702 



EEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Table showing by counties the yield of the fisheries of Lake St. Clair and tlie St. Clair 



and Detroit rivers in 190S. 



Species. 



Buffalo-fish 



Fresh-water drum , 



German carp 



Minnows , 



Muskellunge 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (wall-eyed) 



Rock biiss 



Sturgeon 



Caviar , 



Suckers 



Sun-tish 



White-fish 



Yellow perch -. . . 



St. Clair. 



Lbs. Value 



10, 



101, 



3, 



3, 



20, 



250, 



3, 



4,600 



Total i 486, 900 



12G 



1,797 



800 



405 



1, 185 



12, 957 



185 



16 



60 



1,018 



325 



Wayne. 



230 



19, 106 



Lbs. Value. 



100 



8,550 



300 



$15 



553 



9 



i.'goi' 



35,011 2,< 



Total. 



Lbs. Value 



800 



10,200 



102, 000 



3,000 



8,000 



20,200 



250, 650 



3,700 



8,725 



75 



82, 900 



6,500 



25, 591 



4,600 



521,941 



«2 



126 



1,812 



800 



405 



1,185 



12, 964 



185 



569 



60 



1, 027 



325 



1,904 



230 



21,594 



Table shoving by counties and apparatus of capture the yield of the fisheries of Lake St. 

 Clair and tlie St. Clair and Detroit fitters in 1903. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF LAKE ST. CLAIR AND ST. 



DETROIT RIVERS. 



CLAIR AND 



The wholesale fishery trade of this region is centered at Detroit, 

 where 5 firms were located in 1903. The greater part of the fish 

 handled by these firms was caught in Canadian waters. There were 

 45 persons engaged in this branch of the trade and $30,717 were paid 



