180 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
counties combined, and amounted to 2,416,458 pounds, valued at $90,142. The quan- 
tities given in the tables represent, in all cases, the weight of the fish as taken from 
the water. 
One of the most interesting subjects involved in a discussion of the lake fisheries is 
the relative effectiveness of the different forms of apparatus employed in the capture of 
fish. This is clearly brought out in the last table of the series, the quantity and value 
of the species taken in each of the principal devices being shown. Gill nets take the 
largest quantities of fish and yield the greatest money returns, the specially prominent 
species thus caught being herring and sturgeon. Trap nets and pound nets closely 
follow gill nets, the pike perch being the most valuable species. Among the minor 
kinds of apparatus, fyke nets rank first in the amount of catch, after which come lines, 
seines, and miscellaneous forms. 
Table showing by counties and nature of employment the number of persons ( citizens of New York) engaged 
in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 1890. 
Counties. 
In vessel 
fishery. 
In shore 
fishery. 
On shore. 
Total. 
Jefferson 
4 
152 
16 
172 
Oswego 
5 
53 
4 
62 
Cayuga 
2 
- 5§j ■ 
2 
15 
Wayne 
41 
41 
28 
28 
Orleans 
17 
17 
Niagara \ 
54 
54 
Total 
ii 
356 
22 
389 
Table showing by counties the number and value of vessels, boats, and apparatus, and the value of shore 
property and cash capital employed by New York fishermen in the fisheries of Lake Ontario in 1890. 
Designation. 
Jefferson. 
Oswego. 
Cayuga. 
Wayne. 
No. 
V alue. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels 
1 
202 
696, 425 
286 
458 
3 
17, 182 
$5, 880 
15, 700 
10, 911 
24, 455 
6, 850 
60 
35 
45 
12| 390 
1 
48 
57, 180 
$3, 300 
1,390 
792 
13 
18, 315 
$405 
595 
296 
Boats 
Gill nets feet. . 
Pound and trap nets 
Fyke nets 
54 
66, 591 
39 
1, 210 
$2, 245 
935 
122 
365 
60 
4 
140 
4 
37, 200 
2, 100 
240 
75 
4 
’500 
26 
315 
rS A t- lin^ 151 feet 
Miscellaneous apparatus 
Shore property 
OasTi capital - - 
260 
1, 525 
'T'otal 
95,208 
12, 381 
1,871 
5,256 
Designation. 
Monroe. 
Orleans. 
Niagara. 
Total for the State. 
No. 
Value. ■ 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
No. 
Value. 
Vessels 
3 
373 
1, 103, 945 
6 27 
139, 632 
$9, 585 
21, 577 
18, 110 
24, 577 
656 
490 
49 
25, 777 
Boats 
Gill nets feet. . 
Pound and trap nets 
Fyke nets 
Seines 
Set lines feet. . 
Miscellaneous apparatus 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
20 
42, 240 
$472 
434 
11 
76, 395 
$305 
1, 775 
25 
146, 799 
$870 
2, 967 
21 
4 
192 
48 
14 
24, 840 
248 
80 
59, 200 
296 
606 
71 
453 
1,752 I 
2,447 
4, 618 
123, 533 
