328 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



valued at $26,500, including $13,000 invested in Canadian property 

 and $3,500 in cash capital. Twenty men in the capacity of shoresmen 

 and preparators were employed by the dealers. 



In 1884 the fish trade of Gape Vincent amounted to 575 tons, of which 

 175 tons were frozen before shipment. The following year only 470 

 tons of fish were handled, of which 18 tons were frozen. In the former 

 year about two-thirds of the fish were whitefish and trout, a somewhat 

 higher percentage than in 1885. Canadian fisheries operated by the 

 dealers furnished more than half of the supply. A detailed statement 

 of the fish trade of Cape Vincent in 1885 is given in the following 

 table : 



Name of species. 



Fresh fish 

 purchased 



from 

 fishermen. 



Average 



price 



paid per 



pound. 



Fresh fish 

 salted he- 

 fore 

 shipping. 



Fresh fish 

 frozen be- 

 fore 

 sbipping. 



Whitefish 



Pounds. 



310, 000 



170, 000 



60, 000 



15, 000 



180, 000 



80, 000 



35, 000 



20, 000 



Cents. 



3 

 SU 



4 



If 



Half bbls. 



Pounds. 

 34, 000 



Trout 





1,800 



Sturgeon 



100 





Herring 





Bull-beads 





Pike and pickerel 





Eels 







Other fish 













Total 



870, 000 





100 



35, 800 









Statistics of the fisheries. — Forty-four professional fishermen, 9 semi- 

 professional fishermen, and 2 shoresmen and preparators were employed 

 in this region in 1885. The fishing property comprised 20 gill-net boats, 

 1 collecting boat, and 16 other boats; 503 sturgeon gill-nets, 85,140 feet 

 in length; 180 whitefish and trout gill-nets, 17,325 feet in length; 1 

 pound-net, 138 trap-nets, and 53 fyke-nets; 1 seine, 330 feet in length; 

 and wharves, buildings, etc. The capital invested in boats was $2,330; 

 in gill-nets, $2,975; in pound-net, trap-nets, and fyke-nets, $5,620; in 

 miscellaneous apparatus, shore property, and working capital, $27,490, 

 the total value of the fishing outfit and accessories being $38,325. 



The fish taken included 130,900 pounds of sturgeon, 104,100 pounds 

 of pike, 73,000 pounds of bull heads, 27,100 pounds of bass, 20,600 

 pounds of whitefish, 16,400 pounds of eels, and 12,300 pounds of trout, 

 400 pounds of which were salted ; the total value of the entire catch 

 beiug $16,850. 



