REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CXLV 

 Apparatus and capital employed in Lake Huron fisheries. 



Items. 



Vessels (tonnage 79.05) 



Boats 



Gill nets 



Pound nets 



Seines 



Fjlve nets ...,.,..., 



Lines ..' , 



Shore and accessory property 

 Cash capital 



Total . 



Xum- 

 ber. 



7 



410 



2,206 



551 



6 

 221 



Value. 



*.$14, 590 



22, 308 



21. 665 



88, 515 



600 



6, 385 



770 



208, 625 



45, 400 



408, 858 



* Includes oiitflt. 

 Products of Lake Huron fisheri 



Species. 



Black bass, fresh , 



Catfish, fresh 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Perch, fresh 



Pike perch and pike, fresh 



Sturgeon, fresh 



Suckers, iresh , 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Whitefish, fresh 



Whitefish, salted 



Other tish, fresh 



Total , 



Pounds. 



29, 351 

 172, 171 

 .383, 851 

 130, 700 

 817, 628 

 483, 072 

 365,718 

 110, 177 

 500, 619 

 5,000 

 002, 694 

 ■ 1, 400 

 54, 000 



10, 056, 381 



Value. 



$2, 167 



5,428 

 25, 385 



2,796 

 20, 792 

 50, 834 



8,924 



15, 372 



50, 742 



300 



37, 135 



112 



1,080 



!21, 067 



The changes in the fisheries of this lake since 1885 have consisted of 

 a decrease in the number of fishermen, a corresponding diminution in 

 the amount of apparatus used, a large decline in the yield of the more 

 important fishes (viz, whitefish and trout), and a noticeable increase in 

 the catch of lake herring. The fisheries of the north shore of the lake 

 and the Saginaw Bay region show the most marked reduction since 

 1885. Compared with 1880 the only noteworthy improvement has been 

 a larger catch of sturgeon, herring, and minor fishes. The following 

 table is a comparative statement of the output of the Lake Huron 

 fisheries in 1880, 1885, and 1890: 



Comparison of the yield of the fisheries of Lake Huron in 1880, 1885, and 1890. 



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