682 



REPORT OF THE COJfMISSlONEE OF FISHERIES. 



Table sJioiviii'j by slates, counties, apparatus, ami sj)ecies tJte yield of the sliorc Jisheries of 

 Lake Michigan in 1903 — Continued. 



Apparatus and species. 



Fyte nets— Continued. 



Ling or lawyer 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (wall- 

 eyed ) 



Suckers 



White Ijass 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



Seines: 

 Cat-fish and bullheads. 



German carp 



Pike ar.d pickerel 



Pike perch (wall- 



eye<l) 



Sturgeon 



Suckers, fresh 



Suckers, salted 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



Lines: 



Ling or lawyer 



Pike perch (wall- 

 eyed ) 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Trout 



White-lish (blnefin).. 



Yellow perch 



Total. 



Spoars: 

 Trout . . 



Wisconsin. 



Racine. 



Lbs. Value. 



Sheboygan. 



Lbs. 



Crawfish pots: 

 Crawfish 



Grand total , 



Value. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



40,075 ^ $2,568 



30,990 ! 1,4.57 



1,032,955 i 10,854 



300 , 9 



1,072,860 ' 15,170 



,377,590 ; 35,075 



5, 640 



363,100 



15, 000 



215 



4,5.30 



900 



26, 400 



81,500 



0,250 



265 



2, 332 



110 



, 497,890 I 8,352 



8, 850 

 1,200 



100 



72 



152, 710 

 "'9,' 900 



7, 028 



Grand total. 



Lbs. Value 



600 

 40, 155 



31,190 



1, 035, 205 



300 



1, OSO, 010 



2,393,130 



5,640 



382, 500 



15, 940 



31,840 



45 



63,416 



357, 070 



25, 450 



881, 901 



16, 700 



1,200 



875 



32 



225, 030 



50 



96, 860 



172,660 i 7, .561 



244,464 ; 7,897 



244,464 



2,572 



1,472 



10, 905 



9 



15, 468 



35, 812 



215 



5,266 



943 



1,721 

 3 



656 

 8,169 



473 



17, 436 



238 



72 



68 



21 



10,643 



2 



3,176 



340,747 I 14,120 



34 



7,S97 



204,848 I $9,242 I 375,497 ?15, 743 I 16,045,297 407,184 25,549,247 714,511 



WHOLESALE FISHERY* TRADE OF CHICAGO AND GREEN BAY. 



The wholesale fi.sheiT trade of Lake Michigan centers ehiefl\^ at 

 Chicago, 111., and Green Baj, Wis. In Chicago in 1903 there were 

 46 establishments, of which number 11 were in the fresh- fish trade, 

 including oysters and other products, in the oyster trade exclusively, 

 16 were fish brokers, salt-iish dealers, and wdiolesale grocers handling 

 salted fish, and 16 were engaged in the smoked-fish trade. The number 

 of persons emploj-ed was 516, the value of property utilized was 

 $957,300, and the cash capital amounted to 5^1,219,750. The products 

 consisted of fresh fish, 37,9-13,566 pounds, valued at |2,438,804; salted 

 fish, 24,818,100 pounds, valued at $1,374,961; smoked fish, 3,407,325 

 pounds, valued at $252,245; lobsters, 258,415 pounds, valued at $51,565; 

 shrimp, 113,285 pounds, valued at $10,815; oysters, 744,980 gallons, 

 valued at 1898,181, and 10,355 barrels in the shell, valued at $80,957; 

 and clams, 4,712 barrels, valued at $26,584; a total value of $5,134,112. 

 The products are shown in detail in the,following table: 



