12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1989 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 1 . . . . . . . . 3 . 3 . Alewife 4 . . . . . . . . 2 . 2 . Rainbow smelt 1 245505 29460 . . 135430 122221 . . . . 380935 151681 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 549 526 3 . 59 . 611 . Channel catfish 1 . . . . . . 31 . . . 31 . Burbot 4 . . . . . . . . 74 . 74 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 240556 105363 . . 294384 101489 4837 2070 13772 5853 553549 214775 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 1224 649 . . . . 23 11 24 16 1271 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 361475 315654 1203829 998188 347017 385975 1912321 1699817 Round whitefish 1 . . . . . . 3625 1472 . . 3625 1472 Chubs 1 17310 9054 . . 27662 15037 1022 . 191 208 46185 24299 Chubs 2 . . . . 50579 23629 . . . . 50579 23629 Chubs 4 . . . . . . . . 169 240 169 . Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 16863 11139 . . 16863 11139 Lake trout 1 242 192 . . 66878 62809 213787 137506 14025 11539 294932 212046 Siscowet (fat trout) 1 . . . . 107134 41264 . . 159135 108927 266269 150191 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 165 73 . . 165 73 Suckers 1 . . . . . . 60 50 1150 . 1210 50 Suckers 4 1880 . . . 1455 . 100 80 3068 . 6503 . Smallmouth bass 1 . . . . 19 . . . . . 19 . Yellow perch 1 . . . . 2 . 201 81 . . 203 81 Walleye 1 . . . . . . 2914 4214 . . 2914 4214 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 506717 144718 . . 1045567 682629 1447460 1154884 538689 512758 3538433 2494989 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 503613 144069 . . 992984 658474 1447334 1154793 535293 512502 3479224 2469838 Human Food 2 . . . . 50579 23629 . . . . 50579 23629 No Sale 4 3104 649 . . 2004 526 126 91 3396 256 8630 . 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1989 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 ==================================================================================================================================== Alewife 1 42400 849 . . . . . . 7000 266 49400 1115 Alewife 4 237 1 . . . . 1895 . . . 2132 . Alewife 5 14109411 282206 . . . . . . . . 14109411 282206 Gizzard shad 3 75 45 . . . . . . . . 75 45 Gizzard shad 4 26 16 . . . . . . . . 26 . Rainbow smelt 1 1390168 717826 . . . . . . 1432572 188544 2822740 906370 Rainbow smelt 4 7839 4094 . . . . 11 . . . 7850 . Rainbow smelt 5 23204 465 . . . . . . . . 23204 465 Rainbow smelt 6 60101 31375 . . . . . . . . 60101 31375 Northern pike 1 1079 370 . . . . . . . . 1079 370 Brown bullhead 1 5607 2531 . . . . . . . . 5607 2531 Brown bullhead 4 235 103 . . . . . . . . 235 . Channel catfish 1 412 169 . . . . 4858 1689 . . 5270 1858 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 12 . 210 73 50 . 272 . Burbot 1 12211 1350 . . . . . . 230 118 12441 1468 Burbot 4 14289 1632 . . 165 . 51552 . 15641 7881 81647 . White perch 1 90 23 . . . . . . . . 90 23 White bass 1 7055 4457 . . . . . . 14 . 7069 4457 White bass 4 295 163 . . . . . . . . 295 . Freshwater drum 1 562 93 . . . . . . . . 562 93 Freshwater drum 4 3538 407 . . . . . . . . 3538 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . . . 308 105 . . 308 105 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 . . . . . . 53 21 . . 53 . Lake whitefish 1 1241168 1419150 . . . . 1893016 1351985 2221027 2112114 5355211 4883249 Lake whitefish 4 2564 2888 . . 2 . . . 785 907 3351 . Lake whitefish 5 3829 4249 . . . . . . . . 3829 4249 Round whitefish 1 11959 5038 . . . . 123872 46113 . . 135831 51151 Chubs 1 843867 597281 81450 101279 . . 396013 303971 499509 379491 1820839 1382022 Chubs 2 1439047 983245 . . . . . . . . 1439047 983245 Chubs 3 36535 25479 . . . . . . . . 36535 25479 Chubs 4 21496 14992 . . 49 . . . . . 21545 . Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 61547 29634 . . 61547 29634 Lake trout 1 . . . . . . 341593 184621 . . 341593 184621 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 2727 1409 . . 2727 1409 Suckers 1 78083 3383 . . . . 698 70 2659593 104690 2738374 108143 Suckers 4 18724 1135 . . 134 . 12257 1233 1845 62 32960 . Carp 1 . . . . . . 899 127 . . 899 127 Carp 4 293 . . . . . 1294 164 . . 1587 . Yellow perch 1 691367 1070452 219735 343099 352566 506905 50625 75470 . . 1314293 1995926 Yellow perch 4 24234 37581 . . . . . . 48 . 24282 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 4612 4655 . . 4612 4655 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 20092000 5213048 301185 444378 352928 506905 2948040 2001340 6838314 2794073 30532467 10959744 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4326028 3822972 301185 444378 352566 506905 2880768 1999849 6819945 2785223 14680492 9559327 Human Food 2 1439047 983245 . . . . . . . . 1439047 983245 Human Food 3 36610 25524 . . . . . . . . 36610 25524 No Sale 4 93770 63012 . . 362 . 67272 1491 18369 8850 179773 . Animal Food 5 14136444 286920 . . . . . . . . 14136444 286920 Bait 6 60101 31375 . . . . . . . . 60101 31375 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1989 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 . . 6 . 6 . Alewife 1 . . 1401 280 1401 280 Gizzard shad 1 . . 1978 440 1978 440 Rainbow smelt 1 . . 12105 7265 12105 7265 Northern pike 4 574 . . . 574 . Brown bullhead 1 . . 3007 1123 3007 1123 Brown bullhead 4 . . 318 114 318 . Channel catfish 1 4043 1539 649985 356748 654028 358287 Channel catfish 4 . . 13449 6952 13449 . Burbot 1 . . 501 147 501 147 Burbot 4 . . 437 149 437 . White perch 1 . . 17073 7267 17073 7267 White perch 4 . . 27 12 27 . White bass 1 . . 14562 8119 14562 8119 White bass 4 . . 1 1 1 . Freshwater drum 1 . . 34140 6717 34140 6717 Freshwater drum 4 . . 520 101 520 . Gars 1 . . 7 . 7 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 7812 3132 . . 7812 3132 Lake whitefish 1 1857208 1421685 1438994 1528006 3296202 2949691 Lake whitefish 4 . . 87 97 87 . Round whitefish 1 47142 18051 14309 12317 61451 30368 Round whitefish 4 . . 19 17 19 . Chubs 1 57511 50693 . . 57511 50693 Chubs 4 . . 1 . 1 . Chinook salmon 1 463041 225536 5 . 463046 225536 Lake trout 1 163836 94136 . . 163836 94136 Suckers 1 . . 132796 17940 132796 17940 Suckers 4 . . 533 55 533 . Carp 1 7786 1039 533004 103197 540790 104236 Carp 4 1539 242 38884 6898 40423 . Quillback 1 . . 49490 12954 49490 12954 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 10049 1409 10049 1409 Rockbass 1 . . 539 768 539 768 Rockbass 4 . . 196 322 196 . Crappies 1 . . 11452 22668 11452 22668 Crappies 4 . . 7 13 7 . Yellow perch 1 3401 4680 73534 113304 76935 117984 Yellow perch 4 . . 43 69 43 . Walleye 1 11229 11768 . . 11229 11768 Walleye 3 15 17 . . 15 17 Walleye 4 14 16 . . 14 . ============================================================================== Totals 2625151 1832534 3053459 2215469 5678610 4048003 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 2623009 1832259 2998937 2200669 5621946 4032928 Human Food 3 15 17 . . 15 17 No Sale 4 2127 258 54522 14800 56649 . 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1989 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 . . 12433 371 . . . . 12433 371 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 49360 . . . 49360 . Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 365 . . . 365 . Brown bullhead 1 3572 895 80016 18708 . . . . 83588 19603 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 10 . 1 . 11 . Channel catfish 1 11481 6898 342439 125629 8 4 . . 353928 132531 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 30 17 305 . 335 . Burbot 4 . . . . 3524 . . . 3524 . White perch 1 . . 512636 161413 19860 1407 . . 532496 162820 White perch 4 . . . . 64985 4944 512 . 65497 . White bass 1 991 488 548530 228550 7543 2895 . . 557064 231933 White bass 4 . . . . 1007 420 29 . 1036 . Freshwater drum 1 . . 484712 58158 1806 131 . . 486518 58289 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 21337 1524 74 . 21411 . Lake whitefish 1 . . 12357 12357 29651 16126 . . 42008 28483 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . . . 5 . 5 . Suckers 1 . . 39335 2378 . . . . 39335 2378 Suckers 4 . . . . 4968 . 1114 . 6082 . Goldfish 1 2951 495 13539 802 . . . . 16490 1297 Carp 1 194320 26000 895154 89578 . . . . 1089474 115578 Carp 4 . . . . 26 . . . 26 . Quillback 1 568 227 71468 8559 . . . . 72036 8786 Bigmouth buffalo 1 19549 8332 73485 22086 . . . . 93034 30418 Minnows 6 . . . . 6877 16196 . . 6877 16196 Sunfish and Bass 4 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 1135 . 1135 . Yellow perch 1 . . 1695225 2367975 211345 233014 20049 52152 1926619 2653141 Yellow perch 4 . . . . 1 1 . . 1 . Walleye 1 . . . . 9191 10216 . . 9191 10216 Walleye 4 . . . . 341 346 . . 341 . ================================================================================================================== Totals 233432 43335 4781329 3096564 432235 287241 23225 52152 5470221 3479292 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 233432 43335 4781329 3096564 279404 263793 20049 52152 5314214 3455844 No Sale 4 . . . . 145954 7252 3176 . 149130 . Bait 6 . . . . 6877 16196 . . 6877 16196 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1989 LAKE ONTARIO, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ========================================== New York Catch =============== Species Class pounds dollars ========================================== Northern pike 4 611 . Brown bullhead 1 43980 34265 Brown bullhead 4 270 224 Channel catfish 1 1420 402 Channel catfish 4 162 50 American eel 4 586 . Burbot 4 60 . White perch 1 13315 5387 White perch 4 231 93 White bass 1 64 26 White bass 4 6 3 Freshwater drum 1 7028 2089 Freshwater drum 4 35 9 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 17 5 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 11 4 Lake whitefish 1 28 28 Lake whitefish 4 50 50 Suckers 1 533 113 Suckers 4 1619 321 Carp 1 339 52 Carp 4 256 40 Sunfish and Bass 1 6083 3189 Sunfish and Bass 4 173 92 Rockbass 1 2340 628 Rockbass 4 178 52 Crappies 1 2344 3916 Crappies 4 19 27 Yellow perch 1 36935 41723 Walleye 1 5 6 Walleye 4 1172 1407 ========================================== Totals 119870 94201 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 114431 91829 No Sale 4 5439 2372 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1989 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 51 1 2 . 14109 282 . . Bowfin 0 . . . . . . . Buffalofish 103 32 . . . . . . Bullheads 136 58 1 . . . . . Burbot 13 2 86 . . . . . 607 0 . . . . . . . Carps 1632 220 42 . . . . . Catfish 1015 493 14 . . . . . Chubs 3451 2489 22 . . . . . Crappie 14 27 0 . . . . . Eel, Common . . 1 . . . . . Garfish 0 . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 14 1 49 . . . . . Goldfish 16 1 . . . . . . Lake herring 562 218 1 . . . . . Lake trout 1067 641 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . . . . . 7 16 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 1 0 1 . . . . . Quillback 122 22 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 3 1 2 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 544 268 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 528 67 26 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3216 1065 9 . 23 0 60 31 Suckers 2912 129 48 . . . . . Sunfish 6 3 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 579 245 1 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 10606 9561 3 . 4 4 . . Whitefish, Menominee 201 83 0 . . . . . White perch 563 175 66 . . . . . Yellow Perch 3355 4809 24 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 28 31 2 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 30737 20642 400 . 14136 287 67 48 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1989 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 . . 14152 283 . . . . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . . . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 6 3 . . . . Burbot 480 . . 27 1 . . 0 . 607 607 . . 0 . . . . . Carps 630 . . 0 . . . . . Catfish 660 . . 0 0 . . 0 . Chubs 720 17 9 2419 1645 81 101 0 . Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Garfish 1330 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . 0 0 . . . . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 242 105 294 101 . . . . Lake trout 2000 0 0 174 104 . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 1 0 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 4 0 . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 246 29 1617 872 . . . . Suckers 4230 2 . 98 3 . . 0 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 7 4 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1609 1739 . . 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 . . 12 5 . . . . White perch 5060 . . 0 0 . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 716 1070 220 343 353 507 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . . . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 507 144 21138 5832 301 444 353 507 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1989 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 10 1 . . . . . . Bowfin 360 0 . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 30 10 73 22 . . . . Bullheads 450 7 2 80 19 0 . 44 34 Burbot 480 68 0 . . 4 . 0 . 607 607 . . . . . . . . Carps 630 778 130 895 90 0 . 1 0 Catfish 660 684 367 342 126 0 0 2 0 Chubs 720 954 734 . . . . . . Crappie 840 11 23 . . . . 2 4 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 1 . Garfish 1330 0 . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 2 0 12 0 49 . . . Goldfish 1360 3 0 14 1 . . . . Lake herring 1681 27 11 . . . . 0 0 Lake trout 2000 892 537 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 7 16 . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 1 . . . . . 1 . Quillback 2810 50 13 71 9 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 1 1 . . . . 4 1 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 544 268 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 35 7 485 58 23 0 7 2 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1445 196 . . 0 . . . Suckers 4230 2812 123 39 2 5 . 3 0 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 6 3 White bass, Freshwater 5000 16 9 549 229 9 3 0 0 Whitefish, Common 5031 8962 7798 12 12 30 16 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 189 78 . . . . . . White perch 5060 17 7 513 161 85 1 14 5 Yellow Perch 5170 128 194 1695 2368 211 233 57 94 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 19 21 . . 10 10 1 0 ========================================================================================================================== Totals 17685 10529 4781 3097 432 280 143 144 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:35 Thursday, April 30, 1998 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1989 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 1 422 28 2 245 . . . 697 Industrial . 10 . . . . . . 10 February Food . 196 35 . 142 . . . 372 Industrial . 10 . . . . . . 10 March Food 0 544 39 0 222 242 1 0 1048 Industrial . 48 . . . . . . 48 April Food 169 814 26 52 1543 1891 55 55 4607 Industrial . 769 . . . . 1 . 770 May Food 88 722 12 27 5946 1106 82 32 8016 Industrial . 4103 . . . . 1 . 4104 June Food 10 578 9 38 1729 498 79 6 2948 Industrial . 1789 . . . . 2 . 1791 July Food 14 788 20 29 1647 145 29 0 2672 Industrial . 152 . . . . 1 . 153 August Food 24 548 20 45 1540 230 1 2 2409 Industrial . 304 . . . . 1 . 305 September Food 22 534 27 74 1339 256 17 14 2281 Industrial . 1152 . . . . 0 . 1152 October Food 165 702 36 50 2492 277 12 17 3752 Industrial . 5708 . . . . 0 . 5708 November Food 3 519 18 29 414 132 3 8 1127 Industrial . 97 . . . . 0 . 97 December Food 7 480 32 5 279 3 . . 806 Industrial . 55 . . . . . . 55 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 504 6845 301 353 17539 4781 279 134 30737 Industrial . 14197 . . . . 7 . 14203 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 504 21042 301 353 17539 4781 286 134 44940 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.