FISHERIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



699 



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF LAKE HURON. 



Wholesale fishery esta>)lishments are located at several towns along' 

 Lake Huron, but by far the greater part of the catch is handled by- 

 five firms at West Bay City and Essexville. Since 1891) some of these 

 firms have established new houses at Alpena, the existence of which 

 has proved quite an incentive to the fishermen and has created an 

 upward tendency in prices. The bulk of the fish handled by the 

 wholesale dealers along the lake is caught in American waters, except 

 at Port Huron, where the reverse is the case. Over three-fourths of 

 the total quantity of sturgeon and caviar handled along the American 

 side of Lake Huron was taken in Canadian waters. The many small 

 ba^^s and inlets of the Canadian side of the lake seem to be especially 

 favorable for this and other species. In 1903 there were 16 establish- 

 ments engaged in the wholesale fishery trade of Lake Huron. The 

 persons engaged numbered 134; the Avages paid amounted to $38,420; 

 the cash capital was $95,500, and the value of the establishments, with 

 their appurtenances, was $96,500. Since 1899 there has been an 

 increase of 3 establishments, $39,205 in the value of property, $40,000 

 in the cash capital, $15,106 in the amount of wages paid, and 47 in the 

 number of persons engaged. 



Table shoirhvj the extent, of tJte wholesale J}i>iher>j trade of LaJ:e Huron in 1903. 



Item. 



Establishments . . 



Cash capital 



Persons engaged . 

 Wages paid 



16 



'isJ' 



$96, 500 

 95, 500 



38,420 



Product. 



Cat-fish and bullheads 



Dog-fish 



Eels 



Fresh-water drum, fresli . . . 

 Fresh-water drum, .salted . . 



German carp 



Herring, I'resli , 



Herring, .waited 



Herring, smoked 



Pike and pickerel, fresh 



Pike and pickerel, .salted... 

 Pike perch (wall-eyed), 



fresh 



Pike perch (wall-eyed), 



salted 



Rock bass 



Sturgeon 



Sturgeon caviar 



Product. 



Suckers, fresh 



Suckers, salted 



Sun-fish 



Trout, fresh 



Trout, salted 



Trout, smoked 



White-fish, fresh 



White-fish, salted 



Whitc-tiwh, smoked 



Whitc-lish (Menominee), 



fresh 



White-fish (Menominee), 



salted 



Yellow perch, fresh 



Yellow perch, salted 



Other fiish 



Total . 



Lbs. 



1, 543, 877 



898, 093 



24. 505 



1,013,136 



30, 235 



2,000 



824, .520 



116, 8H4 



40, 033 



91, 342 



SO, 1.55 



1,717,301 



100 



65, 775 



12, 910, 821 



Value. 



S50, 853 



25, 880 



729 



64,400 



1,433 



160 



63, 079 



5, 256 



3,604 



5,196 



4,397 



68, 040 



5 



4,356 



591,423 



Note.— Included in the above i.s 580,960 pounds of fi.sh imported from Canada, valued at $50,146. 

 of thi^ quantity sturgeon comprised 91,800 pounds and caviar 9,100 pounds, the combined value of 

 which w as f 18,194. 



