FISHERIES OP THE GREAT LAKES. 



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At Tawas and East Tawas, iu Iosco County, pound nets are set as 

 soon as possible after the o])ening- of navigation, and are fished contin- 

 uously until about July 15, when they are taken out; they are again put 

 in operation in the latter part of August and used till the last of Novem- 

 ber. At Oscoda and An Sable, however, most of the nets are fished 

 only in October and November, when the herring and whitefish come 

 on the shores; a few pounds are also fished during the eany part of the 

 open season, for sturgeon, pike, etc. Gill nets and fyke nets are used 

 from the opening to the closing of navigation. Herring are found in 

 the inshore waters only in fall, and it is only then that they are caught; 

 some wliitefish and trout are taken iu spring, but the greater part of 

 the catch is in fall; the run of pike perch and sturgeon is almost 

 confined to the spring months. 



In the pound-net fisheries of this region whitefish and herring are 

 caught mostly in fall, while numbers of pike perch are taken in spring. 

 The other fish occurring are obtained in greater or less quantities 

 tliroughoat the entire spring and fall fishing season, although larger 

 quantities are taken in spring, for the reason that the bay pound nets 

 are fished only during that time. 



Statistics. — In the following tables the extent of the fisheries of each 

 county bordering on this lake is shown. Separate tables are given for 

 the persons engaged ; the number and value of vessels, boats, apparatus, 

 etc., employed; the quantity and value of the catch of each important 

 species, and the quantity and value of the products taken with each 

 kind of apparatus. 



Three vessels belonging at Detroit, Mich., fished during a part of 

 the year in Lake Huron. They, with the crews and catch, have been 

 included in the statistics for that city. Their combined tonnage was 

 29.93, and their value, with outfit, was $18,800; their fishing gear con- 

 sisted of 039 gill nets, 447,300 feet in length, valued at $7,()08. Twenty- 

 one men constituted their crews. The quantity of fish taken by them 

 while in Lake Huron was 244,847 pounds of trout worth $12,242, and 

 29,064 pounds of whitefish valued at $1,453. 



Table showing by cotintica the number of men employed in ihe fisheries of Lake Huron. 



