REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 165 



Table showing the persons, apparatus^ and capital employed in the fisheries of Lake 



Erie in 1899. 



Items. 



New York. 



Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



Ohio. 



Michigan. 



Total. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



Persons employed: 

 Vessel fishermen 



55 



104 



817 



10 

 167 



$34,000 

 '""7,"676 



156 



102 

 206 



25 

 384 



i 



16 



$60,200 



""26,"235 

 1,000 



400 



8,055 

 1,155 



363 



537 



1,268 



50 

 796 



"'""i6 



351 



""'630 



48 



92 



24,035 



988 



257 



555 









574 



753 

 2,401 



85 

 1,247 





Transporters and shores- 

 men 





10 

 110 







Boat fishermen 







Vessels, apparatus, etc. : 

 Steamers fishing 



$187,200 



$281,400 



Tonnage 







Outfit -.- 



36,266 

 63,500 







63,571 



Steamers transporting. . 





2 

 51 



"""63 

 11 



8 



$io",2o6 



""3,"2i6 



3,659 



2,190 



565 



19 

 418 



"'"876 



69 



104 



41,678 



1,298 



426 



617 



74,700 



Tonnage 







Outfit 







15,790 



57, 797 



22, 705 



7,425 



123,923 



259,475 



10,400 



15,130 



902 



1,071,110 



19,406 

 79,466 

 26, 050 



Boats 



Pile-drivers. 



134 



9,955 



49 

 10 



Seines 



4 

 6,279 



400 

 39,168 



8,390 

 229 183 



Gill nets. ... 



11,364 



50 



103 



66,092 



19,900 



3, 710 



Pound nets 



260 

 43 

 62 



33,750 



1,230 



620 



15,107 



313, 125 



Trap nets 



24 



1,035 



16, 375 



Fyke nets 



15,750 



Lmes, etc .- 





2,620 

 227,145 





90 

 275,265 



3,612 



Shore property and cash 

 capital 





1,588,627 









Total investment 





331,393 





456,102 





1,871,622 





70,537 





2,719,654 









Summary of the quantities and values of the species of fishes obtained in the 



fisheries of Lake Erie in 1899. 



Species. 



New York. 



Pennsylvania. 



Ohio. 



Michigan. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. jValue. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Black bass 



Carp 



10,579 



9,505 



136,243 



$822 



190 



4,087 



38,299 

 12, 195 



100, 727 



60.000 



10,742,315 



815,553 



$3,031 



244 



3; 022 



1,800 



134,142 



16,911 



83,714 



3,417,094 



704,029 



$5,933 

 47, 176 

 21,503 



1,154 



194,903 



61,705 



m 



3,846 

 1,839 



133,746 



3,633,697 



1,002,704 



60,000 



33,471,633 



3,315,496 



5,296 



1, 147, 123 



789, 403 



1,568,734 



175,440 



32,024 



9,325,991 



1,596,524 



2,066,314 



1,048 



982 



67,311 



$9,866 

 51,4.56 



Cat-fish 



Crappie ; 



30,451 



1.800 



Herring 



Perch 



Rock bass 



3,321,558 

 257,932 



43,554 

 4,391 



19,389,832 



2,174,564 



5,296 



1,043,818 



50,094 



1,171,783 



36,800 



3,060 



6,371,497 



1,055,951 



1,049,578 



108 



983 



67,211 



253,669 



30,310 



91 



6,792 



4,519 



12,920 



407 



165 



194, 993 



20,046 



76,276 



9 



172 



3,324 



i7,938 

 67, 447 



539 

 1,013 



431,904 



52,635 



91 



Sheepshead .. 



Sturgeon 



Sucker 



Sun-fish 



10,130 



627,433 



93,370 



102 



40,997 

 1,068 



57,993 



99, 570 



120,245 



125,000 



722 



1,609,940 



454,434 



615,821 



190 



580 



7,090 



1,339 



3,750 



61 



48,575 



8,639 



46,690 



13 



35,181 



13, 305 



183,3;}7 



13,640 



177 



786 



2,750 



205 



7,651 

 53,393 



18,077 

 4,362 



Trout-. 



39,242 



840,244 



45,432 



172,456 



200 



1,510 



32,369 



908 



10,907 



14 



1,736 



Pike and pike 



perch 



White bass ... 

 White-fish.... 

 Other fish-... 

 Frogs 



504,310 



40,707 



228,459 



550 



26,359 



1,010 



18,136 



39 



303,296 



30,603 



152,009 



75 



172 



Turtles 















2,324 









_ 











Total ... 



5,554,324 



140,919 



14,853,004 



375,887 



36,624,400 



677,305 



1,361,636 



56,779 



58,393,364 



1,150,890 



For purposes of comparison the following table is given, showing 

 the yield and value of the fisheries of Lake Erie in former years : 



Species. 



1880. 



1885. 



1890. 



1893. 



1897 (fis- 

 cal year). 





Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Lbs. 



All varieties. 

 White-fish 



29,087,300 



3,333,800 



11, 774, 400 



$474,880 



51,456,517 



3,531,855 



19,354,900 



$1,109,096 



64,850,873 

 2,341,451 



38,868,283 



$1,000,905 



42,968,325 

 1,292,410 



$805,979 



(*) 

 689,906 



Herring 







20,931,076! 



19,638,289 













* Information on all species not obtained. 



