152 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Table showing, by apparatus and species, the yield of the fisheries of Lake of the 
Woods for the year 1899, 
Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. 
Pound nets: 
Ui BlOe 2s = AP ss eh: Shee ete BEN ATES ee ee 9 ee eee | 6, 013 $113 
Pee ose epee ea cee ele oe eee eee 39,903 | 1,200 
Pike perch (wall te! BS ese peepee eee Lee Staion So ae ee eee 124, 722 6, 286 
SUULCCOM 6 hese csaniehe se sece ce el eee Soe eakace sees ee teen See a. ee een a OF Sm ee noe 
Trout - Beat Mee ea apa ee ta ey ON Le ee i 428 17 
WITS FSH pete e ne aorta ty cemg hoon Lon I keoN ne Seay oo Were | 179,242 6, 722 
ETO Te Le See 52 2 os oe = mach ee en nee oO a nn os a Ee ee | EE Ey 30, 911 
Fyke nets: | cot 
BING RUS piso see sans 3h osce oae ate coset a ees ee eee ee es ee ‘| 78,889 1, 904 
(Pan GnCOtAl ssn a crete et A ke Ee en 626,225 | 32,815 
*Included with sturgeon are 18.941 pounds of caviar, valued at $11,365, and 891 pounds of 
sturgeon sounds, valued at $332. 
Table showing the pound-net cateh in the American waters of Lake of the Woods 
in certain years, 
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Species. 1894. 1897. 1898. 1899. 
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Lbs. Lbs. | Lbs. Lbs. 
She O Beas Sa eee ho ics esas se eset oee cee een eee 80, 620 16, 965 | 28,180 6,018 
ETE Cereal ie en Ye oS aS wR 231,474 48, 275 56, 676 39, 903 
Pike perch (w all-eyed)._.___.....--.---------------- eee 405, 104 |, 187,461 | 92,181 124, 722 
RUM COMm. some eRe MS. eo ews i at, See eee ee ee 1, 059, 267 511. 159 | 830,601 197, 033 
Trout See Sto daee Bebe ota saan eee ee Ie Se oe aes 11, 501 650 440 423 
White-fish .. Facts Sete ae ie a Ce ep ea Al oe ae 411,018 71,907 | 112, 624 179, 242 
ie eae eee ee eae ee ee 2,198,984 | 786,417 | 620,652 | 547,336 
FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 
A statistical canvass of the fisheries of the Great Lakes for 1899— 
the results of which have already been published in condensed form 
as Statistical bulletin No. 17—shows the total yield and value of fishery 
products to be nearly equal to that of 1890, the largest on record. 
In 1899 the fisheries of the Great Lakes yielded 113,728,040 pounds, 
ralued at $2,611,482. 
The total number of persons engaged in the fisheries was 9,670, and 
the capital invested amounted to $6,617,716. The vessels employed 
numbered 208, having a value, with their outfits, of $802,621. The 
number of boats employed was 3,281, worth $277,766. The apparatus 
of capture which represented the greatest value was gill nets, valued 
at 5690,518. Pound nets and trap nets were valued at $660,408. The 
number of gill nets in use was 105,687, and of pound and trap nets 
3,837. 
The most important species among the products of the fisheries with 
respect to value was herring, worth $941,067. The eateh of trout was 
valued at $431,276, and of white-fish at $297,023. The yield of pike 
and pike perch was valued at $325,941. 
The various lakes as compared with each other differ considerably 
in the value of their fisheries. Lake Erie, the fisheries of which are 
