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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



1 Less than 1 per cent. 



With the exception of the number of persons em- 

 ployed, Virginia leads Maryland in every respect. 

 The number of persons employed in the Chesa- 

 peake Bay fisheries is larger than the number 

 reported for any of the other divisions of the Atlantic 

 coast waters. Of the total capital employed, 74 per 

 cent represents the value of vessels and boats, includ- 

 ing outfits, 17 per cent the value of apparatus of cap- 

 ture, and 10 per cent the value of shore and accessory 

 property and cash, the investment in vessels, boats, 

 and outfits being the largest proportionately re- 

 ported for any district or subdivision. The products 



of the Delaware fisheries which were conducted on tribu- 

 taries of Chesapeake Bay consisted principally of shad. 

 Fourteen fishermen, using boats and apparatus of 

 capture valued at $400, took products valued at $2,100. 

 The following table is a summary of the general 

 statistics for the fisheries of the Great Lakes and their 

 tributary waters, classified according to the six prin- 

 cipal bodies of water comprising the division, namely: 

 Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake St. 

 Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, Lake Erie, 

 and Lake Ontario, with which are included the Niagara 

 and St. Lawrence Rivers: 



1 Less than 1 per cent. 



Ranked according to the value of fishery products, 

 Lake Michigan was first, with Lake Erie, Lake Huron, 

 Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, and Lake St. Clair and 

 its adjacent rivers following in the order named, the 

 first two named reporting three-fourths of the total. 

 The order was the same in respect to the amount of 

 capital employed in the fisheries, except that Lake St. 



Clair and its adjacent rivers outranked Lake Ontario; 

 and, as in the case of value of products, three-fourths of 

 the total capital of the division was reported for Lakes 

 Michigan and Erie. A larger number of persons em- 

 ployed was reported from Lake Erie than from Lake 

 Michigan ; otherwise, the lakes follow the same order in 

 respect to this item as in the case of value of products. 



