438 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fish imported at Sandusky, Ohio, from ISSl to 1S90, iakeii in fisheries on the Canadian 

 side of Lake Eric controlled hy Sandusky dealers. 



Ifotes on the fish trade of Ohio. — At Cleveland, Sandusky, Toledo, 

 Port Cliutou, and other places in Ohio important wholesale trade in 

 fish is carried on. The business is larger than in any other State 

 bordering on the lakes. While most of the supply comes from Lake 

 Erie, important consignments are also received from the other lakes. 



The following table is a detailed exhibition of the extent of the 

 wholesale fish trade of Ohio in 1890. The number of persons engaged in 

 connection with the receipt, preparation, and sale of the fish was over 

 800; the capital devoted to the industry amounted to over $830,000 

 exclusive of collecting vessels and other property pi-operly included 

 under the statistics for the fishery; the quantity of fish handled was 

 over 46,000,000 pounds, having a value of more than $1,490,000. 



Table showing by counties the wholesale fish trade of Ohio in 1S90. 



Note. -In Ashtabula County, 3,600 pounds of caviar, valued at $520, were prepared. 



