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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Tahli' sJioivintj bij dates, cou)ities, apparatus, and species the yield of tlie shore fisheries of 

 Lale Michigan in 1903 — Continued. 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF CHICAGO AND GREEN BAY. 



The wholesale fishery trade of Lake Michigan centers chiefly at 

 Chicag-o, 111., and Green Bay, Wis. In Chicago in 1903 there were 

 4:6 establishments, of which number 11 were in the fresh-fish trade, 

 including oysters and other products, 3 in the oyster trade exclusively, 

 10 were fish brokers, salt-fish dealers, and wholesale grocers handling 

 salted fish, and IG were engaged in the smoked-fish trade. The number 

 of persons employed was 516, the A'alue of property utilized was 

 $957,300, and the cash capital amounted to §1,219,750. The products 

 consisted of fresh fish, 37,913,566 pounds, v^alued at $2,438,801; salted 

 fish, 24,818,100 pounds, valued at $1,374,^61; smoked fish, 3,407,325 

 pounds, valued at $252,245; lobsters, 258,115 pounds, valued at $51,565; 

 shrimp, 113,285 pounds, valued at $10,815; oysters, 744,980 gallons, 

 valued at $898,181, and 10,355 barrels in the shell, valued at $80,957; 

 and clams, 4,712 ])arrel.s, valued at $26,584; a total value of $5,134,112. 

 The products are sho\vn in detail in the,following table: 



