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Door county, says that in his neighborhood the amount of white- 
fish has fallen off fully one-third in seven years. No fresh fish 
at all is sold here now, as it was three years ago, but it is all 
saited and disposed of to coasters. 
Mr. Marion, of Oostburgh, says that as many fish were 
caught the last three years as usual, but the number of nets has 
greatly increased, so that the decrease of each man’s catch is 
thought by some to be fully one-half in ten years. | 
At Pentwater, once such a famous ground, there are at pres- 
ent but two boats; in 1874 there were five ; ten years ago, seven 
and good fishing ; now it is an almost abandoned locality. 
Concerning the Mackinaw fisheries, the figures are quite re- 
liable. In 1874, Judge G. C. Ketchum ascertained the product 
of that year to be equal to 3,542,840 pounds fresh, and in 1879 
Mr. Kumlein shows the product to be equal to 3,259,896 pounds 
fresh, or a decrease of 282,944 pounds, or eight per cent., in five 
years. 
While visiting the Lake Huron fisheries, Mr. Kumlein wrote: 
“It is estimated by Mr. Case that ten years ago, with the same 
number of nets now used, three times the amount of fish would 
have been caught. He used to put up 1,200 barrels in a year; 
now he seldom gets over thirty tons.” 
Writing from Erie, Pa., Mr. Kumlein says; ‘ Many years ago 
Barcelona was the most important fishing point on Lake Erie, 
but at the present time it amounts to but little. Dunkirk was 
also for a long time famous, but very little is done there now. 
Erie, on the other hand, is improving.” 
In 1872 Mr. Milner wrote of Sodus Point: “ There are three 
boats here fishing pound nets.” In 1879 Mr. Kumlein says: 
‘‘ Now there is none.” . 
In 1872 Mr. Milner said: ‘ Poultneyville, N. Y., has been a 
resort for Canadian fishermen for years. Fourteen or fifteen 
years ago they came over in numbers, and they came almost 
every year.” In 1879 Mr. Kumlein said: ‘ Now there are none 
at all.” | 
From Sackett’s Harbor, Mr. Kumlein writes: “Clark and 
Robbins. of Sackett’s Harbor, say that in 1869 they salted 2,447 
half barrels ciscoes, while in 1879 they got but one hundred. 
