish 

 suggestive information. 



Comparative table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes in ISSO, JSS5, and 1S90. 



Comparative table showing the vessels, boats, apparatus, and other property employed 

 in the fisheries in the Great Lakes in 1880, 1885, and 1890. 



Lakes and years. 



Steamers. 



No. Value. 



Other vessels 

 and boats. 



No. 



Value. 



Pound nets and 

 trap nets. 



No. 



Value. 



Superior: 



1880.. 



1885.. 



189(1.. 

 Michigan 



1880.. 



188.-.. . 



1890.. 

 Huron : 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 

 St. Clair: 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 

 Erie: 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 

 Ontario: 



1880. . 



1885.. 



1890.. 

 Alllakes 



1880.. 



1885.. 



1890.. 



49 

 164 

 123 



$9, 400 

 68, 100 

 61, 300 



63, 400 

 267, 600 

 194, 668 



7,000 

 41, 300 

 11,660 



3,000 



1, 150 



24, 400 



38, 400 

 178,200 

 302, 283 



3,600 

 4, 800 

 9,180 



124, 800 

 561,160 

 603, 491 



157 

 504 

 320 



806 

 1,320 

 1,052 



108 

 551 

 414 



50 

 213 

 162 



593 

 1,483 

 1,393 



166 

 465 

 374 



1,880 

 4,536 

 3,715 



$16, 840 

 32, 635 

 23, 975 



69, 975 

 lOU, 726 

 71, 663 



13, 905 

 31.646 

 25, 238 



5,000 

 6,307 

 4,375 



45, 480 

 120, 5.''>7 

 217,7.50 



9,500 

 15,648 

 21,982 



160, 700 

 307, 519 

 364, 983 



43 

 230 

 140 



476 

 715 

 844 



189 

 586 

 551 



57 

 34 



758 

 1, 028 

 1,893 



34 

 350 

 288 



1,500 

 2,966 

 3,750 



$14, 950 

 67, 520 

 34, 435 



185, 425 

 253, 840 

 244, 880 



49,425 

 113, 350 

 88, 515 



12, 550 

 9,450 



233, 600 

 259, 785 

 548, 100 



14, 000 

 19,445 

 24,577 



497, 400 

 726, 490 

 949, 957 



