626 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Summary of the produets of the shore fisheries of Lake Huron in 1899. 
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Pound nets and trap nets: | Fyke nets: 
IBIGCISDASS 2 sors. 2 she 4, 394 305 |  Cat-fishand bullheads... 68,099 | $2,136 
Cat-fish and bullheads .... 471, 404 13, 855 Wels see oe jae 203 jul 
CIS ere monensin ee tee ee ee | 658 38 Fresh-water drum....... 482 1 
Fresh-water drum, fresh ..| 157, 744 958 German Carpe... -a- sees 1, 842 50 
Fresh-water drum, salted . 2,420 47 Merring; fresh. <s...cne- 2, 787 31 
German Carp......-.------| 4,527 93 Herring, salted........-- 4,070 8) 
Herring, fresh <2. 2aese.= | 1,057, 780 10, 420 Ling or lawyers ....-...-- 8, 000 60 
Herring, salted...... saree 2, 613, 130 49,412 Pike and pickerel.....-- 34, 004 1,576 
Herring, smoked........-. 2,700 90 Pike perch (wall-eyed).. 23, O71 1, 246 
Ling or lawyers .....-.-... | 12, 880 107 ROCK bass sacs2eseeeeee 29, 806 572 
Pike and pickerel, fresh ~-| 140, 534 4,898 BUUTSCOn 222s. eeecees 125 6 
Pike and pickerel, salted . 440 9 UGKCLS: Jan eae tere eee 207, 421 5, 189 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), II Suckers, salted .........- 5, 220 54 
RROSH), «gages eee ee ' 988,689 } 42,687 || Sun-fish ............... a 21, 452 304 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), | I) “Wihiite-fishije.cascsa. soe 82 5 
Balved Ae soe Fee e eo sa a 3,410 122 White-fish (Menominee). 76 3 
ROCK ASS -.2 ose cbc aseecce 52, 688 Ts O2% Yellow perch...... we. 2ese 435, 841 5, 037 
SUUTPCON: toe nen - See wees os 28, 362 1 ewe ss 
Suckers, fresh ............. | 677, 514 11, 236 otal === ane eee oe 842,581 16, 396 
Suckers, salted ......-..-.. 845 j ere ————— 
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Trout, Faery edge Ofer 137) 64 5.912. | Cat-fish and bullheads... 1,592 52 
Trout, salted .............. 990 4] ane aes pee Te nbd a 
White-fish, fresh .......... 441,644 | 24,334 re eae ONCE Rabe ao ret Be 
White-fish, salted 2.2.2.2. 8, 140 389 Id ods a edge a eS tig 
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Se acu ag S| at isg | Suckers, fresh ....- 222... 45,432 | 1,104 
White-fish (Menominee), | eos Salted ~~ -oies “ oe I 
Salted <2. 22,2 eee cess: 9, 160 336 | Whitefish 2002777 {10 0) 
Yellow perch............-- | 92,183,761 | 24,905 ata o nS coisa cer ae ans | Fy 
Yellow perch..222.-2..-- 1,751 8 
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Gill a a aa Saar ena coy erale Ota ee oases eee 75, 268 1, 865 
18 Gk Dass See mesere ones | 765 6 anes: iD 
Gat fish and bullheads..... | 725 20 | Cat-fish and bullheads. . - 30,786 | 1, 024 
Herring, fresh.........-.... | 7,140 | 10 | Sturgeon ...--..-.+++---- 1, 850 _ 60 
Herring, salted............ 5, 400 124 Trout........------ Roerae 104, 800 5, 388 
Pike and pickerel ......... | 7 674 315 White-fish (Menomince). 1, 400 34 
nnn ere = ee | 91’ Qo: - Yellow perch, fresh..... | 11, 863 239 
Pike perch (wall-eyed) -...! 21, 092 1,011 Le I ; , Ob 
Rock bass .........-....... | 500 6 Yellow perch, salted .... 500 10 
Sia big teta) olay eee erro a | 160 5 =) ard 
Suckers, fresh ......-...... | 50, 828 973 Total ........-------- 151,199 | 6,755 
Suckers, salted ............ | 1,730 23 Miscellaneous apparatus: 
IDTOUTALeS eee eee eee | 505, 927 19, 477 IBlackpass.3. 222 ecco ee 500 30 
Mroutesalied <<. 4ees—eoe7 6, 700 305 ROGGc 22 se eee eee | 8, 000 520 
Wihite-fish’:2:2.-5..cse5%- 66, 012 2,931 erring... 252 aes anes } 6, 250 125 
White-fish (Menominee), | Pike and pickerel ....... 356 18 
GROSS see Se See bs aera | 58, 900 1, 754 Pike perch (wall-eyed) .- 49, 848 3, 379 
White-fish (Menominee), | Yellow perches... --e-22 25,118 502 
SAILCCC meee eee: 14, 900 474 ee 
Yellow perch.............. | 124, 885 1, 909 IMO) KW eee Soc ease 90, 072 4,574 
AUN) (eh eager pa ee rae | 872,788 | 29,508 Grand total.......... | 11, 142, 677 | 252, 543 
WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF LAKE HURON. 
In 1899 there were 18 establishments engaged in the wholesale fish- 
ery trade of Lake Huren. The persons employed numbered 87; the 
wages paid amounted to $23,314; the cash capital was $55,500, and 
the value of the establishments, with their apparatus, etc., was 
$57,295. This business is centered principally at West Bay City, 
Kssexville, and Port Huron, but is carried on to some extent at Detour, 
Mackinaw City, Sebewaing, and Saginaw. The firms at West Bay 
City and Essexville handle most of the fish taken in the Saginaw Bay 
region, except those taken at Bay Port and on the Saginaw River above 
Bay City. The greater part of the fish, fresh and salted, caught in 
these two localities is shipped by the fishermen to different sections 
of the country. The fish handled by the wholesale dealers are caught 
chiefly by fishermen living on the American side of the lake, but large 
quantities of Canadian fish are also utilized in the trade. 
