WHITEFISHES, LAKE HERRINGS, AND INCONNU. 499 
of the Great Lakes, ‘a delicious fish” of “some commercial importance,” 
and the North Alaskan White-fish (Avgyrosomus alascanus). 
The most recent full statistics relating to the White-fish industry are for 
the year 1900, and have been kindly communicated to the present editor 
by Dr. Hugh M. Smith, chief of the Division of Scientific Inquiry of the 
United States Fish Commission. 
“The catch of common White-fish (Coregonus clupeiformis) in the United 
States at the present time is about 5,800,000 pounds annually, having a 
value of about $325,000. The catch of the Menominee White-fish is about 
600,000 or 700,000 pounds annually. The quantity of Blue-fins taken in 
Lakes Michigan and Superior is about 1,000,000 pounds, worth $25,000 ; 
this species, which was artificially introduced into Lake Superior a few 
years ago, is now taken in about the same quantities there as in the lake 
to which it was indigenous. The catch of Lake Herring (Argyrosomus 
artedi) and other long-jawed species of White-fish (Argyrosomus) aggregates 
about 60,000,000 pounds yearly with a value of $950,000. The total annual 
catch of White-fish in the entire United States is thus upwards of 67,000,000 
pounds with a value to the fishermen of $1,305,000. 
“According to the report of the Canadian Department of Marine and 
Fisheries for 1900, the catch of White-fishes in the Northwest territories, 
Manitoba, and Ontario, was as follows: 
“‘White-fish, 10,925,000 pounds, value $645,000. 
“Herring, 8,285,000 pounds, value $166,000. 
“Tullibee, 373,000 pounds, value $8,500.” 
THE INCONNU. 
