FISHEEIES OF THE GREAT LAKES. 



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River by a Detroit lirm, which was allowed to sell the white-iish 

 which had been stripped of eggs and milt by employees of the Bureau 

 of Fisheries. 



The use of spears through the ice was followed principally at Fair- 

 haven. Several species were taken in this manner, the most impor- 

 tant being pike. The catch was sold to local buyers, who acted as- 

 agents for lirms in larger cities. 



Wall-eyed pike constituted nearly three-fourths of tlie entire catch 

 of these waters and were taken mainly on lines and in seines. White- 

 fish and German carp ranked next, the former being taken exclusively 

 in seines and the latter in seines and by spears. 



Compared with the returns for 1903, those for 1899 show a decrease 

 from 112 to ?)55 in the number of persons engaged. The investment 

 has increased from i|(51, 535 to $339,885, and the products have decreased 

 from 579,067 pounds, valued at $23,861, to 521,911 pounds, valued at 

 $21,591. The increase in the investment is due almost wholly to an 

 extension of the wholesale trade. 



The following tables show the extent of the fisheries of Lake St. 

 Clair and the St. Olair and Detroit rivers in 1903: 



Table sJiowing hij counties the number of persons employed in tjie fisheries of LaJ:e St. Clair 

 and the St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 1903. 



Table sliowiny by counties the apparatus and capital employed in the fisheries of Lale 

 St. Clair and tlie St. Clair and Detroit rivers in 1903. 



a Includes 1 steamboat, worth §800, in Wayne County. 



