FISHING INDUSTRY OF THE GREAT LAKES 



By Walter Koelz 

 Associate Aquatic Biologist, U. S. Bureau of Fisheries 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



Introduction 554 



Fishing industry 555 



Historical 555 



Boats... 555 



Apparatus 556 



Organization 559 



Products 560 



Lake Michigan 561 



Description 561 



Fishing industry 561 



History l 561 



Present status, methods, and apparatus... 563 



Fishing districts 563 



Principal species. 563 



Lake trout 564 



Chubs 564 



Herring 566 



Whitefish 566 



Yellow perch 566 



Suckers 567 



Sturgeon 567 



Other indigenous species 567 



Introduced species 567 



Carp 567 



Steelhead trout 567 



Smelt 568 



Fishing regulations 568 



Apparatus 568 



Size limits 569 



Closed seasons 509 



Lake Superior 570 



Description 570 



Fishing industry 570 



History 570 



Present status, methods, and apparatus 573 



Fishing districts 573 



Principal species 574 



Lake trout 574 



Whitefish 574 



Herring 575 



Bluefin and chubs 575 



Other indigenous species 576 



Fishing regulations 576 



Apparatus 576 



Size limits 677 



Closed seasons 577 



Lake Huron 577 



Description 577 



Fishing industry 578 



History 578 



Present status, methods, and apparatus... 581 



Fishing districts 581 



Principal species 582 



Lake trout 582 



Whitefish 682 



Herring 583 



Chubs 583 



Wall-eyed pike 584 



Yellow perch. 584 



Suckers.. 585 



Sturgeon 585 



Page. 

 Lake Huron— Continued. 



Other indigenous species 585 



Introduced species.. 585 



Carp 585 



Gizzard shad 586 



Fishing regulations 586 



Lake Erie 586 



Description 586 



Fishing industry 586 



History 586 



Present status, methods, and apparatus 594 



Fishing districts 594 



Principal species 595 



Whitefish. 595 



Herring 595 



Wall-eyed pike 596 



Sanger 596 



Yellow perch • 596 



Sturgeon 597 



Sheepshead 597 



Suckers 597 



Other indigenous species 597 



Introduced species 598 



Carp 598 



Goldfish 598 



Gizzard shad 598 



Fishing regulations 598 



Apparatus. 598 



Size limits 600 



Closed seasons 600 



Lake Ontario 601 



Description 601 



Fishing industry 602 



History 602 



Present status, methods, and apparatus 603 



Fishing districts 604 



Principal species 604 



Whitefish 605 



Lake trout 605 



Herring 605 



Bloaters and ciscoes 606 



Other indigenous species 607 



Introduced species 607 



Alewife.. 607 



Carp 608 



Shad 608 



Fishing regulations 608 



Apparatus 608 



Size limits_ 608 



Closed seasons 609 



Conservation of the Great Lakes fisheries 609 



Depletion and its causes 609 



Pollution-. - 609 



Wasteful fishing methods 610 



Remedial measures...:.. 611 



Legislation 611 



Propagation 613 



Recommendations.. 616 



Scientific names of fishes.. 617 



• Appendix XI to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for i925. B. F. Doc. 1001. 



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