FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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Tahle showing by lakes and species the yield of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1890' 



Species. 



Bass 



Herring 



Perch 



Pike and pike percli. 



Sturgeon 



Trout , 



Whitefish 



Other fish .~ 



Total 



Superior. 



Pounds. 



199, 121 



26. 362 



47, 1S2 

 2, 613, 378 

 3,213,176 



16, 473 



G, 115, 992 



Value. 



$-1, 616 



1,134 

 1,401 



88, 201 



124, 987 



629 



220, 968 



Michiffan. 



Pounds. 



143, 



082, 

 943, 

 506, 

 9411, 

 364, 

 455, 

 932, 



26, 434, 266 



Value. 



$6, 477 

 102, 721 

 46, 041 

 21, 987 

 34, 253 

 349, 193 

 219,059 

 50, 134 



Huron. 



Pounds. 



29, 351 

 514,551 

 817,628 

 483,072 

 365, 718 

 505, 619 

 001,094 

 330, 348 



830, 465 



10, 056, 381 



Value. 



$2, 167 

 28, 181 

 20, 792 

 50, 834 

 8, 924 

 51,042 

 37, 247 

 21, 880 



221,067 



Species. 



Bass 



Herring 



Perdi 



Pike and pike perch 



Sturgeon 



Trout 



Whiteflsh 



Other fish 



Total 



St. Clair. 



Pounds. Value 



9,086 

 490, 334 

 763, 093 

 524, 669 

 309, 003 

 244, 847 

 23X, 764 

 414, 775 



2, 994, 571 



$544 



5,797 



10, 160 



17, 533 



7.794 



12, 242 



14, 753 



4, 754 



73, 577 



Erie. 



Pounds. Valpe 



248, 418 

 38, 868, 283 

 2, 870. 407 

 13, 774, 503 

 2,078,907 

 121,420 

 2, 341, 451 

 4,547,484 



64, 850, 873 



$13, 521 

 399, 4.'i2 



30, 299 

 290. 537 



73, 703 



5, 183 



115, 970 



72, 240 



Ontario. 



Pounds. Value 



33, 092 

 598, 978 

 358, 947 

 460, 492 

 541,752 



41,010 



148,771 



1, 263, 400 



1,000,905 3,446,448 



$2, 364 



20, 936 



5,368 



35,013 



22. 291 



2,089 



6,875 



29, 850 



124, 786 



Total. 



Pounds. Value 



463, 086 

 48, 753, 349 



7,751,028 

 16,835,119 



4, 289, 759 

 12, 890, 441 

 12,401,335 

 10,511,414 



113, 898, 531 



$25, 073 

 561, 703 

 113,260 

 417, 038 

 148, 366 

 507, 950 

 518, 891 

 179, 487 



2, 471, 768 



LAKE SUPERIOR. 



General features of tJie fsJieries.-^The coiiditiou of the fisliing industry 

 of this lake in tlie year covered by the investigation of the Fish Com- 

 mission was generally regarded as satisfactory and as representing the 

 average in recent years j the figures presented therefore afford a basis 

 for rational comparisons. 



The fishery resources of this lake are less developed than those of 

 any other member of the chain. Long stretches of shore line are not 

 only without fishing communities, but also without settlements of any 

 kind. The sparsity of the population and the relative remoteness ot 

 most parts of the lake from markets will doubtless retard the rapid 

 growth of the fisheries and x)revent them attaining for some years the 

 importance which the natural resources warrant. 



While some fishes which in parts of the Great Lakes chain have great 

 commercial importance are not relatively abundant in Lake Superior, 

 still the most prominent of the lake fishes are here present in large 

 quantities, and it is probable that in no other lake can a continued sup- 

 ply of desirable food-fishes be more certainly depended on. The great 

 area of the lake (32,000 square miles) and its depth (1,200 feet in places) 

 are conditions favorable to the maintenance of fisheries of much larger 

 extent than are now prosecuted anywhere in the Great Lakes basin. 



The fishing centers in this lake are, beginning at the western end of 

 the lake, Duluth, Minn.; Bayfield and Ashland, Wis.; Ontonagon, 

 L'Anse, Baraga, Marquette, Whitefish Point, and Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. 

 Important places for the collection, sale, and shipment of fish are 

 Duluth, Bayfield, Houghton, Marquette, Whitefish Point, and Sault 

 Ste. Marie. 



A prominent feature of the lisheries during recent years has been the 

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