80 Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting 
It will be noticed that the sturgeon is rapidly on the road 
towards practical extermination. 
Mr. Clark: It is practically gone. 
Mr. Bower: You will also notice that values have increased 
much faster relatively than the catch. This is due in a great 
measure to the increase in the value of caviar at first hands; 
nearly every man that catches sturgeon now-a-days knows how 
to make his own caviar, and he does so. Although the process 
is simple and inexpensive, only a few understood it a number of 
years ago—it was carefully guarded as a trade secret. Fisher- 
men used to receive 15 to 20 cents per pound for the roe whereas 
now they realize 80 cents to $1.00 per pound for the caviar. The 
output of caviar in this state in 1891 was about 60,000 pounds, 
but in 1904 it had dropped to about 8,000 pounds. 
The next table covers all kinds of fish not previously classified. 
ALL OTHER KINDS, PRINCIPALLY GERMAN CARP, MENOMI- 
NEE WHITEFISH, CATFISH, BULLHEADS, SUNFISH, 
ROCK BASS, GRASS PIKE, SAUGERS, ETC. 
Year Total Catch, Pounds Total Value 
ISIE eee et pe NARS of noite tec chro OmacnO Or 1,557,000 $35,790.00 
DSO ZB sasctoth cr cokers aero ota e 2,795,000 72,434.00 
USGS eo ad FEE her ek Matis hee elma es 1,482,000 38,265.00 
DSO see Sas Besse arate Guage eieiov aga enstete rane 1,234,000 29,965.00 
ADS Oy Swede ales Ae eaehshic io eRe ee eee se 1,277,000 24,165.00 
MS Girne eels Hotes ee rete tare) Soe aoe 1,301,000 30,188.00 
BRS EV Meet ints ces cee anhcic & Backs eamroirtn dos 1,510,000 26,536.00 
IAS peepee ah een tiara, urs (0 ee dese moe 1,671,000 30,816.00 
1A een etre sane: toate brane of Sk cb Gas 2,081,000 44,795.00 
DOO. vers ecenacteceiee ee ee era 2,400,000 50,798.00 
HG Osea eS Payal rien, 215 eS RN eae Ree 3,061,000 52,005.00 
NG OR oie dis, oS 0s Ieee eee 2,763,000 55,665.00 
ELD OSPR a ..S aie)» a chee Me Ree wooetons 2,384,000 56,202.00 
JNO At cate MRAP Ae haces Names pata nd 1,971,000 48,860.00 
You will notice the same general condition with reference to 
the catch of these miscellaneous fish, viz: low in the middle 
90’s, then gradually increasing. The catch, however, decreased 
somewhat in the last year or two, during which time probably 
50 to 60 per cent. of this class was German carp. 
