﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  121 
  

  

  respectively: 
  Persons 
  euiiaged, 
  J>3 
  and 
  109; 
  capital 
  invested, 
  $979 
  and 
  

   $4,7945 
  products 
  taken, 
  58,039 
  pounds 
  and 
  L*08,139 
  pounds; 
  value 
  of 
  

   catch, 
  $3,275 
  and 
  $7,100. 
  In 
  1894 
  the 
  principal 
  products 
  taken 
  for 
  

   market 
  in 
  Vermont 
  were 
  bullheads, 
  wall-eyed 
  pike, 
  and 
  frogs; 
  in 
  1895 
  

   the 
  three 
  most 
  ijromiuent 
  species 
  were 
  whitefish, 
  bullheads, 
  and 
  yellow 
  

   perch. 
  In 
  his 
  canvass, 
  Mr. 
  Cobb 
  received 
  valuable 
  advice 
  and 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  from 
  Mr. 
  John 
  W. 
  Titcomb, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  

   hatchery 
  at 
  St. 
  Johnsbury. 
  

  

  New 
  Yorl: 
  — 
  The 
  economic 
  fishing 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  interior 
  lakes 
  and 
  

   rivers 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  were 
  investigated 
  in 
  February, 
  1890. 
  The 
  extent 
  

   of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  ocean, 
  coastal 
  waters, 
  

   coast 
  rivers, 
  and 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  was 
  well 
  known, 
  but 
  no 
  data 
  were 
  avail- 
  

   able 
  showing 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  sections. 
  

   Of 
  more 
  than 
  100 
  lakes 
  and 
  ponds 
  of 
  sufficient 
  size 
  and 
  importance 
  to 
  

   show 
  on 
  good 
  general 
  maps, 
  only 
  a 
  comparatively 
  small 
  number 
  sup- 
  

   port 
  fishing- 
  which 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  a 
  business. 
  The 
  State 
  authori- 
  

   ties 
  have 
  naturally 
  regarded 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  resources 
  

   of 
  these 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  anglers 
  as 
  of 
  vastly 
  more 
  imj)ortance 
  

   than 
  the 
  temporary 
  advantage 
  which 
  might 
  accrue 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  if 
  

   unrestricted 
  fishing 
  were 
  permitted. 
  Consequently 
  the 
  market 
  fishing 
  

   is 
  of 
  very 
  limited 
  extent, 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  any 
  forms 
  of 
  nets 
  is 
  rarely 
  sanc- 
  

   tioned, 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  taken 
  with 
  lines. 
  

  

  The 
  lakes 
  showing 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fishing 
  are 
  George, 
  Champlain, 
  

   Oneida, 
  Onondaga, 
  Cayuga, 
  Seneca, 
  Canandaigua, 
  Otsego, 
  and 
  Chau- 
  

   tauqua, 
  the 
  last-named 
  being 
  considerably 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  others 
  in 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  ascertained 
  to 
  be 
  

   dependent 
  on 
  fishing 
  for 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  livelihood 
  was 
  422 
  in 
  1894 
  and 
  

   543 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  capital 
  invested 
  in 
  apparatus, 
  boats, 
  and 
  other 
  

   property 
  was 
  $10,103 
  iii 
  1894 
  and 
  $19,745 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  year. 
  The 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  products 
  taken 
  was 
  591,119 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $55,072, 
  in 
  

   1894, 
  and 
  754,730 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $00,080, 
  in 
  1895. 
  The 
  most 
  promi- 
  

   nent 
  species 
  and 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  each 
  in 
  1895 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   Black 
  bass, 
  $5,078; 
  bullheads, 
  $8,492; 
  lake 
  trout, 
  $4,027; 
  muskellunge, 
  

   $15,920; 
  smelt, 
  $4,500; 
  frogs, 
  $0,572. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  State 
  was 
  much 
  facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  advice 
  and 
  assist- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  N, 
  Cheney, 
  State 
  fish-culturist. 
  Aid 
  was 
  also 
  rendered 
  

   by 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  board. 
  

  

  West 
  Ylrfjinia. 
  — 
  In 
  1894, 
  about 
  70 
  persons 
  living 
  in 
  7 
  counties 
  of 
  

   West 
  Virginia 
  made 
  a 
  business 
  of 
  taking 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Ohio 
  IJiver 
  for 
  

   market. 
  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  was 
  done 
  with 
  seines 
  and 
  set 
  lines, 
  but 
  

   gill 
  nets 
  and 
  fyke 
  nets 
  were 
  also 
  used. 
  The 
  investment 
  in 
  fishing 
  

   property 
  was 
  $4,075. 
  The 
  most 
  ijrominent 
  fishes 
  taken 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  Ohio 
  River 
  are 
  catfish, 
  fresh-water 
  drum, 
  suckers, 
  and 
  wall-eyed 
  

   pike. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  was 
  102,000 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $8,700, 
  of 
  

   which 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  third 
  was 
  catfish. 
  

  

  Ohio. 
  — 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  this 
  State 
  are 
  rather 
  important 
  and 
  are 
  pecu- 
  

   liar 
  in 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  chietly 
  prosecuted 
  in 
  artificial 
  bodies 
  of 
  water. 
  

  

  