626 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Summary of the products of the shore fisheries of Lake Huron in 1899. 



















Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. | Apparatus and species. Lbs. Value. 
Pound nets and trap nets: || Fyke nets: 
IBIEe eee acoekessnessconr 4, 394 $305 | ‘Cat-fish and bullheads. .. 68,099 | $2,136 
Cat-fish and bullheads .... AT AQAA SySODM ||ue SClS ene eeeteete sae scree 203 11 
Mel Ste devscenc incase eres 658 38 || Fresh-water drum......- 482 4 
Fresh-water drum, fresh .. 157, 744 958yil— (German carpe. -s-ceescee 1, 842 50 
Fresh-water drum, salted . 2,420 47. erring. treshi-eeeemeee ae 2,787 31 
Germaniicarpeessse-e=css-- 4,527 93 || Herring, salted......-..- 4, 070 85 
Herring wireshreresee: «sec 1,057,780 | 10,420 | Ling or lawyers ..---.--.- 8, 000 60 
Herrin oy salitedeenser s-= | 2 613,130] 49,412 || Pike and pickerel:--..-- 34, 004 1,576 
Herring, smoked ..-....---- 2,700 90 Pike perch (wall-eyed) -- 23, 071 1, 246 
Ling or Jawyers ..-.----..- 12, S80 107, |) Rock ibass)---= "22252 -==-- 29, 806 572 
Pike and pickerel, fresh -. 140, 534 AP S98i ||) tS UU COD eee ere 125 6 
Pike and pickerel, salted - 440 On| PASuckersyeecncsne sees ces 207, 421 5, 189 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), | Suckers;isalted ses ase- 5, 220 54 
fresh aa - sed ee se ee ; 988,689 | 42,687 ! Sumefishie.4 35) - 3 -ee eee 21, 452 304 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), | ean Testis sana 82 5 
Saltese Ses7 Bet Fe Cee 3, 410 122 | White-fish (Menominee). 76 3 
ROCK bass ees eesceeceerns | 52, 688 1, 027 Yellow perehiz-sss04s5-5" 435, 841 5, 037 
Scune cone sae ene eee 28, 362 1,197 | eee 
Suckers: tmeshie- 23.42.2222 677,514 | 11,236 | Notaliceeesayacse tee 842,581 | 16,396 
Suckers salitediess-5-. <2 114, 845 1, 641 | Sasinek ee 
SUMSHISI wesc mete seem ae 39, 260 43 tpt Nat } 1 bullheads 592 52 
ANCE, dsM ase gto oes 137,654 | 5,012 | Catfish and bullbeads. .. 1, 59: oe 
Mrout. salted: fc0c sec ihock | 990 “AL Herne sales eat 
Sica ae a x Sheed. | sekikerand pickerelysss sa: 727 3 
White-fish, fresh .....-..-- 441,644 | 24,334 Pilonmench Alllesvaeil 16. 106 479 
White-fish, salted ......... | 8, 140 385 Beek ae ale) Ls i 
Sacre pe Serene erie ce dlye Soo ll eMRocksbassmnsacessse sae 
Ae eee (Menominee), | Batt in Suckers, Pecatiats ttt Dees 45, 432 1, 104 
White-fish (Menominee), | euckers pale D3 ue ie 
Salted See ste cea eae 9, 160 336 Semen ra Cot OER aoe oo tT a ; 
Yellow perch | 9 183.761 | 24.905 | White-fish -.-.-.....--.-- 410 20 
et CM aistiess 2c A= eo MOE Pees | Syvellowaperchiasss29eessns 4,751 |, 58 
Total (5 .Sepeneesse erie | 9,110,769 | 193, 472 : wr opel 4 Ben 
Gallenere: oe Motalin= jssoseeose eee 75, 268 1, 865 
la Gkpass So. aeeiseinesoacten 765 31 «| Lanes: 
Eee EPS a ee oe Sy | Catfish and bullheads.../ 30,786 | 1, 024 
Fennin ge reshape sesaee ae a 7,140 120 Sturgeon ...-....------+- 1, 850 60 
Herring, salted..... tp eed 5, 400 124 Trout....-...------ cotctte 104, 800 5, 388 
Pike and pickerel ........- 7. 674. | 315 White-fish (Menominee). 1, 400 BA 
Pike perch (wall-eyed) ....| 21,092 | 1,011 Yellow perch, fresh..... | 11, 863 239 
ROC aSS one ne aoe 500 6 Yellow perch, salted .... 500 10 
SUES COM) sos Eee ete seer 160 5 Fee aan Ss 
Gass San oe 50, 328 973 Total ....--..--+--+-- 151,199 | 6,755 
Suckerstisailted! 2.05) 202-4 1, 730 23 Miscellaneous apparatus: §_————————|——| 
MrOWt, LreS]ies = wae eckson 505, 927 19, 477 Black bass sesuen ese 500. 30 
Mroutyssltedtees sane sees 6, 700 305 Frogs ree eet ere senses | 8, 000 520 
Wihite-fishts) 38 eeree ae 66, 012 2,931 FLCTEIN Gas. scene see tine | 6, 250 125 
White-fish (Menominee), Pike and pickerel ......- | 356 18 
Areshiee sees ese ete eee 58, 900 1, 754 Pike perch (wall-eyed) ..| 49, 848 3, 379 
White-fish (Menominee), Vellowiperchssesaseccees | 25, 118 502 
SENWEC onsen scadsscsoste 14, 900 474 [SSS 
Wellowspercheeescc--s- ee. 124, 8385 1,909 Totals. fe aseteessee 90, 072 4,574 
otal eee ees es 872,788 | 29,508 Granditotal yseseeese | 11, 142, 677 | 252, 543 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF LAKE HURON. 
In 1899 there were 18 establishments engaged in the wholesale fish- 
ery trade of Lake Huron. The persons employed numbered 87; the 
wages paid amounted to $23,314; the cash capital was $55,500, and 
the value of the establishments, with their apparatus, etc., was 
$57,295. This business is centered principally at West Bay City, 
Essexville, and Port Huron, but is carried on to some extent at Detour, 
Mackinaw City, Sebewaing, and Saginaw. The firms at West Bay 
City and Essexville handle most of the fish taken in the Saginaw Bay 
region, except those taken at Bay Port and on the Saginaw River above 
Bay City. The greater part of the fish, fresh and salted, caught in 
these two localities is shipped by the fishermen to different sections 
of the country. The fish handled by the wholesale dealers are caught 
chiefly by fishermen living on the American side of the lake, but large 
quantities of Canadian fish are also utilized in the trade. 
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