702 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Table showing by counties the yield of ilie fisheries of Lake St. Clair and (lie St. Clair 



and Detroit rivers in 1903. 



Species. 



Buffalo-fish 



Fresh-water drum , 



German carp 



Minnows , 



Muslcenunge ... 



Pilve and piclierel 



Pike perch (wall-eyed) 



Rock bass 



Sturgeon 



Caviar 



Suckers 



Sun-li.sh 



White-fish 



Yellow perch -. . . 



St. Clair. 



Lbs. Value 



10, 



101, 



3 



3, 



20: 



2.50 



3 



800 

 200 

 500 

 000 

 000 

 200 

 550 

 700 

 175 

 75 

 600 

 500 



Total 486,900 



4,600 



Wayne. 



Lb.s. 



126 



1,797 



800 



405 i 



1,185 



12, 9.57 



185 



16 



60 



1,018 



325 



230 



19, 106 



Value. 



Total. 



Lbs. Value. 



800 



10, 200 



102, 000 



3, 000 



3,000 



20, 200 



250, 650 



3,700 



8, 725 



75 



82, 900 



6, ,500 



25, .591 



4,600 



35,041 2,488 521,941 



S2 



126 



1,812 



800 



405 



1,185 



12, 964 



185 



569 



60 



1,027 



325 



1,904 



230 



21,594 



Table sJioving by counties and apparatus of capture the yield of the fisheries of Lake St. 

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



WHOLESALE FISHERY TRADE OF LAKE ST. CLAIR AND ST. CLAIR AND 



DETROIT RIVERS. 



The whole.sale fishery trade of this region is centered at Detroit, 

 where 5 firms were located in 1903. The greater part of the fish 

 handled hj these firms was caught in Canadian waters. There were 

 45 persons engaged in this branch of the trade and $30,717 were paid 



