228 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



miles below Detroit, which is situated near the upper part of the river, 

 it expauds iuto a broad estuary and mingles with the waters of Lake 

 Erie. 



Fishery interests of the Detroit River. — The fisheries are carried on with 

 pound-nets and set-lines, no other form of apparatus being used. The 

 fish taken are largely herring and white-fish ; the catch of the latter is 

 much greater than that of the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair com- 

 bined. Very large quantities of fresh, frozen, salted, and smoked fish 

 find their way to Detroit, the extent of whose fish trade is such as to 

 place it in the front rank of the fish markets in the country. 



Statistics. — The extent of the fisheries of this region and of the fish- 

 trade of Detroit and Port Huron is shown in the accompanying tables: 



Table of persons employed in the fisheries of St. Clair Hirer, Lake St. Clair, and Detroit 



Hirer in 1885. 



Section. 



St. Clair River 

 Lake St. Clair . 

 Detroit River . 



Total . . . 



Fishermen. 



Prepara- 

 tory and 

 mechan- 

 ics. 



Total per- 

 sons em- 

 ployed. 



Pro- 

 fessional. 



Semi-pro- 

 fessional. 



43 

 81 

 66 



7 



18 



3 



53 



99 



120 



54 



190 



25 



57 



272 



Number 

 ofpersons 

 depend- 

 ent. 



98 

 2:(8 

 180 



516 



Table of apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of the St. Clair Hirer, Lake Si. 



Clair, and Detroit River in 1885. 





Section. 



Vessels and boats. 





Steamers. 



Small boats. 





Fishing. 



Collecting. 



No. 



Value. 





No. 



Value. 



No. 



Value. 



St Clair River 











29 



162 



22 



$803 













3. 8-'4 





1 



$400 



1 



$750 



1,620 









Total 



1 



400 



1 



750 



213 



6, .'U)7 











' Apparatus of capture. 



Section. 



Gill-nets. 



Pound- 

 nets. 



Fjke- 



nets. 



Seines. 



Set-lines. 



o 



a . 





No. 

 23 



Length. 



Val- 

 ue. 



No. 



Value. 



No. 



Val- 

 ue. 



No. 



Length. 



Value. 



Length. 



No. of 



hooks. 



Val- 

 ue. 







St. Clair River.. 

 Lake St. Clair . 



Feet 

 9,400 



$160 



5 

 41 

 11 



$1, 200 

 0, 950 

 4,400 



57 

 196 



$546 

 3,044 



13 



6 



17 



Feet. 

 4, 190 

 3, 490 



5, 540 



$1,900 

 1,050 



5,875 



Feet. 

 45, 900 

 2t, 300 



5,100 

 2,700 



$75 

 26 



$128 















23 











70, 200 





101 





Total 



9,400 



160 



57 



12, 550 



253 



3,590 



34 



13, 220 



8,825 



7,800 



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