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By furnishing the fish in a fresh and wholesome condition and at 

 low prices (retailing everywhere at not to exceed 7 cents a pound) , 

 and doing some advertising, we have built up a steady demand for 

 the cheaper fishes in many places. 



Little if any success has attended efforts to introduce smoked 

 fish, nearly all our fish being bought and consumed fresh, but 

 further efforts will be made in that direction, and the salting of 

 certain varieties will be encouraged at times when plentiful. The 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries has assisted in educational work by 

 sending demonstrators to illustrate approved methods of smoking 

 and curing coarse fish. 



COMPARISON OF PRICES. 



It has been the intention to keep the prcies as low as possible 

 and pay for equipment needed and running expenses. It has 

 been aimed also to maintain prices as nearly uniform as might be 

 the year around. For instance the state has sold walleyed pike 

 uniformly at 12 cents wholesale (retail 14 cents), while the same 

 variety produced through regular channels has retailed at from 

 18 cents to 24 cents in the same markets. State whitefish have 

 been retailed at 14 cents and 16 cents; other whitefish 22 cents 

 to 30 cents, no better in quality. State pickerel have sold at 10 

 cents to 12 cents; other pickerel up to 18 cents. State bullheads 

 retail at 14 cents dressed, others up to 18 cents. The state rough 

 fish at 7 cents have been the only fish of the kinds in the markets. 



NO INJURY TO LAKES. 



By careful selection of localities for fishing and discrimination 

 in choice of varieties taken, this great quantity of fish has been 

 taken with little or no injury of any kind. In some cases those 

 varieties which are used but little if at all by local people and con- 

 sequently exist in abundance have been taken. In other instances 

 a limited number of the better varieties have been taken where an 

 abundance will permit. Some remote and little frequented lakes 

 have been made to furnish a portion. It is apparent that Red 

 Lake can give up a large volume of fish for a long time before any 

 diminution will be noted, and the quality of some varieties will 

 probably improve from year to year. 



