652 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
were herring, 4,742,805 pounds, valued at ee 4; lake trout, 4,954,830 
pounds, va ed at $190,891; white-fish, 794,022 pounds, malued at 
$35,722; bluefin white-fish, 2,095,304 ie valued at $58,887, and 
longjaw white-fish, 290,575 pounds, valued at $4,810. 
Compared with the returns for 1899 there has been an increase of 
305, or nearly 50 per cent, in the number of persons employed, S224,250, 
or about 60 per cent, in the amount of capital invested, and 7,775,359 
pounds, or 143 per cent, in the quantity, and $192,809, or nearly 128 
per cent, in the value of the products. The increase in products con- 
sisted chiefly i herring, 3,617,327 pounds, $33,914; white-fish, 100,831 
pounds, $10,175; bluefin mie fish, 1,660,244 pounds, $47,570; ie 
jaw white- ae 290,575 pounds, $4,810; lake trout, 1,586,661 pounds, 
$90,192; wall-eyed pike, 80,212 pounds, $2,956, and suck cers, 171,649 
pounds, $2,752. The proportion of increase was very large in the 
atch of both herring and bluetin white-fish, the former being four 
times and the latter five times as great as in 1899. The herring were 
mostly taken in gill nets around the Apostle Islands and along the 
north cee They were in good demand at St. Paul, Minneapolis! 
Chicago, and among the farmers in Wisconsin, North Dakota, South 
Dakota, and Montana. The bluefin white-fish were also tee chiefly 
in gill nets and were in good demand. The greater part of the catch — 
of this species is sold fresh by the fishermen, but considerable quanti- 
ties are smoked by dealers in St. Paul and other cities. 
The fisheries of this lake are conducted from the various localities 
along the shore, the Apostle Islands, and Isle Royale. The steamers 
at Sault Ste. Ne arie fish chiefly at Iroquois Point and Whitefish Bay, 
and those at Grand Marais cover a distance of about 30 miles east and 
35 miles west of their home port. The steamers at Marquette fish to 
the northwest as faras Keweenaw Point, a distance of 60 miles, and 
to the es ward from the home port about 40 miles. At Ontonagon 
the steamers fish about 25 miles east and west of their home port and 
from 25 to 80 miles from shore, setting their gill nets till about the 
Ist of November in from 65 to 90 fathoms of water. During Novem- 
ber the nets are set in 100 to 120 fathoms, the catch at that time being 
chiefly siscowet trout. White-fish are mostly taken in April, May, and 
the early part of June in gill nets set in from 16 to 30 fathoms of 
water. 
Near Sault Ste. Marie, at the outlet of Lake Superior, 98 trap nets, 
valued at $2,450, and 25 fyke nets, valued at $250, were fished in St. 
Mary’s River for some 20 miles between Sault Ste. Marie and Sailors 
Ene: ampme: nt. The catch consisted of wall-eyed pike, 32,572 pounds, 
$827; pickerel, 10,792 pounds, $215; yellow perch, 10,165 pounds, $101; 
vatfish and bullheads, 588 pounds, $18, and sturgeon, 79 pounds, $4 
These fish are credited to Lake Superior, and are auieaae with the 
statistics for Chippewa County, Mich. 
