XIV. 



THE FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



BY LTJDWIG KUMLIEN. 



]. THE POUND-NET FISHERY. 



1. FISHING-GROUNDS. 



The pound-net fishery is the most important carried on in the Great Lakes. It absorbs a 

 greater amount of capital, employs more men, and yields larger returns than any other fishery, 

 and its importance is annually increasing. 



The position of the pounds is constantly being changed, some grounds which a few years ago 

 were very productive being now almost abandoned, and others just coming into prominence, so 

 that we can hardly do more than to point out the location of the more important grounds as they 

 existed in 1879. 



The most important stations iu Lake Superior are located among the Apostle Islands. The 

 majority of the nets are set from the shores of the islands nearest land. To the westward the 

 stations occupied in 1879 were at the entrance to Superior City, Wis., at Bark Bay, and Siscowet 

 Bay ; eastward, in Chaquamegon and Bete Grise Bays, at Portage Entry, in Keweenaw, Huron, 

 and Marquette Bays, the, channel between Grand Island and the mainland, at Whitefish Point, and 

 in Whitefish Bay. 



In Lake Michigan, the most productive grounds are about the Beaver Islands and on the north 

 shore east of Scott Point, on the west shore of Green Bav, and among the islands at its entrance. 

 On the west shore of the lake there are numerous stations, the most important being near Jack- 

 sonport; at Whitefish Bay, between Two Creeks and Manitowoc ; at Amsterdam, Port Washing- 

 ton, and Waukegan. At the head of the lake the principal stations are located between Michigan 

 City. Ind., and New Buffalo. On the east shore pound-net fishing is not prosecuted to any con- 

 siderable extent except in Little and Grand Traverse Bays. The only stations southward are at 

 Good Harbor Bay, Big Point Sable, and near Ludingtou. The principal fisheries in Grand Tra- 

 verse Bay are near Hog Island and in Northport Bay. There are others also on the north shore 

 of Little Traverse Bay and near its entrance. Several nets are usually set at Point Waugoscbance. 



The Lake Huron pound fisheries are comparatively not of great moment. The principal 

 grounds are located on the north and south shores of Thunder Bay and at the head of Saginaw 

 Bay. 



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