FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES IN 1885 



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With a view to present in as condensed a form as possible the com 

 parative figures for 1880 and 1885, the following concise tables are pre 

 sented, which show at a glance the changes that occurred between 



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those years. 



Eeference to the table of men employed in the fisheries shows a net 

 iucrease from 5,050 in 1880 to 10,355 in 1885, the increase being marked 

 in Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, while Lakes St, Clair 

 and Ontario show a slight decrease. 



The capital invested in the fisheries in 1885 exceeded by $3,174,106 that 

 of 1880, the augmentation being shared by all the lakes, Particularly 

 worthy of notice is the large increase in the number of steam fishing- 

 vessels employed, especially on Lakes Michigan and Erie- The aggre- 

 gate quantities of all the principal forms of apparatus were greater in 

 1885 than in 1880, although, to cite individual lakes, fewer pound-nets 

 were operated in Lake Ontario, less gill- nets in Lakes Ontario and St. 

 Clair, and fewer haul-seines in Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair than in 

 the earlier years. 



The yield of the fisheries, however, is the most interesting subject for 

 comparison, and is particularly so at this time, since the figures must 

 serve as a basis for deductions in future years as to the practical results 

 of the artificial propagation of fish. 



B. — Table showing in detail the changes in the number of persons, vessels and boats, amount 

 and value of apparatus, and capital invested in the fisheries of the Great Lakes from 

 1880 to 1885. 



Lakes. 



Superior 



Michigan 



Huron 



St. Clair and tributaries 



Erie 



Ontario 



Total 



Persons 

 employed. 



Number. 



1880. 



414 

 1,578 



470 



356 

 1,620 



612 



5,050 



1885. 



914 

 3,378 



892 



272 

 4,298 



600 



10, 355 



Steamers. 



Number. 



1880. 



19 



1885. 



164 



Value. 



1880. 



1885. 



$9, 400 



63, 400 



7,000 



3,000 



38, 400 



3,600 



124, 800 



$68, 100 



267, 600 



41, 300 



1,150 

 178, 200 



4,800 



561, 150 



Vessels and boats. 



Number. 



1880. 



157 

 806 

 108 

 50 

 593 

 166 



1,880 



1885. 



504 

 1,320 



551 



213 

 1,483 



465 



4,536 



Value. 



1880. 



$16. 840 

 69, 975 

 13. 905 



5,000 

 45, 480 



9,500 



160, 700 



1885. 



$32, 635 

 100, 726 



31,646 



6,307 



120, 557 



15, 648 



307, 519 



Lakes. 



Superior 



Michigan 



Huron 



St. Clair and tribu- 

 taries , 



Erie 



Ontario , 



Total. 



Pound-nets. 



Number. Value 



1880. 



43 

 476 

 189 



758 

 34 



1,500 



1885. 



230 

 710 

 586 



57 



928 



14 



2,525 



1880. 



$14, 950 

 185, 425 

 49, 425 



233, 600 

 14, 000 



497, 400 



1885. 



$67, 520 

 253, 540 

 113, 350 



12, 550 



252, 285 



6, 975 



706, 220 



Gill-nets. 



Number. Value. 



1880. 



4,630 



24, 599 



3,360 



180 

 5,775 

 6,000 



44, 544 



1885. 



7,557 



58, 516 



3,444 



23 



22, 644 



4,722 



96, 906 



1880. 



1885. 



$25, 280:$78, 082 



124, 740 326, 902 



20,600 35,333 



1,080 

 22, 500 

 20, 000 



214, 200 



160 

 75, 507 

 23, 952 



539, 936 



Haul-seines 



Numbor. Value 



1880. 



32 

 19 



28 



42 



18 



9 



148 



1885. 



34 

 71 

 69 



304 



1880. 



$2, 010 

 2,040 

 5,600 



6,000 

 2,800 

 1,950 



20, 400 



1885. 



$2 920 

 6,950 



8,825 

 8,320 

 3,177 



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