200 



FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



1 Less than $100. 



The entire catch with pound and trap nets was 

 reported by the shore and boat fisheries, and its 

 value formed 9 per cent of the total value of prod- 

 ucts. Squeteague, the chief species thus taken, had 

 a value exceeding that of all other species; flounders 



and butterfish were also taken in large quantities. 

 The following tabular statement distributes the value 

 of the product taken with pound and trap nets, by 

 species and by districts : 



The gill-net catch amounted to 7,412,000 pounds, 

 with a value of $246,000. Of the 12,283 gill nets 

 reported, 10,084 were used by the Lake Erie fisher- 

 men. The most important species taken by these 

 nets were pike perch, for which a value of $57,000 was 



reported; lake herring, for which a value of $50,000 

 was reported; and squeteague, for which a value of 

 $33,000 was reported. The value of the gill-net 

 catch, by chief species, by class of fisheries, and by 

 districts, is given in the following tabular statement: 



