650 



REPORT OF THE COJVOnSSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Comparative tahlc shoivhuj the apparatus and eapUal employed in the fisheries of the Great 

 Lakes in 1880, 1885, 1890, 1893, 1899, and 75:75— Continued. 



Lake and 

 year. 



Vessels and 

 boats. 



No. Value. 



Huron: 



1S80.... 



1885. . . . 



IS'JO.... 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903.... 

 St. Clair: 



1880.... 



1885.... 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903.... 

 Erie: 



1880.... 



1885.... 



1890. . . . 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903.... 

 Ontario: 



1880 



1885.... 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903. . . . 



All lakes: 

 1880.... 



1885 



1890.... 

 1893.... 

 1899.... 

 1903-. - . . 



Ill 



561 

 417 

 5li0 

 639 

 013 



52 

 215 

 166 

 211 



188 

 loj 



602 



1, 53ii 



1, 449 



1,140 



9S0 



608 



167| 

 457 j 

 37Gi 



1771 

 289 1 

 234 



1, 929 

 4,700 

 3,838 

 4,050 

 3,489 

 3,376 



$20, 905 

 72, 946 

 36, 898 

 87, 645 

 87,585 



126, 418 



8,000 

 7,457 

 2S, 775 

 13,728 

 3,770 

 3,150 



298, 757 

 520, 033 

 424, 22 

 435, 566 

 490, 236 



13, 100 



20, 448 

 31,162 

 9,619 

 9,482 

 15, 457 



285, 500 

 868, 669 

 968, 474 



1,032,241 

 887, 416 



1, 162, 76 



Pound nets 

 and trap nets. 



No. Value. 



189 $49,425 



586! 

 551 i 

 7311 

 996; 

 1,685' 



113,350 



SS, 515 

 108,508 

 111,839 

 176, 495 



•753 

 1,028 

 1,893 

 1, 783 

 1, 724 

 1,469 



350 

 288 

 77 

 145 

 176 



1, 500 



2, 966 

 3, 7.50 



3, 743 

 3, 8;^7 

 4,528 



12, 550 

 9, 450 

 7,400 

 1,050 



233, 600 

 259, 785 

 548, 100 

 439, 060 

 329, 500 

 172, 805 



14, 000 



19, 445 



24, 677 



2,310 



6,850 



9,945 



497, 400 

 726, 490 

 949, 957 

 802, 078 

 660, 408 

 585, 998 



Gill nets. 



No. 



3,360 



3, 444 

 2, 206 

 4,923 

 5,676 

 6,129 



180 



23 



814 



380 



60 



5,775 

 22, 644 

 49, 320 

 35, 369 

 41,678 

 35, 150 



6,000 

 4,722 

 2,345 

 1,185 

 1,187 

 1,796 



44, 544 

 96, 906 

 101,555 

 104, 988 

 105, 687 

 101, 889 



g_ j Other I Shore 

 appara-i property 



tus, ; and cash 



Value, i No. Value, value. I capital. 



$20, 600 

 35, 333 

 21, 666 

 53, 071 

 54, 384 

 51,526 



1,080 



160 



9,418 



4, 260 



600 



$5, 600 



22, 600 

 75, 507 

 169, 513 

 164, 683 

 229, 182 

 180, 581 



20, 000 

 23, 952 

 18, 110 

 8,794 

 18, 674 

 13, 862 



214, 200 

 539, 936 

 498,096 

 670, 57 

 690, 518 

 042, 961 



18 

 71 

 44 



47 

 104 

 110 



9 

 09 

 27 



7 

 24 



8 



148 

 304 

 154 

 117 

 162 

 194 



600 

 75 

 673 



608 



6,000 

 8,825 

 6,240 

 3,025 

 1,255 

 890 



2,800 

 8,320 

 5, 305 



4,440 

 8,390 

 8,040 



1,950 

 3,177 

 656 

 175 

 420 

 205 



20, 400 

 30, 192 

 17, 236 

 10, 735 

 11,298 

 12, 462 



$3, 500 



23, 100 



7,155 



3,807 



8,188 



13, 977 



1,500 

 3,819 

 5, 680 

 2, 346j 

 916 

 961 



8,645 

 72, 205 

 70, 601 

 23, 339 

 19, 362 

 18, 350 



12, 627 



10, 361 



2,240 



7,194 



9,303 



15, 300 

 126, 363 

 109, 920 



61,160 



66, 002 

 81,149 



$3, 700 

 140, 620 

 254, 025 

 236, 285 

 203, 989 

 482, 615 



24, 000 

 218, 270 

 150,682 

 206, 672 



46, 945 

 234,884 



163, 675 

 847, 564 

 1, 502, 750 

 1,423,017 

 1, 614, 677 

 1,326,385 



5, 000 

 56, 100, 

 38, 667 

 32, 250 

 38, 640 

 62, 220 



Total in- 

 vest- 

 ment. 



313, 175 

 2, 228, 431 

 2, 819, 061 



$103, 730 

 385, 349 

 408, 858 

 503,700 

 474, 953 

 851, 639 



40, 580 

 251,081 

 210, 145 

 240, 076 



54,535 

 239, 885 



515, 100 

 1,562,138 

 2. 816, 302 

 2, 606, 842 

 2, 720, 564 

 2,196,397 



.54, 050 

 135, 749 

 123, 533 

 56, 131 

 80, :350 

 100, 992 



1,345,975 

 4, 520, 081 

 5, 362, 774 



3,199,9551 5,899,270 

 4,159,103 6,617,716 

 4,989,086! 7,474,422 



Table showing the products of the fisheries of the Great Lakes In ISSO, 1SS5, 1890, 1893, 



1899, and 1903. 



Lake and 



year. 



Superior: 



1880.... 



1885 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899 



19D3.... 

 Michigan 



1880.... 



1885.... 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903.... 

 Huron: 



18S0.... 



1SS5.... 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899. . . . 



1903.... 

 St. Clair: 



18S0.... 



1885 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899.... 



1903.... 

 Erie: 



1880.... 



1885.... 



1890.... 



1893.... 



1899 



1903.... 



AVhite-fish. 



Poiinds. 

 2, 257, 000 

 4, 571, 947 

 3,213,176 

 2, 732, 270 

 693, 191 

 794, 022 



12, 030, 400 

 8. 682, 986 

 5, 455, 079 

 2, 330, 060 

 1,510,364 

 1,972,594 



2, 700, 778 

 1,42.5,380 

 1,004,094 

 1,178,271 

 592, 308 

 692, 863 



77, 922 

 41, 125 

 238, 7()4 

 50, 950 

 69, 902 

 25, 591 



3, 333, 800 



3,531,855 

 2,341,451 

 1,292,410 

 2,0!;6,:M4 

 302, 805 



Trout. 



Founds. 

 1,464,750 

 3,488,177 

 2,613,378 

 4, 342, 122 

 3, 118, 169 

 4, 954, 830 



2,6.59,450 

 6,431,298 

 8, 364, 167 

 8, 216, 920 

 6, 488, 947 

 9, 049, 299 



2, 084, 500 

 2, 539, 780 

 1,505,619 

 3, 439, 675 

 1,887,101 

 2,108,632 



244, 847 

 72, 000 

 69, 915 



26, 200 

 106, 900 

 121,420 

 203, 132 

 32, 024 

 15, 127 



Herring. 



Pounds. 



34, 000 



324, 680 



199, 121 



660, 272 



1,125,478 



4, 742, 805 



3, 050, 400 

 3, 312, 493 

 6, 082, 082 

 11,580,895 

 21,573,716 

 13, 863, 617 



246, 800 

 1,265.650 

 2, 514, 551 

 2, 7.58, 628 

 3, 699, 807 

 4, 640, 967 



250, 700 



1,208,1.50 



490. 334 



140, 112 



11,774,400 

 19, 354, 900 

 38, 868, 283 

 20,931,076 

 33, 427, 797 

 8, 788, 625 



Sturgeon. 



Pounds. 



182, 760 



47, 482 



62, 052 



4,416 



13, 137 



3, 839, 600 



1,406,678 



946, 897 



311,780 



108,279 



66, 420 



204, 000 



215, 500 



366, 718 



79, 553 



30, 497 



34, 343 



998, 500 



227, 780 



309, 003 



54, 106 



7,600 



8,800 



1,970,000 



4, 727, 950 



2, 078, 907 



793,800 



789, 402 



300, 103 



All others. 



Pounds. 



60, 875 



258, 416 



42, 835 



300, 211 



488, 401 



2, 700, 219 



1,562,025 

 3, 684, 693 

 5, 586, 041 

 8, 308, 100 

 5, 818, 690 

 8, 637, 568 



1, 969, 195 

 6, 010, 860 

 4, 666, 399 

 4,608,311 

 6, 208, 614 

 6, 978, 404 



.523, 805 

 708, 740 

 1,711,623 

 1,497,143 

 431,650 

 487, 550 



11, 982, 900 

 23,734,912 

 21, 440, 812 

 19,747,907 

 22, 078, 327 

 13,781,896 



Total. 



Pounds. 

 3, 816, 625 

 8, 825, 980 

 6,115,992 

 8, 096, 927 

 6, 429, 664 



13, 206, 013 



23,141,875 

 23, 518, 148 

 26, 434, 266 

 30, 747, 755 

 34, 499, 996 

 33, 579, 498 



7, 205, 273 

 11, 457, 170 

 10, 056. 381 

 12, 064, 338 

 12, 418, 327 

 14, 455, 209 



1, 850, 927 

 2, 185, 795 

 2, 994, 571 

 1,814,311 

 579, 067 

 621, 941 



29, 087, 300 

 51, 456, .517 

 64, 850, 873 

 42, 968, 325 

 68, 393, 864 

 23, 188, 556 



Value. 



$118, 370 

 291,523 

 220, 968 

 252, 107 

 160, 862 

 343, 071 



668, 400 

 878, 788 

 830, 465 

 828, 611 

 876, 743 

 1,090,550 



195, 277 

 276, 397 

 221, 067 

 306, 381 

 308, 078 

 450, 318 



36, 273 

 40, 193 

 73, .577 

 46, 030 

 23, 864 

 21, 594 



474,880 

 1,109,096 

 1,000,905 



805, 979 

 1,150,895 



780, 015 



