FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 1G 
FISHERIES OF LAKE ONTARIO. 
The number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 
1903 was 305, of whom 10 were on vessels fishing and transporting, 
276 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 19 were shoresmen. 
The investment, which amounted to $94,379, included 3 vessels of 34 
net tons, valued at $4,400, with outfits valued at $560; 171 boats valued 
at $6,869, 5 gasoline launches valued at $3,000, fishing apparatus used 
on vessels and boats valued at $31,855, shore and accessory property 
valued at $21,945, and cash capital amounting to $25,750. 
The products of the fisheries of this lakeaggregated 1,075,448 pounds, 
with a value to the fishermen of $47,739. The catch taken by vessels 
was 14,150 pounds, valued at $588, and by boats 1,061,298 pounds, 
valued at $47,151. The vessel catch was obtained by 2 vessels with 
620 gill nets, valued at $2,920. In the shore or boat fisheries gill nets 
took 253,308 pounds, $13,708; pound nets and trap nets, 322,976 
pounds, $13,084; fyke nets, 380,112 pounds, $14,398; seines, 32,760 
pounds, $905; hand lines, 32,200 pounds, $1,974; set lines, 39,442 
pounds, $2,832; and spears, 500 pounds, $250. The spear catch con- 
sisted wholly of frogs. The principal fishes taken were cat-fish and 
bullheads, 349,224 pounds, $12,903; sturgeon, including caviar, 112,448 
pounds, $8,057; herring, fresh and salted, 121,315 pounds, $5,810; eels, 
73,595 pounds, $4,233; pike and pickerel, 31,359 pounds, $2,080; blue 
pike, 60,565 pounds, $2,913; yellow perch, 122,165 pounds, $3,971; 
and white-fish, 25,384 pounds, $2,122. Several other species were 
obtained in smaller quantities. 
Compared with 1899 there has been a slight decrease in the number 
of persons employed, with an increase of $15,836, or 20 per cent, in the 
investment, but the products have decreased 1,235,814 pounds, or over 
53 per cent, in quantity, and $45,654, or nearly 49 per cent, in value. 
The following tables show by counties the extent of the fisheries 
of Lake Ontario in 1903: 
Table showing by counties the persons employed in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 1903. 
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