CXLII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Fyke nets, seines, set lines, spears, and dip nets are sparingly used, 

 but the aggregate catch is small in comparison with that in gill nets 

 and x^ound nets, amounting in value to less than $25,000. 



The following table shows in detail the quantity and value of each of 

 the principal fishes taken with the various kinds of apparatus in 1890: 



Table showing hy apparaiiis and spevlea the yield of the fisheries of Lake Superior. 



Species. 



Gill nets : 



Herring, freali and 



salted 



Pike perch, fresh and 



salted 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



"Whitcfish, fresh 



"Whitetish, salted 



Total 



Pound nets : 



Herring, fresh and 



salted 



Pike, fresh and salted. 

 Sturgeon, fresh and 



salted 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



W^hitefish, fresh 



Whitefish, salted 



Other fish, salted 



Total 



3, 778, 012 j 133, 636 | 



3,310 

 12, 628 



42, 982 

 184, 188 



48, 118 



910, 663 



466, 530 



598 



55 



453 j 



1,266 

 6, 790 I 

 1,628 i 



34,642 ! 



18, 057 

 14 



1, C69, 017 



62, 911 



SpecVis. 



Fyke nets: 



Pike, fresh 



Tiout, fresh 



"Wliiicfisli, fresh.. 



Other iish, fresh. 



Total 



Seines; 



Herring, fresh . . . 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whitelish, fresh. . 



Whitetisli, salted. 



Total 



Lines : 



Pike, fresh 



Sturgeon, fresh . . 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Total 



other apparatus : 



Trout, fresh f 



Whiteli.sh, fresh.. 



other fish, fre.sh. . 

 Total 



Grand total , 



Pounds. 



13, 200 

 3, 500 

 4,000 

 3,875 



24, 575 



Value. 



26, 000 

 2,657 

 1,825 

 28, 524 

 36,^471 

 95, 477" 



470 



4,500 



24i, 068 



57, 125 



304, 163 



175 



200 



135 



1, 170 



10, 920 



221, 828 



12, 000 



244, 748 



540 



93 



64 



1,066 



j;^96 



3,059 



19 



135 



8,644 



J, 167 



9,965 



546 

 9,201 



480 



10,227 



6, 115, 992 j 220, 968 



LAKE MICHIGAN. 



In the number of persons engaged, in the amount of capital invested? 

 and in the value of its fisheries this lake ranks second, a position which 

 it has always held since the fishing industry of the lake region became 

 prominent. The principal features of the fisheries of this lake are the 

 large numbers of pound nets and gill nets employed. The extent of the 

 gill-net vessel fishery here prosecuted surpasses that in all the other 

 lakes combined, the great expanse of deep water being favorable for 

 this fishery and affording the best protection against the exhaustion 

 of the supply. Trout are the chief fish taken in the lake as regards 

 both quantity and value 5 in no other lake are these fish so important. 

 Kext to trout in value are whitefish, although the lake herring, Avhich 

 rank third in value, are taken in larger quantities than whitefish. 



The following tables show the extent and principal features of the 

 fisheries of the lake : 



Persons employed in Lake Michigan fisheries. 



How engaged. 



Vessel fi.shing .. 

 Shore tishing ... 

 Shore industries 



Total 



Num- 

 ber. 



293 



2, 215 



369 



2,877 



