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GEOGEAPHICAL EEVIEW OF THE FISHERIES. 



In 1879 about twelve fishermen were employed in attending the pounds, setting gill-nets, haul- 

 ing seines, and preparing fish for market. 



The gill-netters use about two hundred nets. They fish in different places about the Point, but 

 not farther than 5 or G miles from land. At certain seasons the tug goes 5 or 6 miles west of the 

 Point. 



Only two pounds are employed, the character of the shore being unfavorable for this kind of 

 fishing. One is set a short distance west of the Point and the other south of it. 



The seine fishery is of little moment. Only two nets are employed. The catch consists of 

 whitefish, trout, and a few suckers. The yield iu 1879 was about 350,000 pounds. Three hundred 

 and fifty half-barrels of whitefish and trout and a few suckers were salted and shipped to Mil- 

 waukee and Chicago. The remainder of the fish was shipped fresh to Chicago, Cleveland, Erie, 

 and Buffalo. 



Fishing in this region has not been very profitable during the past five or six years. The 

 pound and seine fisheries have been the least productive, the success of the gill-uetters, on the 

 other hand, being materially improved. The fishermen unanimously agree that the cause of 

 the lack of success in the two former branches is to be found in the fact that the water has con- 

 siderably receded from the shore. In 1874 about 2,300 half-barrels of fish were salted and a con- 

 siderable amount sold fresh. 



Pound-nets were introduced about ten years ago. 



At Sault de Saiute Marie the majority of the fish taken are caught by Indians, with dip-net, 

 in the rapids. One stands at the bow of the canoe with a net, and a second propels and steers the 

 craft. Several hundred pounds are frequently taken in this way by a single canoe in one day. 

 A few fish are also taken in traps set in Whisky Bay. 



The catch consists exclusively of whitefish, trout, and pike. Dining 1879 about 2,500 half- 

 barrels of fish were shipped from the Sault, all but about 50 half-barrels of which were whitefish. 

 They were all salted and shipped to Chicago, Detroit, and Cleveland. 



C. LAKE MICHIGAN AND ITS FISHERIES. 



231. STATISTICAL SUMMATION. 



Summary statement of JJP^SOH* employed. 



d statement of capital iiirested anil apparatus employed. 



