REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



CLI 



Comparative Itthle shoving the yield of the Jj.iheries of TAtlce Erie i)i 1S80, ISSo, and 



ISM. 



From the following table, giving the quantity and value of each of 

 the principal fishes taken with the ditlerent appliances, the inii)ortauce 

 of gill nets and pound nets as means of capture will be clearly seen. 

 Gill nets yield the largest money returns and take the largest quanti- 

 ties of whitelish, blue pike, and sturgeon, while the pound nets have 

 the largest aggregate catch and surpass the gill nets in the output of 

 herring, saugers, and wall-eyed pike. 



TaMe showing hy apparatus and species the yield of the fisheries of Lake Erie. 



Species. 



Black bass 



Blue pike 



Catlisli 



Herring 



Perch 



Saugers 



Sturgeon 



Trout 



AV^ all-eyed pike 



AVbitefisli 



Other fish 



Total.... 



Gill nets. 



Pounds. Value. 



5, 

 5,411, 



18, 642, 

 1,101, 



237, 

 1,340, 



120, 



278, 

 1,402, 



305, 



28, 848, 353 



$264 



108, 759 



10 



203, 787 



14, 733 



7,401 



47, 777 



5,148 



11,771 



69, 557 



3,950 



473, 157 



Pound nets and trap 

 nets. 



Pounds. Value. 



112, 403 

 1, 952, 308 



470, 832 



20, 210, 983 



1, 270, 700 



3, 226, 562 



531, 243 



1,399,846 



937, 063 



1, 077, 829 



il, 189, 769 



ft), 8»V 



32, 068 

 12, 132 

 194, 775 

 8, 038 

 30, 425 

 19, 626 



57, 301 



46, 323 



8,050 



414, 625 



Fyke nets. 



Pounds. Value 



82, 585 



376, 250 



303, 670 

 368, 855 



318, 660 



1, 031, 925 



2, 481, 945 



4,534 



7,670 



2,440 

 4,056 



15,404 



7,275 



41,379 



Species. 



Black bass 



Blue ]>ike 



Cattish 



Herring 



Percli 



Saugers 



Sturtic.on 



Trout 



AV^all-eved piko 



AVhitciish 



Other fish 



Turtle.s and frogs. 



Total . 



Seines. 



Pounds. Value. 



43, 000 .$2, 565 



11,. 500 350 



230,375 5,275 



77, 100 937 



142, 050 4, 269 



5S, 925 



189,670 



752, 620 



3,004 



2, 369 



18, 769 



Lines, spears, 

 grapnels,etc. 



Pounds, value. 



Total. 



Pounds. Value, 



4,700 



113, 232 



848, 100 



14, 500 



117,420 



205, 000 



206, 874 

 700 



49, 960 



1,500 



16, 200 



$271 



7,024 



20, 827 



890 



4,151 



5, 570 



6,300 



35 



3,135 



90 



608 



4,074 



1, 578, 186 52, 975 



248,418 

 7, 488, 903 

 1,926,057 

 38, 80S, 283 

 2, 870, 407 

 4, 179,867 

 2, 078, 907 



121, 420 

 2, 105, 733 

 2,341,451 

 2, 621, 427 



64, 850, 873 



$13, 521 



148, 201 

 45,914 



399, 452 

 30, 299 

 51,721 

 73, 703 

 5,183 

 90, 615 



115, 970 



22, 252 



4,074 



1, OOO, 905 



