648 



EEPOKT or THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Tabic shmcbig Inj lakes and species the yield of the fisheries of the Great Lakes in 1903. 



Species. 



Black bass 



Buffalo-fish 



Cat-lish and bullheads 



Dog-fish or bowfin 



Eels 



Fresh-water drum 



German carp 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Herring, smoked 



Ling or lawyer, fresh 



Ling or lawyer, salted 



Minnows 



Muskellunge 



Pike and pickerel, fresh . . 

 Pike and pickerel, salted . 

 Pike perch (blue pike) . . . 

 Pike perch (wall-eyed) ... 



Pike perch (sauger) 



Kock bass 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Suckers, fresh 



Suckers, salted 



Sun-fish 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Trout, steelhead 



White bass 



White-fish, fresh 



White-fish, salted 



White-fish, smoked 



White-fish caviar 



White-fish (bluefln), fresh. 

 White-fish (bluefln), 



salted 



White-fish (bluefin), 



smoked 



White-fish (longjaw) 



White-fish (Menominee), 



fresh 



White-fish (Menominee), 



salted 



Yellow perch, fresh 



Yellow perch, salted. 



Crawfish 



Lake Superior. 



Lbs. Value. 



58S 



4, 307, 422 

 435, 383 



10, 8Cfl 



13, 137 



48, 549 

 134, 747 



4, 190, 742 

 764, 088 



747, 499 

 46, 523 



, 033, 522 

 01,782 



290, 575 

 13,919 



1,675 

 10, 1C5 



Total 13, 205, 013 



118 



36, 566 

 9,118 



Lake ^lichigan. 



5,577 



1,202 



64, 420 



41,050 



535, 080 



64, 373, 867 



9, 487, 100 



2,650 



119, 505 



900 



3, 451 



565 



724 

 2,199 



157, 096 

 33, 795 



33, 985 

 1,737 



56, 512 

 2,375 



4,810 

 334 



67 

 101 



90, 634 



216, 483 



54, 850 



1,570 



2, 133, 776 



783, 765 



8, 955, 423 



93, 876 



169 



400 



1, 850, 032 



122, 212 



350 



Value. 



g494 



43 



,048 



56 



666 



8,889 



106, 973 



240, 103 



212 



1,509 



18 



5, 205 



11, 765 



3,408 



1,131 



27, 531 



17, 731 



426,212 



4,219 



17 



15 



111, 403 



7, 246 



35 



631 , 664 



3,000 

 186,505 



119, 834 



144, 425 



, 292, 260 



21,128 



244, 464 



24, 562 



300 

 7, 809 



3, 368 



6,381 



62, 910 



331 



7, 897 



343,671 33,579,498 1,090,550 



Lake Huron. 



Lbs. Value. 



155, 826 



16,191 



1, 211 



47, 426 



37, 491 



1, 144, 094 



3, 496, 233 



640 



80 



S5,444 



297 



58 



309 



954 



14, 561 



68, 141 



40 



2 



420 



145, 407 



1,610 



1, 598, 674 



110, 575 



34, 047 



296 



2, 061, 578 



028, 576 



42, 482 



2, 086, 880 



21, 752 



654, 362 

 38, 101 



400 



74, 400 

 116, 700 



28, 755 

 1,911,002 



14, 455, 209 



24 



6,980 



30 



89, 992 



3,236 



2, 162 



241 



48, 974 



12, 886 



1,066 



99, 386 



738 



40, 679 

 1, 327 



2,672 

 3,926 



1,321 



44, 826 



450,318 



Lake 

 St. Clair.a 



Lbs. Value 



10, 200 

 102,000 



3,000 



3, 000 



20, 200 



250, 650 



3, 700 



8, 725 



82, 900 

 "6,' 500 



25, .591 



4,600 



521,941 



^2 



126 

 1, 812 



800 

 405 



1,185 



12, 934 



185 



569 



60 



1,027 



325 



1,904 



230 



21, 594 



Species. 



Lake Erie. 



Lake Ontario, c 



Value. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Total. 



Lbs. 



Value. 



Black bass 



Buflalo-fish 



Cat-fish and bvillhcads 



Dog-fish or bowfin 



Eels 



Fresh-water drum 



German carp 



Herring, fresh 



Herring, salted 



Herring, smoked 



Ling or lawyer, fresh 



Ling or lawyer, salted 



Minnows 



^Muskellunge 



Pike and pickerel, fresh .. 

 Pike and pickerel, salted. 

 Pike perch (blue pike) ... 

 Pike perch (wall-eyed) ... 



Pike perch (sauger) 



Rock bass 



Sturgeon 



4, 825 



28, 335 



181,775 

 1,062 



7,471 

 6 



349, 224 



SI, 813 

 "\2,Wi 



642, 445 

 3,516,752 

 8, 788, 625 



4,513 

 59, 198 

 333, 844 



73, 595 



4,300 



16,320 



105, 315 



16, 000 



4,233 

 86 



432 

 5,170 



640 



13, 693 



99 



600 



31, 359 



4,915,357 

 908, 484 



1,940,355 



1,005 



294, 226 



188, 033 



49, 462 



47, 697 



21 



21, 586 



66, 065 

 8,025 



3, 3.53 

 650 



22, 119 

 213, 590 



321 

 11,504 



38, 737 



2, 002 



751,833 



17,253 



75, 533 



746, 021 



4,237,643 



18, 719, 323 



13, 434, 716 



3,290 



133, 878 



900 



3,000 



3,420 



298, 466 



1,610 



4,981,422 



3,076,147 



1, 940, 355 



137, 399 



618, 575 



$2, 694 



45 



27, 884 



303 



4,347 



5,700 



71, 285 



497, 114 



318, 062 



252 



1,628 



18 



800 



429 



15, 668 



30 



191, 386 



168, 284 



47, 697 



3, 763 



39, 794 



a Includes St. Clair and Detroit rivers. 



hThe herring catch of Lake Michigan includes chubs. 



c Includes St. Lawrence and Niagara rivers. 



