FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. (38 
Table showing by counties the persons, apparatus, etc., employed in the fisheries of the 
Niagara River in 1903. 
Niagara. Erie. Total. 
Item. | 
No. | Value. No. Value.| No. | Value. 
MISHOTMAEM!. 3: 22's a,c heres seein Cae etneee esse et Meeeee bec eeccee a Ol Scare Bl epeacnacc a AR) eee once 
TES OBES ns et etora a0. clarcre: sic iceeetamreln oes ee PRE OE at eae e cle ieieieies Binwe al Dic ae sell Weise cwier 1 $25 it $25 
SOMMSS ted act ies aes cia Sata weahs aoe ctle BRA embeds ae esr eke dense veto vac bese 2 il 1 25 
MIishin pe MACHIN 6S sas emesis cos coe esha. cine Sab aie ae owes Ere 6 POOON |e ele eociee 6 600 
SpeaIsaecsre. = «5 vi. neeateeese=Seinsabes son cane beste cece wenr 8 1 Re Sece eb OeAro 8 10 
BHONESPLO DOLLY. << ..:cceatieinisee e oe aalo pi cece jae ace tare nice mic RERESe LOD) ere Secreta | Stevo, stercrsra Paresioers 150 
MRO GE See vise ond ei eel ae es eRe nis Seer ORAEK'= elec welesmwalomsoete 760teseer rs OO} Pere aie 810 
Table showing by counties, apparatus, and species the yield of the fisheries of the Niagara - 
River in 1903. 
Niagara. Erie. | Total. 
Apparatus and species. ——————S 
Lbs. | Value. Lbs. | Value.| Lbs. | Value, 
Fishing machines: 
Pikemerch (bine piceyic. oc 2. ssaakeceu ceases 5, 500 EN te a aarstamelsitiers’e erie 5, 500 $440 
SUMUIP COME. Jaana senses sea ws amceemectacceeens 500 0) ee eee ASeeeeees 500 60 
AMRIT GSASS cc <n asete er .chc1aqeemt buna ncaa 2, 000 DOG ee aces caleeten ace 2, 000 40 
RGU OWaPETCH 33 -leseieisisisca, tose ce cncee laces 10, 000 UU pers cay scree asetaccn 10, 000 300 
TIE? lic SOROS ace AL a Pet ee ce eee eel ein 840 
Seines: 
GErManiChN Paces: ccwcuccisn smcle snewete oec.cnel[eciee cece ss imamate 12, 000 240 12, 000 240 
[S011 'e(55 Gs Peer ericta apne nen en ein ern a rege ete or QE nO! [es Renee ters | INP jo 8, 000 160 8, 000 160 
(Rote: sc ashe sae. shcso scene as Tee INR So coe alee cee 20, 000 400 29, 000 400 
Spears: | 
RS CLT PO UGL eo win sp hodaeret te hes cis olaewrels,iae'sii eke sisi 1, 000 GOH isco ss ccc naoecece 1, 000 60 
PUREE COM CEPR scone Sete ee cei dace oe 150 OIE cael et e,0.2 |'= 2one<teya | 150 7i3) 
SRO GE aets s cerercnctainc nc Sei tatoe ae Doe aoe ee 1,150 TODA = lak j3c.ecal |----22-- 1,150 135 
ESTEE bra peg RL RR oe 19,150| 975] 20,000; 400| 39,150| 1,375 
THE FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY STATES. 
The fisheries of the Great Lakes are prosecuted in the following 
states: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Michigan borders on five lakes, and New 
York and Wisconsin each on two lakes. 
The states in which the fisheries were most important in 1903 with 
regard to the number of persons employed were Michigan, 3,790; 
Wisconsin, 1,636; New York, 1,405, and Ohio, 1,101. The number 
was considerably smaller in each of the other states. The states 
having the largest investment were Illinois, $2,208,025; Michigan, 
$2,037,580; Ohio, $1,205,002, and Wisconsin, $846,369. New York 
had an investment of $571,598; Pennsylvania, $495,959; Minnesota, 
$96,406, and Indiana, $13,483. The large investment in Illinois is due 
chiefly to the extensive wholesale fishery trade centering at Chicago. 
The states in which the yield was greatest were Michigan, 35,608,557 
pounds, valued at $1,223,792; Wisconsin, 24,191,599 pounds, valued 
