270 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1908. 



Table 6.— WASHINGTON— PRODUCTS OF SHORE AND BOAT FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN DISTRICT: 1908. 



i Includes apparatus, with catch, as follows: Dredges, tongs, etc., 1,048,000 pounds, valued at $248,000; traps and hoop nets, 2,179,000 pounds, valued at $51,000; and 

 minor apparatus, 389,000 pounds, valued at $34,000. 



2 19,000 bushels. a 23,000 bushels. ' 135,000 bushels. s 15,000 bushels. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



The commercial fisheries of West Virginia are con- 

 fined to the Ohio River and are all of the shore and 

 boat class. 



The following statement gives a general summary of 

 the fishing industry of the state in 1908: 



Number of persons employed - 8 



Capital: 



Boats $100 



Apparatus of capture 200 



Shore and accessory property 800 



Value of product 2, 000 



In 1908 large reductions appear in the number of 

 persons employed, the capital invested, and the quan- 

 tity and value of fishery products, as compared with 

 1899 and 1894, for which years statistics -are given in 

 the reports of the Bureau of Fisheries. The com- 

 parative figures are as follows : 



The total value of equipment as reported for 1908 

 was $300, and represented eight rowboats, valued at 

 $100, and apparatus of capture valued at $200. The 

 latter consisted of lines, two seines, and 22 fyke and 

 hoop nets. 



The quantity and value of product's, by species, were 

 as follows: 



Total.. 



Catfish 



Carp, German 



Drum, fresh-water 



Suckers 



Sturgeon 



Pike perch (wall-eyed pike) . 

 Buffalo fish 



FISHERY PRODUCTS: 



1908. 



Quantity 

 (pounds). 



33,000 



9,600 

 9,800 

 3,400 

 6,000 

 3,000 

 1,400 



Value. 



$2,000 



0) 



700 

 400 

 300 

 300 

 200 

 100 



i Less than $100. 



WISCONSIN. 



The fishery products of Wisconsin were obtained 

 from the Mississippi River and its tributary waters, 

 and from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The fol- 

 lowing statement gives a summary of the chief statis- 

 tics for the fishing industry of this state in 1908: 



Number of persons employed 2, 011 



Capital: 



Vessels and boats, including outfit $417, 000 



Apparatus of capture 407, 000 



Shore and accessory property and cash 276, 000 



Value of products 1, 067, 000 



Comparison with previous canvasses. — The value of 

 the product in 1908 was larger than that reported in 

 1899, in both the river and the lake districts. The 

 comparative summary following shows the more im- 

 portant statistics relating to the fisheries of the two 

 districts in 1899 and 1908. 



