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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Number of persons employed 



Capital 



Vessels and boats, including outfit 



Apparatus of capture 



Snore and accessory property and cash 

 Value of products 



35,685 



84, 715, 000 



3,486,000 



778,000 



452,000 



7,261,000 



Maryland 



and 

 Delaware. 



17, 820 



$2,019,000 



1,601,000 



335,000 



84,000 



3, 189, 000 



Virginia. 



17,416 



82,681,000 



1,879,000 



433,000 



369,000 



4,046,000 



Pennsylva- 

 nia ( Susque- 

 hanna River 

 fisheries). 



449 



$14,000 



4,300 



9,800 



300 



26,000 



PER CENT OF TOTAL. 



Maryland. 



Virginia. 



Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



1 Less than 1 per cent. 



With the exception of the number of persons em- 

 ployed, Virginia leads Maryland in every respect. 

 The number of persons employed in the Chesa- 

 peake Bay fisheries is larger than the number 

 reported for any of the other divisions of the Atlantic 

 coast waters. Of the total capital employed, 74 per 

 cent represents the value of vessels and boats, includ- 

 ing outfits, 17 per cent the value of apparatus of cap- 

 ture, and 10 per cent the value of shore and accessory 

 property and cash, the investment in vessels, boats, 

 and outfits being the largest proportionately re- 

 ported for any district or subdivision. The products 



of the Delaware fisheries which were conducted on tribu- 

 taries of Chesapeake Bay consisted principally of shad. 

 Fourteen fishermen, using boats and apparatus of 

 capture valued at $400, took products valued at $2,100. 

 The following table is a summary of the general 

 statistics for the fisheries of the Great Lakes and their 

 tributary waters, classified according to the six prin- 

 cipal bodies of water comprising the division, namely: 

 Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake St. 

 Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit Rivers, Lake Erie, 

 and Lake Ontario, with which are included the Niagara 

 and St. Lawrence Rivers: 



Number of persons employed. 



Capital 



Vessels and boats, iuclud- 



ing outfit 



Apparatus of capture 



Shore and accessory prop- 

 erty and cash 



Value of products 



Total. 



8,533 

 $4, 814, 000 



1,651,000 

 1,831,000 



1,332,000 

 3,767,000 



Lake 

 Superior. 



786 

 $391,000 



149, 000 

 159,000 



83,000 

 342,000 



Lake 

 Michigan. 



2,706 

 65,000 



692,000 

 753, 000 



519,000 

 1,554,000 



Lake 

 Huron. 



1,382 

 $733,000 



185,000 

 281,000 



267, 000 

 486,000 



Lake St. 

 Clair and 

 St. Clair 



and 

 Detroit 

 Kivers. 



221 

 $46,000 



10, 000 

 8,000 



28,000 

 32,000 



Lake 

 Erie. 



3,142 

 81,644,000 



603,000 

 615,000 



426,000 

 1,280,000 



Lake 

 Ontario, 



including 

 Niagara 

 and St. 



Lawrence 

 Rivers. 



296 

 835,000 



11,000 

 16,000 



7,900 

 74,000 



PER CENT OF TOTAL. 



Lake 

 Supe- 

 rior. 



Lake 

 Michi- 

 gan. 



Lake 

 Huron. 



Lake 

 St. Clair 

 and St. 



Clair 



and 



Detroit 



Rivers. 



(') 



Lake 

 Erie. 



Lake 

 Ontario, 

 including 

 Niagara 

 and St. 

 Lawrence 

 Rivers. 



1 Less than 1 per cent. 



Ranked according to the value of fishery products, 

 Lake Michigan was first, with Lake Erie, Lake Huron, 

 Lake Superior, Lake Ontario, and Lake St. Clair and 

 its adjacent rivers following in the order named, the 

 first two named reporting three-fourths of the total. 

 The order was the same in respect to the amount of 

 capital employed in the fisheries, except that Lake St. 



Clair and its adjacent rivers outranked Lake Ontario; 

 and, as in the case of value of products, three-fourths of 

 the total capital of the division was reported for Lakes 

 Michigan and Erie. A larger number of persons em- 

 ployed was reported from Lake Erie than from Lake 

 Michigan; otherwise, the lakes follow the same order in 

 respect to this item as in the case of value of products. 



