40 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table of products of the fisheries of Lake Superior in 1885. 



Town or section. 



Minnesota shore north 

 , of Duluth 



Duluth, Minnesota, and 

 vicinity 



Bayfield, Wisconsin 



Ashland, Wisconsin, 

 and vicinity 



Ontonagon, Michigan, 

 and vicinity 



Keweenaw Peninsula, 

 Michigan 



L'Anse and Baraga, 

 Michigan 



Huron Bay, Michigan . . 



Marquette, Michigan... 



Au Train, Michigan 



Munising and Grand 

 Island, Michigan 



Grand Marais, Michi- 

 gan, and vicinity 



Whitefish Point, Michi- 

 gan 



Sault de Ste. Marie, 

 Michigan, and vicin- 

 ity 



Total 



Fresh. 



White- 

 fish. 



Lbs. 



38, 000 



400, 000 

 310, 000 



100, 000 



25, 000 



116, 000 



59, 914 



8,000 



96, 900 



5,063 



37,870 



12, 000 



300, 000 



597, 000 



2, 105, 747 



Trout. 



Sisco- 

 wet. 



Stur- 

 geon. 



Lbs. 



28, 000 



500, 000 

 200, 000 



125, 000 



16, 000 



136, 000 



54,720 



5,000 



75, 380 



16, 627 



18, 050 



10, 000 



148, 000 



193, 000 ' 



1, 525, 777 



Lbs. 



10, 000 



270, 000 

 CO, 000 



40, 000 



2,500 



40, 000 



Lbs. 



140, 700 



1,800 



35, 000 

 600, 000 



10, 000 

 15, 000 



627, 000 



4,760 



1,500 

 2,500 



122, 000 



182, 760 



Herring. Pike. 



Lbs. 



25, 000 

 40, 000 



c20, 000 



1,500 



140, 000 



14,280 



*26,*456 



3,000 

 1, SCO 



8.000 



273, 730 



Lbs. 



2,000 



110,000 

 15, 000 



1,000 

 5,000 

 1,904 



2,000 



35. 000 



171.904 



Other 

 fish. 



Lbs. 



7,000 



dlO, 122 



2,000 



5,000 



610 



6,080 



2,000 



1, 000 



10.000 



49, 812 



Total. 



Lbs. 



78, 000 



al, 315, 000 

 640, .000 



312, 000 



46, 000 



444, 000 



151, 700 



15, 000 



338, 430 



22, 300 



e02, 000 



30, 300 



455, 000 



1,000,000 



4, 909, 730 



Town or section. 



Minnesota shore north 

 of Duluth 



Duluth, Minnesota, and 

 vicinity 



Bayfield, Wisconsin . . . 



Ashland, Wisconsin, 

 and vicinity 



Ontonagon, Michigan, 

 and vicinity 



Keweenaw Peninsula, 

 Michigan 



L'Anse and Baraga, 

 Michigan 



Huron Bay.'Michigan. . 



Marquette, Michigan . . 



Au Train, Michigan.. 



Munising and Grand 

 Island, Michigan 



Grand Marais, Michi- 

 gan, and vicinity 



Whitefish Point, Michi- 



gan 



Sault do Ste. Marie, 

 Michigan, and vicin- 

 ity 



Total 



Salted. 



White- 

 fish. 



Lbs. 



40,000 



150,000 

 1, 820, 800 



12, 000 



29, 000 



158, 300 



28, 000 



28, 000 



4,500 



3,500 



32, 600 



10, 000 



89, 500 



60, 000 



2, 466, 200 



Trout. 



Lbs. 



18,000 



400, 000 

 305, 700 



2,000 



15, 000 



197, 300 



1, 750 



15, 000 



20,910 



300 



3,600 



8,000 



26, 000 



60, 000 



1, 073, 590 



Sisco- 

 wet. 



Lbs. 



150, 000 

 51, 000 



1,000 



3,000 



50, 000 



23,110 



700 



10, 000 



288, 810 



Her- 

 ring. 



Pike. 



Lbs. 



10, 000 

 10, 000 



2, 500 



15, 000 



5,250 



700 



5,000 

 2,500 



Lbs. 



13, 000 

 5,000 



1,500 

 10, 000 



50,950 29,500 



Other 

 fish. 



Lbs. 



3,000 

 2,000 



2,200 



7,200 



Total. 



Lbs. 



58, 000 



723, 000 

 2, 192, 500 



15,000 



49, 500 



420, 600 



35, 000 

 43, 000 

 49, 250 



3, 800 



36, 200 

 26, 700 



121,500 



142, 200 



Total. 



Pounds. 



3, 910, 250 



136. 000 



2, 038, 000 

 2, 832, 500 



327, 000 



95, 500 



864, 600 



186, 700 

 58, 000 



387, 680 

 26, 100 



98, 200 



57. 000 



576, 500 



1, 142, 200 



8, 825, 980 



Value 

 to fish- 

 ermen. 



$3, 970 



75, 680 

 60, 080 



11,350 



4,245 



34, 170 



7,496 



2,460 



13,250 



1,777 



3,770 



2,080 



23, 500 



48.110 



f-l\i 1,938 



aTncluding over 20,000 pounds of whitefish, trout, sturgeon, and herring sent to smoke-house. 

 & Including 15,000 pounds smoked, 

 c Including 5,000 pounds smoked. 



d Including 2,856 pounds of brook trout, sold at 25 cents per pound, 

 e Including several hundred pounds smoked. 



/Including $415, the value of 1,000 gallons of oil, 200 pounds of caviare, and 600 sounds for making 

 isinglass. 



