REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLIII 



amounts to only 25,074 pounds. The catch of sturgeon is 101,635 

 pounds, a decrease of 23,658 pounds since 1893. The total number of 

 persons employed was 248, the capital invested being $35,998. The 

 number of persons engaged has remained nearly stationary, there being 

 a decrease of only 7 since 1893, while the decrease in capital invested 

 amounts to $20,133. 



In Lake Ontario no netting is allowed within 1 mile of the shore, 

 except in the waters of Jefferson County and in Mexico Bay, Oswego 

 County. As a result of this law the fishing is practically restricted to 

 gill nets outside of the counties mentioned. 



Table showing by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake Ontario 



in 1897. 



Comparative table showing in pounds the yield of the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 18S0, 



1885, 1890, 189S, and 1897. 



Table showing by counties and species the yield of the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 1S97. 



