122 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The following tables show the quantity of fish handled by the dealers 

 at Green Bay City during 1884 and 1885: 



Trade of wholesale fish dealers of Green Bay City, Wisconsin, in 1884. 



Species. 



Bay-fish or suckers . . 



Black bass 



Bull-heads (skinned) . 



Catfish (skinned) 



Croppies and sunfisk 



Herring 



Perch (rough) 



Perch (skinned) 



Pickerel 



Pike 



Muskallonge 



Sturgeon 



Trout 



White bass 



Whitefish 



Other species 



Secondary products . 



Total. 



Fresh. 



Pounds. Value 



95, 067 



27, 608 



34, 687 



111, 172 



4,433 



87, 467 



272, 000 



115,342 



121, 003 



125, 965 



3,000 



138, 454 



226 670 



9,423 



195, 000 



2, 500 



1, 569, 791 



$880 



1, 526 

 1,294 

 8,287 



200 

 2,187 



2, 720 

 4,037 

 2,800 

 3,009 



240 



5, 538 



12, 266 



470 



12, luO 



25 



57, 579 



Salted. 



Pounds. Value 



358, 800 



580, 600 



46, 800 



55, 000 



1,041,200 



$4, 284 



12,015 



2,022 



3,300 



21, 621 



Total. 



Pounds. Value 



453, 867 



27, 608 



34, 687 



111,172 



4,433 

 668. 067 

 272,000 

 115,342 

 121,003 

 125, 965 



3,000 

 138, 454 

 273, 470 



9, 423 

 250, 000 



2,500 



2, 610, 991 



$5, 164 



1,526 



1,294 



8,287 



200 



14, 202 

 2, 720 

 4,037 

 2,800 

 3,009 

 240 

 5,538 



14, 288 

 470 



15, 400 



25 

 J 160 



79, 360 



'Amount obtained for 3,200 sturgeon bladders or sounds. 

 Trade of wholesale fish dealers of Green Bay City, Wisconsin, in 1885. 



Species. 



Fresh. 



Frozen. 



Salted. 



Total. 



Pounds. 



Value- 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Pounds. 



Value. 



Bav-fish or suckers 



111,639 



18,821 



13, 088 



145, 944 



829 



83, 686 



1,200 



507, 095 



201,038 



174, 281 



87, 907 



266, 040 



4,806 



184, 452 



1,000 



$1, 300 



1,252 



392 



6,638 



40 



2,208 



96 



7,019 



8,452 



7,794 



3,516 



12, 737 



215 



11,832 



20 







375, 391 



$5, 500 



487, 030 



18,821 



13, 088 



157, 944 



829 



680, 000 



1,200 



537, 946 



209, 608 



178, 404 



87, 907 



367, 000 



4,806 



250, 000 



1,000 



$6, 800 



Black-bass 







1,252 



Bull-heads (skinned) . . 











392 



Catfish (skinned) 







12,000 



480 



7,118 



Croppies and sunfish.. 

 Herring 







40 



9,714 



302 



586, 600 



14, 666 



17, 176 



Muskallonge. .......... 



96 





30, 851 

 8,570 

 4,123 



600 

 428 

 206 







7,619 







8,880 



Pike . 







8,000 









3,516 



Trout 



12, 350 



616 



88, 610 



3,852 



17, 205 





215 



Whitefish 



Shad or moon-eye 



10, 650 



743 



54, 898 



3,708 



16, 283 

 20 











'75 





















Total 



1,801,826 



63, 511 



76, 258 



2,895 



1,117,499 



28, 206 



2, 995, 583 



94, 687 











1 Amount obtained for 1,500 sturgeon bladders or sounds. 



About half of the fresh fish are shipped to Chicago and the rest go 

 to Milwaukee, Kansas City, St. Louis, Topeka, Denver, and small towns 

 in Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. All of the sturgeon-bladders go to 

 Chicago to be made into isinglass. A large part of the salt fish are 

 sent to Buffalo and Syracuse, New York. Most of the whitefish and 

 trout are sold locally or to towns in the interior of the State. The fresh- 

 fish dealers occasionally purchase a few packages of salt fish from the 

 fishermen, and also make a practice of salting their fish whenever there 



