FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



TABLE 3. PENNSYLVANIA FISHERY PRODUCTS OF LAKE ERIE DISTRICT: 1908. 



231 



' All the product was caught by gill nets. Includes lines used for taking catfish and bullheads. Less than $100. 



TABLE 4. PENNSYLVANIA FISHERY PRODUCTS OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DISTRICT: 1908.' 



1 All taken in shore and Iwat fisheries. 



1 Includes gill nets used for taking shad (50,000 pounds, valued at $3,000). 



'Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Dip and bow nets, 205,000 pounds, valued at $12,000; fish baskets and traps, 56,000 pounds, valued at $5,100; seines, 

 61,000 pounds, valued at $3,400; spears and gigs, 0,000 pounds, valued at $500; and fyke and hoop nets, 5,300 pounds, valued at $300. 

 < Less than $100. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



The general statistics for the fisheries of Rhode 

 Island, as reported for 1908, are as follows: 



Number of persons employed 1, 493 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $647, 000 



Apparatus of capture 230, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 627, 000 



Value of products 1, 752, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. The following 

 tabular statement gives comparative statistics for 

 those years for which figures are available: 



A comparison of the returns for 1908 with those for 

 1905 shows an increase in the value of equipment and 



