11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1976 LAKE SUPERIOR, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ==================================================================================================================================== Wisconsin Wisconsin Michigan Michigan Minnesota Tribe Licensed State Licensed Tribe Licensed State Licensed Totals Catch =============== =============== =============== =============== =============== =============== Species Class pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ==================================================================================================================================== Alewife 4 . . . . . . . . 4 . 4 . Rainbow smelt 1 2832660 115227 . . 210268 28174 . . 651 322 3043579 143723 Rainbow smelt 4 175 0 . . . . . . 4 0 179 . Burbot 1 . . . . 18 1 . . . . 18 1 Burbot 4 943 . . . . . . . 71890 . 72833 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 189618 65197 . . 160579 21942 . . 120586 32864 470783 120003 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 12 0 . . . . . . 3 0 15 . Lake whitefish 1 794 402 . . 274752 188714 . . 570225 410400 845771 599516 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . . . . . 0 0 0 . Round whitefish 1 1441 510 . . 13730 3789 . . 196 60 15367 4359 Round whitefish 4 4 0 . . 1 0 . . 5 0 10 . Chubs 1 76163 37922 . . 140042 79165 . . 1020295 545253 1236500 662340 Chubs 2 . . . . 191728 88276 . . 9481 4997 201209 93273 Chubs 5 . . . . 169 18 . . . . 169 18 Lake trout 1 40358 26129 . . 80821 55004 . . 89431 52106 210610 133239 Siscowet (fat trout) 1 . . . . 113657 47555 . . 80470 28792 194127 76347 Suckers 1 . . . . 18308 1901 . . 13214 1064 31522 2965 Suckers 4 721 . . . . . . . 9 0 730 . Carp 1 . . . . 530 . . . . . 530 . Carp 4 . . . . . . . . 15 . 15 . Yellow perch 4 . . . . . . . . 3 . 3 . Walleye 1 . . . . 3 2 . . . . 3 2 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 3142889 245387 . . 1204606 514541 . . 1976482 1075858 6323977 1835786 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 3141034 245387 . . 1012708 426247 . . 1895068 1070861 6048810 1742495 Human Food 2 . . . . 191728 88276 . . 9481 4997 201209 93273 No Sale 4 1855 0 . . 1 0 . . 71933 0 73789 . Animal Food 5 . . . . 169 18 . . . . 169 18 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1976 LAKE MICHIGAN, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ==================================================================================================================================== Michigan Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Tribe Licensed State Licensed Totals Catch =============== =============== =============== =============== =============== =============== Species Class pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ==================================================================================================================================== Bowfin 4 25 . . . . . . . . . 25 . Alewife 1 12965 154 . . . . . . 6115 95 19080 249 Alewife 4 4301 0 . . 1547 . . . 3397 0 9245 . Alewife 5 34572542 389617 . . . . . . 4611270 60376 39183812 449993 Gizzard shad 4 11 . . . 67 . . . . . 78 . Rainbow smelt 1 204265 34302 11696 3237 5613 1439 . . 1964393 71934 2185967 110912 Rainbow smelt 4 140 0 . . . . . . 23 0 163 . Northern pike 1 15662 2855 . . . . . . . . 15662 2855 Northern pike 4 3 0 . . . . . . . . 3 . Brown bullhead 1 119870 21288 . . . . . . . . 119870 21288 Brown bullhead 4 5 0 . . . . . . . . 5 . Channel catfish 1 353 133 . . 86 . . . . . 439 133 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 271 . . . . . 271 . Burbot 1 120651 10788 . . . . . . 27599 563 148250 11351 Burbot 4 135 0 . . 10 . . . 1129 0 1274 . Burbot 5 9484 273 . . . . . . 1600 33 11084 306 White bass 1 4165 1648 . . . . . . . . 4165 1648 Freshwater drum 1 1292 136 . . . . . . . . 1292 136 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . . . . . 4 . 4 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 1600 956 . . . . . . . . 1600 956 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 . . . . . . . . 9 . 9 . Lake whitefish 1 1892187 1521951 . . 90 . . . 2716384 1734186 4608661 3256137 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . 85 . . . . . 85 . Round whitefish 1 19484 9574 . . . . . . 123528 40460 143012 50034 Round whitefish 4 . . . . . . . . 8 0 8 . Chubs 1 257225 216722 32652 29227 1969 921 . . 212254 185309 504100 432179 Chubs 2 607 443 . . . . . . . . 607 443 Brown trout 4 . . . . 29 . . . . . 29 . Lake trout 1 4543 1897 . . 7135 4688 . . 175 94 11853 6679 Coho salmon 4 . . . . 103 . . . . . 103 . Suckers 1 281074 9956 . . 4105 623 . . 142325 5398 427504 15977 Suckers 4 557 0 . . 28 0 . . 1096 0 1681 . Carp 1 748312 27427 . . . . . . 180 11 748492 27438 Carp 4 95 0 . . 112 . . . 1 0 208 . Bigmouth buffalo 4 6 . . . . . . . . . 6 . Yellow perch 1 451440 444014 226108 186419 180786 115556 . . 43 . 858377 745989 Yellow perch 4 0 0 . . 0 0 . . 39 . 39 . Walleye 1 5913 4959 . . . . . . . . 5913 4959 Walleye 4 . . . . . . . . 7 . 7 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 38728912 2699093 270456 218883 202036 123227 . . 9811579 2098459 49012983 5139662 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4141001 2308760 270456 218883 199784 123227 . . 5192996 2038050 9804237 4688920 Human Food 2 607 443 . . . . . . . . 607 443 No Sale 4 5278 0 . . 2252 0 . . 5713 0 13243 . Animal Food 5 34582026 389890 . . . . . . 4612870 60409 39194896 450299 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1976 LAKE HURON, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ============================================================================== Michigan Michigan Tribe Licensed State Licensed Totals Catch =============== =============== =============== Species Class pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ============================================================================== Bowfin 1 . . 884 68 884 68 Gizzard shad 1 . . 5402 634 5402 634 Gizzard shad 4 . . 6 0 6 . Rainbow smelt 1 . . 16000 1600 16000 1600 Brown bullhead 1 . . 29968 4935 29968 4935 Channel catfish 1 . . 378890 150827 378890 150827 Channel catfish 4 . . 2 0 2 . Burbot 4 . . 9 . 9 . White bass 1 . . 540 321 540 321 Freshwater drum 1 . . 13423 1605 13423 1605 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . 130 . 130 . Lake whitefish 1 . . 511716 321984 511716 321984 Round whitefish 1 . . 17 3 17 3 Rainbow trout 1 . . 1 . 1 . Suckers 1 . . 126788 11319 126788 11319 Carp 1 . . 716024 62937 716024 62937 Quillback 1 . . 7492 1679 7492 1679 Crappies 1 . . 55575 42360 55575 42360 Yellow perch 1 . . 322065 171147 322065 171147 Walleye 4 . . 100 . 100 . ============================================================================== Totals . . 2185032 771419 2185032 771419 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 . . 2184915 771419 2184915 771419 No Sale 4 . . 117 0 117 . 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1976 LAKE ERIE, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ================================================================================================================== Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Totals Catch =============== =============== =============== =============== =============== Species Class pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ================================================================================================================== Gizzard shad 1 10000 150 604177 30266 . . . . 614177 30416 Gizzard shad 4 . . 27 0 1820 . 4980 . 6827 . Rainbow smelt 1 . . 34750 5329 3035 466 . . 37785 5795 Rainbow smelt 4 . . 17 0 14 0 819 . 850 . Brown bullhead 1 1048 235 42825 7075 . . . . 43873 7310 Brown bullhead 4 . . 26 0 268 . 77 . 371 . Channel catfish 1 36714 18170 223160 118936 942 318 312 132 261128 137556 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 3 0 6 0 9 . Burbot 1 . . . . 130 7 . . 130 7 Burbot 4 . . . . . . 8 . 8 . White perch 4 . . . . . . 25 . 25 . White bass 1 13515 4880 1499450 667935 3269 566 7340 1985 1523574 675366 White bass 4 . . . . 2 0 3 0 5 . Freshwater drum 1 3985 231 952162 50643 7042 146 70329 8762 1033518 59782 Freshwater drum 4 . . 99 0 1060 0 . . 1159 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 28 22 . . 28 22 Lake trout 1 . . . . 268 176 . . 268 176 Suckers 1 772 54 62603 3649 522 34 15486 481 79383 4218 Suckers 4 . . 98 0 116 0 464 0 678 . Goldfish 1 . . 133522 6831 . . . . 133522 6831 Carp 1 487408 40896 2634535 160383 5 1 19697 1979 3141645 203259 Carp 4 . . 16 0 1 0 10 0 27 . Quillback 1 . . 127195 7052 . . . . 127195 7052 Bigmouth buffalo 1 63958 20460 29576 8733 . . . . 93534 29193 Minnows 1 . . . . 14 19 . . 14 19 Minnows 6 . . . . 6505 7607 . . 6505 7607 Rockbass 1 . . . . . . 17 . 17 . Rockbass 4 . . . . 3 . 221 . 224 . Crappies 4 . . . . . . 6 . 6 . Yellow perch 1 921 497 1438490 1184812 306968 239966 138893 106050 1885272 1531325 Walleye 1 . . . . 3742 2789 65290 48041 69032 50830 ================================================================================================================== Totals 618321 85573 7782728 2251644 335757 252117 323983 167430 9060789 2756764 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 618321 85573 7782445 2251644 325965 244510 317364 167430 9044095 2749157 No Sale 4 . . 283 0 3287 0 6619 0 10189 . Bait 6 . . . . 6505 7607 . . 6505 7607 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1976 LAKE ONTARIO, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ========================================== New York Catch =============== Species Class pounds dollars ========================================== Bowfin 4 5 . Rainbow smelt 1 12285 6150 Brown bullhead 1 26636 12852 Channel catfish 1 2973 670 American eel 1 40627 31956 White perch 1 50781 15293 White perch 4 27 0 White bass 1 169 33 Freshwater drum 1 411 43 Freshwater drum 4 13 0 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 53 21 Lake whitefish 4 8 . Suckers 1 4055 592 Suckers 4 21 0 Carp 1 5636 924 Sunfish and Bass 1 7518 2263 Sunfish and Bass 4 6 0 Rockbass 1 8652 1774 Rockbass 4 6 0 Crappies 1 3467 1541 Crappies 4 1 0 Yellow perch 1 61531 31285 Yellow perch 4 5 0 Walleye 1 511 285 ========================================== Totals 225397 105682 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 225305 105682 No Sale 4 92 0 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1976 All States Combined ================================================================================================== Human Food No Sale Animal Food Bait Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Species pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ================================================================================================== Alewifes 19 0 9 . 39184 450 . . 305 . . 0 . . . . . Bowfin 1 0 0 . . . . . Buffalofish 94 29 0 . . . . . Bullheads 220 46 0 . . . . . Burbot 148 11 74 . 11 0 . . Carps 4612 295 0 . . . . . Catfish 643 289 0 . . . . . Chubs 1942 1188 . . 0 0 . . Crappie 59 44 0 . . . . . Eel, Common 41 32 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 620 31 7 . . . . . Goldfish 134 7 . . . . . . Lake herring 473 121 0 . . . . . Lake trout 417 216 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 0 0 . . . . 7 8 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 16 3 0 . . . . . Quillback 135 9 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 9 2 0 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho . . 0 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 1049 62 1 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 5296 268 1 . . . . . Steelhead trout 0 . . . . . . . Suckers 669 35 3 . . . . . Sunfish 8 2 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 1528 677 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 5966 4178 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 158 54 0 . . . . . White perch 51 15 0 . . . . . Yellow Perch 3127 2480 0 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 75 56 0 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 27509 10151 97 . 39195 450 7 8 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1976 Commercial and Indian Catch ========================================================================================================================== Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Species Code pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ========================================================================================================================== Alewifes 10 . . 34590 390 . . 2 . 305 305 . . . . . . 0 . Bowfin 360 . . 0 . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . 0 . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 120 21 . . . . Burbot 480 1 . 130 11 . . 0 . Carps 630 . . 749 27 . . 0 . Catfish 660 . . 0 0 . . 0 . Chubs 720 76 38 590 385 33 29 2 1 Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . 0 . . . 0 . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 190 65 162 23 . . . . Lake trout 2000 40 26 199 104 . . 7 5 Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 16 3 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . 0 . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 1 0 . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 2833 115 415 62 12 3 6 1 Steelhead trout 4150 . . . . . . . . Suckers 4230 1 . 300 12 . . 4 1 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 4 2 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 1 0 2167 1711 . . 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 1 1 33 13 . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 451 444 226 186 181 116 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 6 5 . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 3143 245 39934 3214 270 219 202 123 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1976 Commercial and Indian Catch ========================================================================================================================== Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand Species Code pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars pounds dollars ========================================================================================================================== Alewifes 10 4621 60 . . . . . . 305 305 . . . . . . . . Bowfin 360 1 0 . . . . 0 . Buffalofish 420 64 20 30 9 . . . . Bullheads 450 31 5 43 7 0 . 27 13 Burbot 480 102 1 . . 0 0 0 . Carps 630 1204 104 2635 160 0 0 25 3 Catfish 660 416 169 223 119 1 0 3 1 Chubs 720 1242 736 . . . . . . Crappie 840 56 42 . . . . 3 2 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 41 32 Gizzard shad 1340 15 1 604 30 2 . 5 . Goldfish 1360 . . 134 7 . . . . Lake herring 1681 121 33 . . . . 0 0 Lake trout 2000 170 81 . . 0 0 . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 7 8 . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . . . Quillback 2810 7 2 127 7 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . 0 . 9 2 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 17 2 952 51 8 0 71 9 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1981 74 35 5 3 0 13 6 Steelhead trout 4150 0 . . . . . . . Suckers 4230 284 18 63 4 1 0 20 1 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 8 2 White bass, Freshwater 5000 14 5 1499 668 3 1 8 2 Whitefish, Common 5031 3798 2467 . . 0 0 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 124 41 . . . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . 51 15 Yellow Perch 5170 323 172 1438 1185 307 240 200 137 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 0 . . . 4 3 66 48 ========================================================================================================================== Totals 14591 4031 7783 2252 336 252 549 273 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:40 Friday, March 17, 2000 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1976 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 186 235 22 0 172 . . 18 633 Industrial . 4 . . . . . . 4 February Food 253 306 16 1 141 . . . 716 March Food 213 175 4 10 264 1616 6 13 2302 Industrial . 1 . . 6 . . . 7 April Food 1650 801 5 18 2649 1832 65 209 7229 Industrial . 1320 . . . . . . 1320 May Food 476 664 27 15 1347 1248 32 76 3886 Industrial . 6790 . . . . 0 . 6791 June Food 40 635 19 17 1137 616 18 36 2517 Industrial . 11993 . . 2697 . 0 . 14690 July Food 31 510 12 22 1001 369 20 12 1977 Industrial . 6588 . . 1893 . 1 . 8482 August Food 55 456 25 28 857 513 59 22 2016 Industrial . 2291 . . . . 1 . 2292 September Food 82 577 20 30 767 659 68 63 2265 Industrial . 1997 . . . . 1 . 1998 October Food 52 655 19 30 1014 468 40 57 2335 Industrial . 1437 . . 17 . 1 . 1455 November Food 3 150 38 24 357 428 15 35 1050 Industrial . 2160 . . . . 1 . 2161 December Food 101 183 64 3 194 33 3 1 582 Industrial . 1 . . . . 0 . 1 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 3141 5346 270 200 9901 7782 326 543 27509 Industrial . 34582 . . 4613 . 7 . 39202 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 3141 39928 270 200 14514 7782 332 543 66711 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.