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REPORT OK (COMMISSIONER OP^ FISH AND B'lSHERIES. 



of hike Liout :iiid wliitc-lisli, have l)ccn turned (nit thiiii e\er hetore, 

 the fry being of the most excellent quality. 



At the Detroit Station the work has been eoiiiiiied entirely to white- 

 tish operations, the egt^« being* collected from the fiekl stations on 

 Belle Isle and Grassy Island, the former located in the D(^troit River 

 oppositi^ th(^ upi)er end of tlie city of Detroit, and the latter about 8 

 miles down the river below the city. Fishing was conducted by means 

 of seines, the work being done by the Wolverine Fishing Company, 

 which received the lish in payment for its services after the agents of 

 the Commission had taken the eggs. The tishing season extended 

 from October 16 to December 3, during which time 2,875 hauls of the 

 seine were made and 41,242 fish captured — an average of between 14 

 and 15 per haul. Of these 2,270 were undersized and were immedi- 

 ately returned to the river. The remaining 38,972 were retained in 

 crates and pounds. The crates used in this work were constructed of 

 slats, to allow free circulation of water, and were 12 feet long, 4 feet 

 wide, and 6 feet deep. The pounds, which were irregular in size and 

 shape, Avere made by driving boards into the J)ottom of the river, with a 

 space between each for the free circulation of water. The l)est day's 

 fishing was on November 18, when 2,5(58 fish were caught. Of the fish 

 held, 22,245 were males and i 0,727 females. Of the latter, 12,529 were 

 stripped, 3nelding 36G,04U,000 eggs, or an average of 29,215 per fish. 

 The l)alance of the females were either spent, plugged, or hard wiien 

 the season closed. 



Following is a summar3'^ of the daily take of eggs: 



Nov. 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 

 25. 

 26. 

 27. 

 28. 

 29. 

 30. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



C. 



7. 



9. 



n. 



Dec 



Date. 



Belle Isle. 



Females Eggs 



stripped, obtained. 



1 



2 



6 



28 



31 



42 



36 



86 



100 



55 



152 



271 



220 



554 



808 



224 



260 



143 



,085 



300 



111 



52 



156 



140 



115 

 58 



5, 218 



25,000 

 55, 000 

 400,000 

 520, 000 

 440, 000 

 560, 000 

 520, 000 

 040,000 

 320, 000 

 920, 000 

 120, 000 

 000, 000 

 280,000 

 680, 000 

 .5()0, 000 

 320, 000 

 280, 000 

 760, 000 

 520, 000 

 080,000 

 040,000 

 120,000 

 120, 000 

 760,000 



5,200,000 



640,000 

 280,000 



157, 560, 000 



Grassy Island. 



Females ! Eggs 

 stripped, obtained. 



7 



31 



33 



23 



53 



68 



229 



260 



353 



486 



354 



388 



829 



652 



576 



475 



906 



644 



211 



263 



200 



71 



'iio' 



7,311 



40, 000 



400, 000 

 1,520.0(10 

 1,720,000 

 1,080,000 

 2,600,000 

 2,760,000 



8, 6S0, 000 



9, 000, 000 

 11,840,000 

 15, 4pO, 000 

 12, 840, 000 

 11,840,1)00 

 22, 000, 000 

 18, 4 10, OIK) 

 14, 000, 000 

 12, 680, 000 

 22, 400, 000 

 16, 520, 000 



5, (iOO, 000 

 0, 240, 000 

 4,800,000 

 1,800,000 

 1,800,000 



2, 480, 000 



208,480,000 



Total. 



65,000 



55,000 



800, 000 



3, 10, 000 



3,160,0(10 



2,640,0(111 



4, 120, 0< 10 



5, 800, 000 



12, 000, 000 



10, 92U. 000 



16,9(;0, 000 



25, 400, 000 



20, 120, 000 



29, 520, 000 



45, .T<iO, 000 



24, 7(iO,(X)0 

 22, 280, 000 

 Ki, 410,000 

 ri2, 920. 000 



25, (iOO, 000 

 8, 6 10, 000 

 7,360,01^)0 

 8, 920, 000 

 5, .560, 0(K) 



1 . SIX), 000 

 5, 2(J0, (MM) 



2. -M), 000 

 2, 6 10, 000 

 !,2.H0,lHt0 



366, 040, (/CO 



