FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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Table showing by counties^ the persons, apparatus, etc., employed in (lie fisheries of the 



Niagara River in 1903. 



Table showijig by counties, apparatus, and species the yield of the fisheries of the Niagara 



Elver in 1903. 



THE FISHERIES CONSIDERED BY STATES. 



The fisheries of tlie Great Lakes are prosecuted in the following- 

 states: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, 

 Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Michigan borders on five lakes, and New 

 York and Wisconsin each on two lakes. 



The states in which the fisheries were most important in 1903 with 

 regard to the number of persons employed were Michigan, 3,790; 

 Wisconsin, 1,636; New York, 1,10.5, and Ohio, 1,101. The number 

 was considerably smaller in each of the other states. The states 

 having the largest investment were Illinois, |i2, 208,025; Michigan, 

 $2,037,580; Ohio, 11,205,002, and Wisconsin, $816,369. New York 

 'had an investment of |57l,598; Pennsjdvania, $195,959; Minnesota, 

 $96,406, and Indiana, $13,483. The large investment in Illinois is due 

 chiefly to the extensive wholesale fishery trade centering at Chicago. 

 The states in which the yield was greatest were Michigan, 35,608,657 

 pounds, valued at $1,223,792; Wisconsin, 24,191,599 pounds, valued 



