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tities are taken the surplus is frequently sold for the manufacture of 
fish fertilizer. German carp sent to New York and other eastern 
cities are shipped round, but if destined for other markets they are 
generally dressed. Most of the catch is made with seines. 
Recent inquiries respecting commercial fishing carried on in Utah 
show that the catch of German carp in Utah Lake and tributaries in 
1900 amounted to 344,685 pounds, or about three times the quantity 
taken from the same waters in 1895. More than half of the catch in 
this lake was made with spears. 
FISHERIES OF LAKE OF THE WOODS. 
A canvass of the fisheries of Lake of the Woods, made for 1899, 
shows a continued decrease of the fisheries in nearly all respects. 
The number of persons engaged was 126, and the amount of capital 
employed was $58,830, a decrease of 47 persons and $49,272 since 1894. 
The total yield of the fisheries was 626,225 pounds, valued at $32,815, 
while in 1894 it was 2,198,984 pounds, valued at $56,747. The fish- 
eries of this lake are prosecuted chiefly for the sturgeon. Since L894 
the catch of this species has decreased from 1,059,267 pounds, worth 
$31,778, to 197,033 pounds, having a value of $16,623. 
The number of pound nets, the principal form of apparatus of ecap- 
ture, has decreased from 148 in 1894 to 58 in 1899. 
Other products of these fisheries have decreased in similar propor- 
tions. The shrinkage in value has not been so great as in quantity 
for the reason that as the supply has diminished prices have advanced. 
The three following tables show the extent of the fisheries of this lake 
for the year 1899, a fourth table presenting a comparison of the yield 
of the various species taken in pound nets for a term of years: 
Table showing the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake of the Woods 
for the year 1899. 
How employed. | No. 
= = : = = | 
Onivessels:transporting...<:-.- 22225-2225 soce-e | Eee a arate Meee aa oe See OE ee 2 
ings HORGmSNOTIOS 245 testes 26h oc ee emia = Sey ee coun eta ee aoe oe ee eactnna ban sa asec c 100 
Onishoremmeish-houses;otG:s-* see2 = 21s Se nore tosis Moone: cee ene on acess cee secee ces cmeeen else ole 14 
BR Fi oa cE ASE ae TLE CE Se 126 
Table showing the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of Lake of the 
Woods for the year 1899, 
Items. | No. | Value. 
4 | $18,000 
Dee ee 
Reeern 2,225 
35 1,480 
eae ee ee Bees Se ee ee ee 12 1,450 
BATS OSanaetas ewe Coe en Se Fae os See te ee ee See ca Mas ae ecee poses 4 2,500 
Apparatus of capture: 
FOUN GET © LS te ates So Site at oh er ae Nees ee woe ee Soatioee Sele seek 58 15, 425 
PERV ORT] US merece ere sete et A. ea eR epee ee eee Som oes eer ae 25 250 
SHOGEUILO DET Lys seers Lee entre ss San a en et eee ek Bee ae oie eee eet gcanc, Baatan Sace| Seneca 17, 500 
RO falters cee aes tee sos ee ot oe ft Jon, estes Sot oere te een ene ee secs eae 58, 830 
