714 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Table showing hij states, counties, apparatus, and species the yield of the shore fisheries of 

 Lake Erie in 1908 — Continued. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE, 



In the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Erie in 1903 there were 32 

 est'a])lishment,s, repre:^enting' an investment, including cash or working 

 capital, of $1,269,870. The number of persons engaged was 198, and 

 the amount of wages paid was $268,538. The products aggregated 

 39,923,261 pounds, valued at $2,173,891. They were derived chiefly 

 from the American fisheries of Lake Erie, but also included a part of 

 the catch from the Canadian side of the lake, and a few salt-water 

 species, both domestic and imported. 



Table showing the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Erie in 1903. 



