FISHEEIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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FISHERIES OF LAKE ONTARIO. 



The nimil)er of per.sons employed in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 

 1903 was 305, of whom 10 were on vessels fishing and transporting, 

 276 in the shore or boat fisheries, and 19 were shoresmen. 



The investment, which amounted to $91:, 379, included 3 vessels of 31 

 net tons, valued at $1,1:00, w^ith outfits valued at $560; 171 boats valued 

 at $6,869, 5 gasoline launches valued at $3,000, fishing apparatus used 

 on vessels and boats valued at $31,855, shore and accessory property 

 valued at $21,945, and cash capital amounting to $25,750. 



The products of the fisheries of this lake aggregated 1,075,448 pounds, 

 with a value to the fishermen of $47,739. The catch taken by vessels 

 was 14,150 pounds, valued at $588, and by boats 1,061,298 pounds, 

 valued at $47,151. The vessel catch was obtained by 2 vessels with 

 620 gill nets, valued at $2,920. In the shore or boat fisheries gill nets 

 took 253,308 pounds, $13,708; pound nets and trap nets, 322,976 

 pounds, $13,084; fyke nets, 380,112 pounds, $14,398; seines, 32,760 

 pounds, $905; hand lines, 32,200 pounds, $1,974; set lines, 39,442 

 pounds, $2,832; and spears, 500 pounds, $250. The spear catch con- 

 sisted wholly of frogs. The principal fishes taken were cat-fish and 

 bullheads, 349,224 pounds, $12,903; sturgeon, including caviar, 112,443 

 pounds, $8,057; herring, fresh and salted, 121,315 pounds, $5,810; eels, 

 73,595 pounds, $4,233; pike and pickerel, 31,359 pounds, $2,080; blue 

 pike, 60,565 pounds, $2,913; yellow perch, 122,165 pounds, $3,971; 

 and white-fish, 25,384 pounds, $2,122. Several other species were 

 obtained in smaller quantities. 



Compared with 1899 there has been a slight decrease in the number 

 of persons employed, with an increase of $15,836, or 20 per cent, in the 

 investment, but the products have decreased 1,235,814 pounds, or over 

 53 per cent, in quantitv, and $45,654, or nearly 49 per cent, in value. 



The following tables show by counties the extent of the fisheries 

 of Lake Ontario in 1903: 



Table shoifinrj htj counties the persons etnployed in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 1003. 



Jefferson ... 



Oswego 



Cayuga 



Wayne 



Monroe 



Orleans 



Niagara 



Total 



County. 



On ves- 

 sels fish- 

 ing. 



On ves- 

 sels 

 trans- 

 porting. 



In shore 

 fisheries. 



142 



25 



6 



23 



20 

 17 



4;j 



Shores- 

 men. 



Total. 



160 

 '26 

 6 

 25 

 24 

 17 

 47 



