FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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of the products of the lisheries of the Great Lakes in 1903; also a 

 eomparison of their extent in various years from 1880 to 1903: 



Table showing hy hikes the niDnher of jf^rsons emploi/ed in. the fisheries of the Great Lakes 



in 1903. 



o Includes St. Cluir and Detroit rivers. 



& Includes bt. Lawrence and Niagara rivers. 



Table showing bij lakes the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of the Great 



Lakes in 1903. 



Vessels fishing 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Vessels transporting 



Tonnage 



Outfit 



Boats 



Gasoline launches 



Apparatu.s — vessel fisheries; 



Pound nets. . , 



Gill nets 



Lines 



Apparatus — shore fisheries: 



Pound nets and trap nets. 



Gill nets 



Seines 



Fyke nets 



Lines 



Crawfish pots 



Other apparatus 



Shore property 



Cash capital 



Superior. 



No. 



20 



508 



1 

 131 



4, 455 



218 



5, 714 



8 



25 



Total. 



Value. 



B,700 



22, 637 

 7,000 



1, 094 



20, 528 

 21, 150 



63,538 



27, 793 



63, 700 



335 



250 



297 



268 

 15G,-332 

 142, 700 



596, 322 



Michigan. 



No. 



61 

 1,116 



1,298 



975 



20, 875 



44 



2,561 



4,560 



Value. 



$184, 100 



56, 532 

 1,900 



10 



144, 8.54 



925 



167, 760 



1, 155 



198, 035 



101,994 



2,384 



32,395 



2, .348 



1, 100 



745 



1,241,. 500 



1,3-52,4.50 



3,489,1,S7 



Huron. 



129 



n 606 

 22 



Value. 



$24, 000 



10,795 

 21, 760 



2,200 

 45, 173 

 22, 550 



2, 222 



1,685 



3,907 



18 



443 



25, 625 



176,495 

 25-, 901 



608 

 12, .583 



183 



1,211 

 387, 115 

 95, 500 



851, 639 



"Includes 5 steam tugs under 5 net tons, valued at S4,600. 



& Includes St. Clair and Detroit rivers. 



c Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers. 



