FISHERIES, BY STATES. 



Table 3.— PENNSYLVANIA— FISHERY PRODUCTS OP LAKE ERIE DISTRICT: 1908. 



231 



1 All the product was caught by gill nets. 2 Includes lines used for taking catfish and bullheads. 3 Less than $100. 



Table 4.— PENNSYLVANIA— FISHERY PRODUCTS OF SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DISTRICT: 1908. ' 



Total. 



Alewives, fresh 



Black bass 



Carp, German 



Catfish and bullheads. 



Eels 



Pike and pickerel . . 

 Shad 



Suckers, or mullet . 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



3,800 

 1,000 

 6,000 

 7,300 



49,000 



5,800 



312,000 



7,500 



(') 



200 

 400 

 500 



4,700 



1,200 



19,000 



400 



PRODUCT CAUGHT BY— 



Lines. 3 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



1,000 



2,000 



100 



500 



5,800 



50,000 



Value. 



$4. 600 



200 



100 



(') 

 (') 



1,200 

 3,000 



All other appa- 

 ratus. 3 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



333,000 



4,000 

 7,200 



262,000 

 7,500 



Value. 



$22,000 



(') 



300 



500 



4,700 



16,000 

 400 



1 All taken in shore and boat fisheries. 



> Includes gill nets used for taking shad (50,000 pounds, valued at, 33,000). 



s Includes apparatus with catch as follows: Dip and bow nets, 205,000 pounds, valued at $12,000; fish baskets and traps, 56,000 pounds, valued at $5,100; seines, 

 61,000 pounds, valued at '$3,400: spears and gigs, 6,000 pounds, valued at 8500; and fyke and hoop nets, 5,300 pounds, valued at $300. 

 4 Less than $100. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



The general statistics for the fisheries of Rhode 

 Island, as reported for 1908, are as follows: 



Number of persons employed L 493 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $647, 000 



Apparatus of capture 230 > 00 ° 



Shore and accessory property and cash 627, 000 



Value of products x > 752 > 00 ° 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — The following 

 tabular statement gives comparative statistics for 

 those years for which figures are available: 



A comparison of the returns for 1908 with those for 

 1905 shows an increase in the value of equipment and 



