FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



701 



River by a Detroit linn, whicli was allowed to sell the white-fish- 

 which had been stripped ol" eg-gs and milt by employees of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries. 



The use of spears through the ice was followed principally at Fair- 

 haven. Several species were taken in this manner, the most impor- 

 tant being- pike. The catch was sold to local buyers, who acted as- 

 ao-ents for firms in larger cities. 



Wall-eyed pike constituted nearly three-fourths of the entire catch 

 of these waters and were taken mainl}'^ on lines and in seines. White- 

 (ish and German carp ranked next, the former being taken exclusively 

 in seines and the latter in seines and by spears. 



Compared with the returns for 1903, those for 1899 show a decrease 

 from il^ to 855 in the number of persons engaged. The investment 

 has increased from ^51,535 to $239,885, and the products have decreased 

 from 579,067 pounds, valued at §23,861:, to 521,941 pounds, valued at 

 $21,591:. The increase in the investment is due almost wholly to au 

 extension of the wholesale trade. 



The following tables show the extent of the fisheries of Lake SL 

 Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 1903: 



Table shotring by counties the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Lalx St. Clair 

 and the St. Clair arid Detroit rivers in 1903. 



Table xhoiving by counties the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries uf Lale 

 St. Clair and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 1903. 



Item. 



Boats a 



Apparatus— shore fisheries: 



Seines 



Lines 



Spears 



Dip nets 



Shore and accessory property. 

 Cte-sh capital 



Total. 



St. Clair. 



No. Value. 



138 

 2 



SI, 930 



225 



275 

 632 



.. -^ 

 7,755 



Wayne. 



No. Value. 



12 



10, 821 



SI, 220 



665 

 50 



13-1,060 

 93,079 



229,064 



[Total. 



No. Value. 



150 

 6 



230 

 8 



13, ISO- 



890- 



325 



632 



4 



141,805 



93,079 



239,885. 



a Includes 1 steamboat, worth ?800, in Wayne County. 



