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the OiT Fish Company, which operated a string of ten nets on the north 

 shore of Sand Point. These nets extended from a depth of about 

 eight feet to a depth of ahnost thirty feet, the whole string forming a 

 complete fish barrier a mile and three quarters long. 



In Wild Fowl Bay, which is south of Sand Point, the bottom was 

 more muddy and supported some vegetation. The fish were investi- 

 gated chiefly by set lines. 



In the course of the work an attempt was made to ascertain the 

 number and kinds of fish to be found in the different habitats both by 

 direct observation and by use of the dip-net, fyke net, trammel net, 

 lines and spears. I realize that the results are very incomplete, but 

 I believe they are reliable as far as they go, and submit them for their 

 bearing upon the distribution of the species in the state. 



I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Dr. A. G. Ruthven for 

 assistance in editing this paper and for the table of habitat distribution 

 and the bibliographical references. I am also under obligations to 

 Mr. Seymour Bower, Director of the Michigan Fish Commission, for 

 the tabular statement of the products of the Saginaw Bay Fisheries 

 for 1 908, and to Dr. S. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History, 

 for the identification of a number of species. 



As a summary I append tables giving the habitats in which the 

 different species were found and the value of the different food fish 

 taken in Saginaw Bay in 1 908. 



