FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1929 1037 



Lake fisheries oj' the United States, 1928 — Continued 

 CATCH: By lakes— Continued 



Species 



Carp _ 



Catfish and bullheads.. 



Chubs 



Lake herring 



Lake trout 



Pike (jacks) 



Sauger pike 



Sucker "mullet" 



Whitefish, common 



Whiteflsh, Menominee 



Yellow perch 



Yellow pike- 



Miscellaneous. 



Total. 



Lake Superior 



Michigan 



Pounds 



2,785 



213 



297, 413 



735, 339 



2, 273, 190 



4,417 



1,772 



143,636 



227, 603 



13, 367 



10, 806 



19, 041 



6,627 



3, 736, 215 



Value 



$139 



21 



18, 440 



22,060 



318,247 



442 



142 



3, 304 



34, 140 



1,069 



1,632 



3, 791 



530 



403, 957 



Wisconsin 



Pounds 



30, 792 



666, 770 



291,275 



6,805 



54,485 



1,420 



13, 879 



150, 774 



1, 216, 200 



Value 



$1,800 



14,140 



41, 498 



722 



7,582 



213 

 2,803 

 4,560 



Minnesota 



Pounds 



Value 



313,603 



7, 451. 584 



390, 577 



1,250 

 3, 196 

 19, 810 



73, 318 



8, 180, 020 



$21,625 

 221, 346 

 50, 407 



28 



616 



1, 451 



295, 473 



Species 



Lake Superior 



Lake of the Woods, 

 Rainy Lake, and 

 Namakan Lake 



Total 



Minnesota 



Total, all lakes 



Blue pike 



Burbot. 



Carp.. 



Catfish and bullheads.. 



Chubs 



Cisco. 



Lake herring 



Lake trout 



Pike (jacks). 



Sauger pike 



Sheepshead-. 



Sturgeon 



Sucker "mullet" 



Tullibees... 



White bass 



Whitefish, common 



Whitefish, Menominee. 



Yellow perch 



Yellow pike 



Miscellaneous.. 



TotaL 



Value 



Pounds 



2,785 



213 



641, 808 



8, 853, 693 



2, 955, 048 



11,222 



1,772 



144, 886 



285,284 

 33, 177 

 12, 226 

 32, 920 



157, 401 



13, 132, 435 



$139 



21 



41, 865 



257, 546 



410, 152 



1,164 



142 



3,332 



42,338 

 2,520 

 1,845 

 6,594 

 5,090 



772, 748 



76,423 



8,210 



22, 607 



210, 187 



391, 918 

 37, 637 



903 

 131, 330 

 219, 954 



21,089 



613, 777 



1,658 



1, 797, 130 



Value 



$1, 012 



493 



2,261 



7,165 



28 

 19,211 

 2,675 



356 

 2,634 

 11, 197 



8,413 



2,310 

 91, 819 



182 



Pounds 

 4, 842, 520 



583, 671 

 1, 241, 684 



502, 939 



5, 031, 235 

 618, 028 



14, 937, 679 



9, 417, 844 



531, 025 



1, 595, 821 



2, 933, 937 



29, 799 



3, 994, 667 



219, 954 



285, 792 



6, 431, 253 

 459, 662 



5, 784, 017 

 2, 925, 625 

 1, 001, 315 



149, 756 



63, 368, 467 



Value 



$424, 913 



15,268 



59, 754 



48,714 



497, 679 

 80, 882 



542, 303 



1, 568, 422 



28, 151 



132, 477 

 81, 055 

 14, 181 



191, 112 



11,197 



19, 411 



1, 281, 648 



53,789 



403,895 



449, 927 

 56,006 



5, 960, 784 



HISTORICAL REVIEW 



Statistics of the catch in the United States waters of the Great 

 Lakes are available for various years from 1885 to 1908, inclusive, and 

 for all the years from 1913 to 1928, inclusive. During these periods the 

 catch has been marked by many fluctuations, reaching a peak in 1890 

 when the catch amounted to 113,899,000 pounds and registered the 

 smallest catch on record in 1928 when 63,368,000 pounds were taken. 



Since 1913 records of the catch in the Canadian waters of the 

 Great Lakes are available as well as those for the United States 

 waters. During the 5-year period, from 1916 to 1920, inclusive, an 

 average catch of 129,162,000 pounds was registered for the Lakes, 

 while that in 1928 amounted to 92,914,000 pounds. Comparative 

 statistics for each of the species taken in the United States and 

 Canada since 1913 are shown in the following tables: 



