FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 

 Table shoicing j^roihicts in idiolesalc fifilicri/ trade of Chiccujo in 1903. 



683 



Fresh fish: 



Black bass 



Bine-fish 



Buffalo-fish 



Cat-fish and bullheads. . 



Chubs 



Cod 



Flounders 



Fresh-water drum 



German carp 



Haddock 



Halibut 



Lake herring 



Mackerel 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike, grass 



Pike perch (wall-eyed). 



Red snappers 



Salmon 



Shad 



Smelt 



Spanish mackerel i 



Sturgeon, lake ' 



Suckers I 



Trout 



White-fish 1 



AVhite-nsh (bluefin).... 



Yellow pwrch 



Miscellaneous 



Total 



Salted fish: 



Anchovies 



Cod. dried 



Cod, boneless 



Eels 



551,016 



406, 597 



282, 368 



283, 985 



1,134,224 



357,291 



122, 082 



162,294 



1,275,568 



104, 033 



2, 134, 469 



3, 5S2, 968 



142,810 



704,915 



696, 532 



2, 473, 656 



546, 966 



1,422,049 



309, 694 



797, 720 



102, 604 



102, 037 



1,528,427 



8, 323, 801 



5, 467, 975 



1, 921, 119 



2, 662, 635 



343, 741 



182, 000 



2, 120, 300 



4,421,600 



95,000 



S65, 624 



29, 179 



15, 542 



18, 562 



63, 885 



21,378 



7,243 



4,143 



42, 653 



5,234 



177,717 



194, 983 

 14, 519 

 38, 224 

 34, 820 



165, 880 

 43, 369 



118, 470 

 28, 293 

 62, 492 

 12. 228 

 12, 240 

 38, 670 



533, 007 



431,465 

 96, 367 



142,329 

 20, 288 



37,943,566 \ 2,438,804 



9,036 

 116, 700 

 301, 460 



8,420 



Salted fish — Continued 



Herring, domestic 1, 016, 000 



Herring, imported 11,940,200 



Lake herring 1, 925, 000 



Mackerel, domestic 92,000 



Mackerel, imported | 1, 132, 400 



Salmon I 1, 082, 000 



Stock-fish : 391,600 



Suckers 195, 000 



Troiit 174,000 



AVhite-fish , 51, 000 



826, 998 



596, 924 



61,975 



8,670 



133, 087 



56, 880 



45,086 



5, 460 



10,440 



3,825 



Total 24,818,100 1,374,961 



Smoked fish: 



Finnan haddie. 



Herring 



Lake herring... 



Salmon 



Sturgeon 



Trout 



White-fish 



Miscellaneous.. 



Total 3, 407, 325 



252,245 



Other products: 



■ Lobsters 



Shrimp 



Oysters, opened. galls.. 

 Oysters, in shell.. i)bls.. 

 Clams do... 



Total 



Total value 



1,068,102 



5,134,112 



In the wholesale fishery trade of Green Ba}' there were 5 establish- 

 ments. The number of persons employed w^as 71, the value of prop- 

 erty ^84,760, and the cash capital $60,500. The products consisted of 

 fresh and salted fish, crawfish, and o3"sters, and amounted to 9,351,642 

 pounds, valued at $362,944. The quantity and value of the various 

 species handled are given in the following- table: 



Staiement of (he ivholesuJe fiyh trade of Green Ba;/, Wi><., in 1903. 



Product. 



Black bass 



Blue-fish 



Cat-fish and bullheads 



German carp 



Lake herring 



Pike and pickerel 



Pike perch (wall-eyed i)ike) 



Suckers 



Trout 



White bass 



Potmds. 



3, 

 15, 

 32, 

 624, 

 860, 

 309, 

 264, 

 9;i7, 

 4,- 2 

 37, 



Value. 



S378 

 1,240 1 

 2 4(3 



18, 8^2 

 31.5')0 

 22,292 I 



2), 010 ; 



20,830 I 

 M,c2J 

 1,980 : 



Product. 



I'ounds. 



White-fish 179.007 



White-fi.sh (bluefin) H5 739 



Yellow perch I 1, 97h,104 



Other fish I '.2. 724 



Salted fish 3. 1-10, 5 ;0 



Crawfi.sh i 217, 000 



Oy.sters liJ,847 



Total 9,£51,642 



Value. 



a3,s40 

 4,} 10 



04, COO 

 1,905 



94, f 50 

 8.750 



13,644 



362, 944 



FISHERIES OF LAKE HURON. 



Fisheries are conducted on the American side of Lake Huron from 

 Detour to Port Huron, but by far the most valuable fishing grounds 

 are in Saginaw Bay. The fisheries in St. Marj^s River as far up as 

 Sailors Encampment, those in Saginaw Eiver up to a short distance 



