270 KEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



as well as fishermen, and s'hip their catch, together with such additional 

 quantities as they are able to purchase in the vicinity, to points all over 

 the country. Several of them have large and well-appointed establish- 

 ments fully equipped for freezing, icing, and salting. Such sturgeon as 

 are caught here are usually sent to the smoke-houses at Sandusky. 



Large quantities of salt fish are handled at Huron ; in addition to 

 those obained locally, important consignments are received from other 

 parts of Lake Erie, and also from the other lakes. 



The following table shows the extent of fish trade of Huron in 1885 ; 



Wholesale fish trade of Huron, Ohio, in 1885. 



Species. 



Bass 



Blue pike 



Catfish 



Grass pike 



Herring 



Perch 



Saugers 



Sturgeon 



Wall-eyed pike 



Whitehall 



Other kinds ... 



Total.... 



Fresh. 



Pounds. 

 23, 500 

 95, 000 

 14, 400 

 30, 000 



590, 000 

 48, 200 



111,000 

 12, 000 

 35, 000 

 28, 500 

 93, 000 



1, 080, 600 



Frozen. 



Pounds. 



"167,666 



178, 000 



11, 000 



105, 000 



18, 000 



419, 000 



Salted. 



Pounds. 



371,000 

 " 260* 000 ' 



631,000 



Total. 



Pounds. 



23, 500 



202, 000 



14. 400 



30, 000 



1, 139, 000 



59, 200 



476, 000 



12,000 



35, 000 



28, 500 



111,000 



2, 130, COO 



Val ue at 

 price re- 

 ceived hy 

 dealers. 



$1, 420 



7, 225 



870 



1, 500 



25, 600 



670 



12, 970 



480 



1,750 



1,750 



1,740 



55, 957 



A great many of the fish caught along the shore between Sandusky 

 and Cleveland are taken by peddlers into the interior. The demand 

 is good, as it is a thickly settled and prosperous farming region, 

 with numerous towns and villages. 



Statistics. — The fisheries of Huron gave employment in 1885 to 62 

 fishermen and 1G shoresmen, and the wholesale fish trade to 54 other 

 persons; while the total number of people directly dependent upon 

 these for their support was 253. 



Three gill-net boats, 19 pound-net boats, 6 scows, and 18 small row- 

 boats that were employed, had a total value of $8,170. There were 180 

 gill-nets, 111 pound-nets, and set-lines with 6,000 hooks, the value oi 

 these apparatus of capture amounting to $53,115. There were invested 

 in wharves and buildings $42,450, in fixtures and accessories $6,335, 

 and as working capital $43,100. 



.The products amounted to 2,233,790 pounds, divided as follows : 

 Herring, 1,347,500 pounds ; saugers, 287,100 pounds ; blue pike, 288,100 

 pounds ; catfish, 83,900 pounds ; whitefish, 42,200 pounds ; sturgeon, 

 41,750 pounds; " hard fish," including wall-eyed pike, grass pike, bass, 

 and muskellunge, 44,040 pounds ; perch, 55,500 pounds; and other fish, 

 43,700 pounds. The total amount received by the fishermen for their 

 catch was $36 7 630. 



