CXLVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OV FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Pound nets are the most prominent apparatus now used in this lake. 

 The number lished in 18{)(> was 551, of which 326 were operated in Sag- 

 inaw Bay, the chief fishing-ground. The most important fish taken are 

 whitefish, herring, trout, Avall-eyed pike, and perch. The aggregate 

 catch was 7,525,71)0 pounds, for whicli the fisliermen received $150,825. 

 Herring constituted about one-third of the yield, but was less valuable 

 than whitefish. 



Gauged by the value of the catch, gill nets rank next to pound nets in 

 importance. They are used by both vessel and boat fishermen, though 

 the vessel fishing is much less extensive than the boat fishing. In 

 1890 2,20(5 nets were operated, of which 330 were used on vessels. 

 The gill-net catch consisted of 1,371,984 pounds, valued at $44,113, of 

 which 407,075 pounds, worth $14,401, were taken with vessels. The 

 principal fishing center for gill nets is Alpena. The only species that 

 constitutes a x^rominent element in the yield is trout. 



Fyke nets are important only in Saginaw Bay and River, where they 

 take large quantities of the minor kinds of fliSh, notably i>erch and 

 suckers. Of the total number of such nets used, viz, 221, 170 were 

 employed in the region named, where they are set in conjunction with 

 pound nets. The fyke-net catch in 1890 was 1,088,751 pounds, for which 

 $23,156 was received. 



The list of apparatus in this lake is completed by the enumeration of 

 seines and lines, which are unimportant, the combined yield being only 

 69,850 pounds, having a value of $2,973. 



The extent to which each prominent fish in this lake enters into the 

 catch of each apparatus is shown in the following table : 



Table showing by a^paratitts and species the yield of the fisheries of Lake Huron. 



Apparatus and species. 



Ponnd nets: 



Blaok bass, fresh 



Cattish and huUlieads, 



fresh 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Perch, fn'sli 



Pike and pike perch 



fresh 



sturgeon, fresh 



Suckers, f i-esh 



Trout, fresh 



Whitetisli, fresh 



other fish, f resli 



Total 



Gill nets: 



llerrinc, fresh , 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, s:ilted 



Whitefish, fresh 



Whitefish, salted 



Total 



Apparatus and species. 



Tj'ke nets : 



Black hass, fresh 



Catfish and bullheads 



fresli 



Herring, fresh 



Perch, fresh 



Pike and pike perch, 



fresh 



Suckers, fresh 



Whitefish, fresh 



Otlier fish, fresh 



Total 



Seines : 



Herring, fresh 



Perch, fresh 



Pike and pike perch, 



fresh 



Trout, fresh 



Whitefish, fresh 



Total 



Lines : 



Trout, fresh 



Grand total 



PoTinds. 



7, 650 



5,100 



1,000 



558, 446 



108, 000 



367, 555 



200 



40, 800 



1, 088, 751 



6,000 

 2, 000 



12, 000 

 1,000 

 1, 000 



22, 000 



47, 850 



10, 056, 381 



Value. 



$765 



153 

 10 



8, 021 



6,330 



7, 051 



10 



816 



23, 156 



20 

 20 



280 

 40 

 50 



2,563 



221, 067 



