FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES IN 1885. 



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F. — Table showing by species the quantities and values offish taken, and quantities and values 

 of manufactured secondary products prepared on the Great Lakes in 1885 — Continued. 



Lakes. 



Superior 



Michigan 



Huron 



St. Clair aDd tributaries 



Erie 



Ontario 



Total 



Manufactured products. 



Caviare. 



Pounds. 



200 

 65, 975 



53, 690 



357, 155 



477, 020 



Isinglass. 



Pounds. 



60 

 910 



1,550 



4,777 



7,29" 



Oil. 



Gallons. 

 1,000 

 7,300 

 1,500 

 800 

 6,835 



17, 435 



Total value. 



$415 



9,634 



450 



7,584 



52, 999 



71,082 



Grand total 

 value of 

 products. 



$291, 938 



888, 422 



276, 847 



47, 777 



1, 162, 095 



95, 869 



2, 762, 948 



8. FISHERY LEGISLATION. 



The marked diversity in the laws regulating the fisheries of the States 

 bordering on the Great Lakes is a matter which appears to deserve 

 consideration. The desirability of having some co-operative action on 

 the part of the various lake states would seem to be apparent, in order 

 that legislative enactments might have an equal bearing and influence 

 upon the fisheries and the fortunes of the fishermen. Much dissat- 

 isfaction is often expressed by the latter concerning the inequality 

 of laws governing the fisheries in regions immediately adjacent. It 

 is only natural that the fisherman who finds his work interrupted and 

 his enterprise defeated by restrictive measures should feel discontented 

 when he sees his neighbor just across the state line prosecuting a 

 similar fishery without hinderance. It is also, perhaps, an open ques- 

 tion if any permanent benefit can be obtained by the enforcement of 

 prohibitory measures by one state, when license is given to fishermen 

 of neighboring states bordering upon the same lake to prosecute their 

 calling without interference. 



It is not the purpose of the writer to criticise special restrictions 

 which have been put upon certain methods of fishing, but the object is 

 more to call attention to the seeming inconsistency of attempting to 

 control the fisheries of a lake by measures so widely at variance as those 

 that are known to exist in the legislation of the different states that 

 are interested in the lake fisheries. 



9. CONCLUSION. 



The foregoing will enable the reader to understand the motives that 

 prompted the investigation upon which this review is based, and will 

 at the same time convey certain information that could not well be given 

 elsewhere, while it has thus been possible to show in a concise form the 

 general features of the lake fisheries, so that the salient points can be 

 seen at a glance. I trust this will at least meet with the approval of 

 those who desire to know the leading facts and have no time for study- 

 ing details. 



J. W. Collins. 

 H. Mis. 133 2 



