"CXLII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fyke nets, seines, set lines, spears, and dip nets are sparingly used, 

 but the aggregate catcli is small in comparison witli that in gill nets 

 and pound nets, amounting in value to less than $25,000. 



The following table shows in detail the quantity and value of each of 

 the principal fishes taken with the various kinds of apparatus iu 1890: 



Table showing by apparatus and specks the yield of the fisheries of Lake Superior. 



Species. 



Pounds. Value. 



n n d 



GUI nets: 

 Herring, 



salted 



Pike perch, fresh and 



salted 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whiteflsh, fresh 



Whitefish, salted 



169,811 



61 

 1,621,697 j 



441,280 I 

 1.258,096 I 



2^7,064 



$4, 021 



2 

 56, 176 1 

 12,912 • 

 49,40;j ' 

 11,122 1 



Total. 



Pound nets: 



Herring, fresh and 



salted 



Piko, fresh and salted . 

 Sturgeon, fresh and 



salted 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whitefish, fresh 



Whitetish, .salted 



other li.sh, salted 



3,778,012 j 133,636 



Total. 



3,310 

 12, 628 



42, 982 

 184, 188 



48. 118 

 910, 663 

 466, .530 



55 

 453 



1.266 

 6,796 

 1,028 

 34, 642 

 18, 057 

 14 



62, 911 



Spec\»s. 



Fyke nets : 



Pike, fre.sh 



Tiout, fresh 



Whiietish, fresh.. 



other fl.sh, fresh. 



Total 



Seines : 



Herring, fresh . . . 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whitefish, fresh.. 



Whitefish, salted. 



Total 



Lines : 



Pike, fresh 



Sturgeon, fresh . . 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Total 



other apparatus : 



Trout, fre.sh 



Whitefish, fresh.. 



other fish, fresh.. 

 Total 



Pounds. Value, 



Grand total 6, 115, 992 



LAKE MICHIGAN. 



In the number of persons engaged, in the amount of capital invested? 

 and in the value of its fisheries this lake ranks second, a position which 

 it has always held since the fishing industry of the lake region became 

 prominent. The principal features of the fisheries of this lake are the 

 large numbers of pound nets and gill nets employed. The extent of the 

 gill-net vessel fishery here prosecuted surpasses that in all the other 

 lakes combined, the great expanse of deep water being favorable for 

 this fishery and affording the best protection against the exhaustion 

 of the supply. Trout are the chief fish taken in the lake as regards 

 both quantity and value; in no other lake are these fish so important. 

 Next to trout in value are whitefish, although the lake herring, which 

 rank third in value, are taken in larger quantities than whitefish. 



The following tables show the extent and principal features of the 

 fisheries of the lake : 



