THE GREAT LAKES FISHERIES IN 1899. 627 
The following table shows the extent of the wholesale trade in 
fishery préducts in all localities on Lake Huron for the year 1899: 
Products sold. Lbs. | Value. | Products sold. Lbs. | Value, 
= 2 | - : sae a 
BIS CLUDASSaislgac cise ses. 804 | $72 || Salt-water fish ........... 27,721 $1, 697 
Cat-fish and bullheads ... 321, 910 | 21888) \/StuTeeOM-=--=o5..0.5,- 5 stec 95, 394 22,011 
else ara se ese sede oon 562 | 40 || Suckers, fresh...........- 573, 757 15, 103 
Fresh-water drum, fresh . 236, 721 2,079 |; Suckers, salted .......... 198, 912 3, 257 
Fresh-water drum, salted 1, 430 | 2Sall SUMAN GMs aes ch occ5 sos cet 19, 707 292 
Germanmiearp. <.222-..-2<2 1, 456 Soul Perot. freshe ts: 2.2. 22-45 | 799, 917 52, 241 
Herring, fresh............ | 775, 962 13, 401 || Trout, salted......-...... 3, 410 196 
Herring, salted ........... 1, 706, 653 | 34, 122 || White-fish, fresh......... 599, 571 45, 695 
Herring, smoked......... 22,060 920 || White-fish, salted .......- 9,460 | 525 
Ling or lawyers .......... 792 | 19 | White-fish (Menominee), 
Pike and pickerel, fresh... 181, 617 | S foley sereS hie teeicce coe sence soe 6, 952 304 
Pike and pickerel, salted. 440 | 11 White-fish (Menominee), | 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), Salted'ss:a-e.qesee ccc ccc 125, 452 | 4, 445 
PRCSDY Soe pete hoe ok 1, 180,170 65, 268 || Yellow perch, fresh...... 2, 236, 134 | 44, 070 
Pike perch (wall-eyed), || Yellow perch, salted..... | 6, 600 150 
SEMI Ke(G | Sepeiteeee ohs eres ne 3, 410 133 | 
ROGCINDASSesaece.ote sess eo 62, 832 | 1,538 | Ro tales seen eee 9, 299, 806 338, 282 
Notre.—Included in the above is 636,865 pounds of fish imported from Canada, valued at $40,922. 
Of this quantity sturgeon comprised 65,190 pounds and caviar 22,060 pounds, the combined value of 
which was $21,474. 
FISHERIES OF LAKE ST. CLAIR, ST. CLAIR AND DETROIT RIVERS. 
The fisheries of Lake St. Clair and tributaries in 1899 gave employ- 
ment to 442 persons, of whom 374 were engaged in the shore fisheries 
and 68 on shore in fish-houses. The total amount of capital invested 
was $54,535. The number of boats in use was 188, valued at $3,770. 
The apparatus of capture was valued at $3,820, the greater part of 
which represented the value of seines and pound nets. The shore 
and accessory property was valued at $26,945, while the cash capital 
employed amounted to $20,000. 
The total yield of the fisheries was 579,067 pounds of products, 
valued at $23,864. Wall-eyed pike is the most important species in 
these fisheries, the catch being 268,350 pounds, worth 411,877. Among 
other important species were trout, 69,915 pounds, worth $2,884; pike 
and pickerel, 42,715 pounds, valued at $1,821; perch, 40,000 pounds, 
valued at $1,202; sturgeon, 7,600 pounds, valued at $1,352, and white- 
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fish, 69,902 pounds, valued at 3,087. 
Nearly half of the catch, or 256,425 pounds, valued at $10,464, was 
made with lines. Seines are next in importance in these waters, the 
yield being 184,402 pounds, worth $7,678. The catch by gill nets and 
pound nets was much smaller, being valued at $2,958 for the former 
and $502 for the latter. 
Owing to restrictions placed upon the fisheries of this region, espe- 
cially in Lake St. Clair, the results of the present canvass show a very 
decided falling off as compared with the returns for 1893. In that 
year there were in use 380 gill nets, 91 pound nets, 60 fyke nets, and 
20 seines, while in 1899 there were only 60 gill nets, 5 pound nets, and 
13 seines, fyke nets being no longer in use. 
