THE GREAT LAKES FISHERIES 
IN 1899. 
643 
In the year 1899 the quantity of fresh fish imported at Sandusky 
was 3,500,298 pounds and of salted fish 650 pounds. 
The quantity 
imported at Buffalo amounted to 6,669,004 pounds of fresh fish, 43,877 
pounds of salted fish, 152,080 pounds of skinned and boned fish, and 
195 pounds of canned fish. 
The cities in which the trade is most extensive are Sandusky, Erie, 
Cleveland, Toledo, and Buffalo. 
Several fishery firms at each of these cities have considerable capital 
invested in fishing apparatus, principally pound nets, on the Canadian 
side of the lake, and a large proportion of the products imported was 
procured by this 
means. 
Table showing the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Erie in 1899. 










































| Toledo, Ohio, | POt Clinton, | sandusky, Ohio.) Vermilion, | cleveland, Ohio. 
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Items. 
No. |Value.| No. |Value. No. Value. No. (Value. No. Value. 
} 
Establishments | 4 $31, 180 2 $30, 000 9 $206, 000 2.$30, 000 9)$139, 230 
Gash! capital! 522/22. ..--.- 36,150 sscsaste AD OD0ESeeeere ee 1033800)242occenc 3bsp00|Eeeoaceeee 100, 650 
Waresparide ab. 2. t=: Ge 4 bil ae as gece 13032 Sees as 37,620| 22 5-0csee 10; 000| Fa aseeeees 41, 088 
Employees ..... | = Seoeene 45 ltcmet is. 146) (eke Gila sae NOSh fase == 
| | : 
P sooucls han- Lbs. Value. Lbs. |Value Lbs. Value Lbs. |Value. Lbs. Value 
| 
Fresh: | 
Black bass ...|....----- be secee 16, 601) $1,494 27,658) $2,441 959 $96 1, 738 $174 
Cat-fish and 
bullheads..| 166,390) $5,455) 206,396) 8, 256 114,494; 7,041 17, 368 695 74, 252 3, 290 
Meg 34 Lee <i ee Cea bene a oaae SCRBe ae 172 11 1, 020 68 1, 555 117 
Fresh - water | 
drm paces 151 OOO | ec ZOD aw cracsiaispern| Seo siai 857,788) 3, 873) 571 3 55, 045 464 
German carp.| 550,574) 7, 183)2, 900, 652) 43,510) 501,142) 7, 928 38, 809) 29 32, 340 639 
Hermingy-.—.. 1,181,346) 35,439) 245,104) 7,353) 3,876,144) 88, 794/1, 752, 420) 28, 810) 5,328,090 104, 475 
lite. el 20 ed SER Se eel Pe Ge ants anne Serene | eenme oie aor See eee 5, 685, 144 
Pike perch: 
Wall-eyed.. 839, 236; 30,091 1, 160 81} 103,299) 7,747 
Blue pike .. 142,914) 4,288] 40,026) 1,188] 1,169,544) 35,133 
Sauger..... 8,046] 1,175,628) 21,215] 56,690] 1,417/  92,140| 2,206 
LOG Ka Sse ee otis a mites ate eoke os BEE A ails ote Se 62 OA SSO ee | Es Bal Eee eal ta ieee tess 
Sturgeon, 
dressed .... 12,568) 1,274 7, 525 602 L264 55 |i 4890 le creke terra eyererstorate 19, 561 1, 889 
Suckers ...... PHS ODT) Aa lOleeemisee el linsise ier 255,143) 3,034) 31,197 234 44,158 632 
SUMTHIN sorte ce pee menlbomness| cote necaltasaees TRA) Me ILO Ue oo Son) esse eee base csrobllbbosonoe 
Sronteesa tos SEs156| ele DTS See secre semen 10, 718 S57 | Meee leone 148, 250} 10, 918 
White bass... 48,668) 1,251) 151, 156) 3, 654 158, 524 4,601 17,105 428 95,073) 2,439 
White-tish ...| 717,992) 53, 473 69,739 5,579 331,971) 25,961 908 64 301,765) 24, 584 
Yellow perch} 183,056) 3,910 81,673) 1,633 437,111 7,787| 209,914} 2,413 636, 434) 12,729 
Caviar ....... 2,188) 1,533 220 198 tell )| (Orie = ae Peeesieo) Saaecescpe ose. s5o05 
NERO PN ee eee ee ee eee eae | Saecieeeclaeescoe 3, 960) Sle Ne seas See eee [Spaoocbp 
issih il c/s eeiepee tye) eeeen 2 yt Lee re epee res <3 See 3, 789 TG] | koe el begets seaemese rs lacsop sos 
Total=-= 242. 7, 022, 924/257, 594/4, 590, 224) 97,335} 9,016,648) 284, 955)2, 133, 147) 35, 526| 8, 108, 929) 207, 580 
Salted: yo ie Mae Nia | are 
12 (Gin tie yiees Oe Be Seer Bees Peeeeercel |< oer 160, 000 4,000} 140,500) 2,810) 1,145,000} 30,300 
Smoked: a= P| a a aes 
VY ee ee [eS TiO) | iro) Eee| ei el ee ce eee ere ae (eee 300, 54 
Herring ...... SISO G0 2iee ence - ener ees 700, 667) 35, 033 
Sturgeon .....| 59500), ee 4e860|Ssceenass|Secse2 31,734, 5,496 
LURTIIUT Oe ee eed See See] (Boks heii Sant y e| (Serene Amn ere | Bea Saree) aera - 28,650) 4,011 
Total: <7 | 344, LT) an iss ee 761,351) 44,594 
Miscellaneous: | i ieee | 
id eee seeks [Piece lees ASEM © Sy TOU Aen sea|t--o2ccle eee" aes ore 
SCLap saan eee ae | 2,000,000) 5, 000).....-...|..-----|---------- sposo oes 
Migtall's.c-s-s}semem ae loss Epeeaisaa setae 3,185,000, 8, 760|........-|.---+--|----22+---|-nere-+- 





-Grand total .|7, 151, 301 265, 712 4, 590, 224) 97, 335 11, 656, 048) 309, 357 2, 273, 647) 38, 336 10, 015, 280) 282, 474 
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