REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 



119 



The first effort to obtain statistical information in regard to the fisheries of the in- 

 terior waters of this State was made in 1895 by the United States Fish Commission, 

 when Mr. John N. Cobb, field agent of the Commission, was sent from Washington to 

 inaugurate the work. A summarized account of the extent of the economical features 

 of certain named waters of the State is herewith given by courtesy of the United 

 States Fish Commission. 



TABLE I 



SUMMARY OF PERSONS EMPLOYED, CAPITAL INVESTED, AND PROD- 

 UCTS TAKEN IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHERIES OF CERTAIN 

 INTERIOR WATERS OF NEW YORK. 



Waters 



Lakes: 



George 



Champlain 



Black 



Saranac Chain 

 Lake of the Woods 



Mill Site 



Oneida 



Onondaga 



Skaneateles 



Cayuga 



Seneca 



Canandaigua 



Chautauqua 



Otsego 



Rivers : 



Oneida 



Seneca 



Black Creek 



Total 



Fishermen 



1894 1895 



2 5 

 117 



2 5 



3 



18 

 40 



21 



J 3 

 21 



J 9 

 10 



49 

 24 



422 



22 

 130 



2 5 

 40 



H 

 1 10 



15 

 13 



21 



19 



10 



44 

 38 



29 I 32 

 2 



543 



Capital 

 Invested 



1894 1895 



$7,567 

 1,023 



538 



120 

 490 

 20 

 489 

 213 

 480 



39 2 

 380 



2 ,547 

 5i9 



900 

 4 2 5 



$16, 



103 



$7,221 



1,023 



538 



605 

 3,7 ID 

 345 

 213 

 480 



4i7 



320 



2,518 



827 



900 



607 



1 



$19,745 



Products 



1894 



1895 



POUNDS VALUE ! POUNDS VALUE 



25,916 



"5> 3° 

 iS,7°° 



6,375 

 22,000 



50,000 

 19,942 

 4,275 

 2 5,793 

 2 5,3 2 ° 

 20,640 

 166,070 

 16,149 



i3,5 2 9 

 64,380 



SP 1 . 1 ^ 



$3,5 2 4 



9,810 



611 



435 

 625 



3,75° 

 2,040 



765 



2 ,347 



3,!5 2 



2 ,437 



19,164 



!,373 



1,623 

 3,4i6 



18,502 



123,101 



17,100 



4,000 



26,1 20 



21 1,863 



1,000 



2,500 



lS ,975 



44,631 



10,810 



202,225 



28,058 



12,941 

 31,680 



1.224 



$55-°7 2 754,73° 



$2,510 



I °,37 I 



659 



600 



706 



8,989 



J 3o 



459 



I -9°3 



3,865 



1,255 



22.193 



2 ,385 



*»553 



2,41s 

 90 



$6o.oS6 



