11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 . . . . 7 . . . 6 . 13 . Rainbow smelt 1 428 49 . . 72066 12728 . . 3079 949 75573 13726 Rainbow smelt 4 23 0 . . . . . . 130 0 153 . Rainbow smelt 5 534995 10316 . . 259385 8616 . . . . 794380 18932 Northern pike 1 . . . . . . . . 10 . 10 . Northern pike 4 . . . . . . . . 6 . 6 . Burbot 1 1311 29 . . 475 12 . . 49620 702 51406 743 Burbot 4 621 0 . . 145 0 . . 8207 0 8973 . Burbot 5 58 0 . . 115 2 . . 1501 13 1674 15 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 176164 31747 . . 194510 30390 . . 501526 96242 872200 158379 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 29 0 . . . . . . 3 0 32 . Cisco (Lake herring) 5 8650 344 . . . . . . 2155 44 10805 388 Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 277223 133876 . . 455631 250860 732854 384736 Round whitefish 1 1821 457 . . 20624 3502 . . 6245 3907 28690 7866 Round whitefish 4 6 0 . . . . . . 29 0 35 . Chubs 1 54348 9997 . . 161193 35930 . . 1012577 186326 1228118 232253 Chubs 2 . . . . 316348 45387 . . 1325 14 317673 45401 Chubs 5 1200 48 . . . . . . 35293 1616 36493 1664 Rainbow trout 4 . . . . 6 . . . . . 6 . Brown trout 1 . . . . 4 . . . . . 4 . Brown trout 4 . . . . 3 . . . . . 3 . Lake trout 1 . . . . 83657 39016 . . 81384 44263 165041 83279 Siscowet (fat trout) 1 . . . . 66991 18476 . . 27518 7078 94509 25554 Suckers 1 12780 134 . . 20412 804 . . 28678 2526 61870 3464 Suckers 4 567 0 . . 26 0 . . 257 0 850 . Carp 4 . . . . . . . . 5 . 5 . Yellow perch 1 . . . . . . . . 11 . 11 . Yellow perch 4 . . . . . . . . 15 . 15 . Walleye 1 . . . . 3 . . . . . 3 . Walleye 4 . . . . . . . . 17 . 17 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 793001 53121 . . 1473193 328739 . . 2215228 594540 4481422 976400 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 246852 42413 . . 897158 274734 . . 2166279 592853 3310289 910000 Human Food 2 . . . . 316348 45387 . . 1325 14 317673 45401 No Sale 4 1246 0 . . 187 0 . . 8675 0 10108 . Animal Food 5 544903 10708 . . 259500 8618 . . 38949 1673 843352 20999 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 6030 68 . . . . . . 665 13 6695 81 Alewife 4 1015 0 4717 . 5059 . . . 2766 0 13557 . Alewife 5 25817617 267288 2014 . 820 . . . 5192685 52545 31013136 319833 Rainbow smelt 1 88023 14351 3516 642 9448 1154 . . 14077 2782 115064 18929 Rainbow smelt 4 68 0 22 0 18 0 . . 505 0 613 . Rainbow smelt 5 . . . . . . . . 588730 5902 588730 5902 Northern pike 1 24671 2954 . . . . . . 62 . 24733 2954 Northern pike 4 9 0 . . . . . . . . 9 . Brown bullhead 1 11612 1195 . . . . . . 11 . 11623 1195 Brown bullhead 4 5 0 . . . . . . . . 5 . Channel catfish 1 355 125 . . 64 . . . . . 419 125 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 7 . . . 2 . 9 . Burbot 1 16275 1074 . . . . . . 43267 1247 59542 2321 Burbot 4 325 0 . . 11 . . . 1248 0 1584 . Burbot 5 19764 1069 . . . . . . 13306 370 33070 1439 White bass 1 4506 958 . . . . . . . . 4506 958 Freshwater drum 1 160 17 . . . . . . . . 160 17 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 2228 750 18 7 353 . . . 2136 535 4735 1292 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 4 0 . . 6 . . . . . 10 . Lake whitefish 1 815126 457309 . . 1003 659 . . 3065152 1418889 3881281 1876857 Lake whitefish 4 . . 7 . . . . . . . 7 . Round whitefish 1 12857 4130 . . . . . . 262626 56580 275483 60710 Round whitefish 4 . . . . . . . . 47 0 47 . Chubs 1 1654150 474804 506036 142185 45714 8597 . . 3054411 789643 5260311 1415229 Chubs 2 1028121 181109 . . . . . . . . 1028121 181109 Chubs 4 . . . . 2 0 . . . . 2 . Chubs 5 10132 2056 . . . . . . . . 10132 2056 Chinook salmon 4 . . 3 . 2 . . . . . 5 . Rainbow trout 4 . . 8 . . . . . . . 8 . Brown trout 1 3 0 . . . . . . 3 . 6 0 Brown trout 4 . . 55 . 5 . . . . . 60 . Lake trout 1 2787 452 20800 9107 17067 7385 . . 49511 21594 90165 38538 Lake trout 4 12 0 . . . . . . . . 12 . Siscowet (fat trout) 1 1229 . . . . . . . . . 1229 . Coho salmon 1 . . 260 . 1435 546 . . . . 1695 546 Coho salmon 4 . . 248 . . . . . . . 248 . Splake (brook trout x1 . . . . . . . . 13 . 13 . Suckers 1 228520 6376 137 7 19368 1618 . . 179083 5668 427108 13669 Suckers 4 383 0 34 0 181 0 . . 1393 0 1991 . Suckers 5 . . . . . . . . 5375 52 5375 52 Carp 1 1324460 44414 130 . . . . . 1365 48 1325955 44462 Carp 4 125 0 12 . . . . . 80 0 217 . Rockbass 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 . Yellow perch 1 325089 127149 361054 121051 341030 114525 . . 2 . 1027175 362725 Yellow perch 3 580 233 . . . . . . . . 580 233 Yellow perch 4 3 0 2 0 1 0 . . 21 . 27 . Walleye 1 5989 3195 . . . . . . . . 5989 3195 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 31402233 1591076 899073 272999 441594 134484 . . 12478543 2355868 45221443 4354427 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4524070 1139321 891951 272999 435482 134484 . . 6672385 2296999 12523888 3843803 Human Food 2 1028121 181109 . . . . . . . . 1028121 181109 Human Food 3 580 233 . . . . . . . . 580 233 No Sale 4 1949 0 5108 0 5292 0 . . 6062 0 18411 . 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 ==================================================================================================================================== Animal Food 5 25847513 270413 2014 . 820 . . . 5800096 58869 31650443 329282 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 . . 105 2 105 2 Bowfin 4 . . 9 0 9 . Alewife 5 . . 38 0 38 0 Rainbow smelt 4 . . 20 . 20 . Brown bullhead 1 . . 57425 7988 57425 7988 Channel catfish 1 . . 253560 77967 253560 77967 Burbot 4 . . 1 . 1 . White bass 1 . . 363 152 363 152 Freshwater drum 1 . . 6386 508 6386 508 Lake whitefish 1 . . 301318 122290 301318 122290 Round whitefish 1 . . 2089 528 2089 528 Chubs 1 . . 2160 630 2160 630 Brown trout 1 . . 4 . 4 . Coho salmon 1 . . 3 . 3 . Suckers 1 . . 91149 5600 91149 5600 Carp 1 . . 888306 64897 888306 64897 Quillback 1 . . 9102 518 9102 518 Rockbass 1 . . 457 122 457 122 Crappies 1 . . 46437 21520 46437 21520 Yellow perch 1 . . 326748 107542 326748 107542 Yellow perch 4 . . 0 0 0 . ============================================================================== Totals . . 1985680 410264 1985680 410264 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 . . 1985612 410264 1985612 410264 No Sale 4 . . 30 0 30 . Animal Food 5 . . 38 0 38 0 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 1 387 31 . . . . . . 387 31 Rainbow smelt 1 . . 1022 253 875 86 252 . 2149 339 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 33 0 222 . 255 . Brown bullhead 1 . . 27170 4306 . . 39 . 27209 4306 Brown bullhead 4 . . 62 0 95 . 202 . 359 . Channel catfish 1 11574 3908 672496 231447 199 51 147 41 684416 235447 Channel catfish 4 . . 5 0 . . 5 0 10 . American eel 1 . . . . . . 2 . 2 . Burbot 4 . . . . 7 . 20 . 27 . White bass 1 60124 11146 698921 150811 6031 973 5385 969 770461 163899 White bass 4 . . 8 0 11 0 23 0 42 . Freshwater drum 1 6710 211 895625 35238 7846 163 6473 645 916654 36257 Freshwater drum 4 . . 167 0 486 0 64 0 717 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . 105 35 . . 105 35 Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 554 350 . . 554 350 Suckers 1 5618 184 113497 6246 1795 39 8301 . 129211 6469 Suckers 4 . . 13 0 335 0 23589 . 23937 . Goldfish 1 . . 41985 2108 . . . . 41985 2108 Carp 1 261113 19158 2986485 158112 254 7 300 . 3248152 177277 Carp 4 . . 154 0 . . 2396 . 2550 . Quillback 1 . . 45077 1861 . . . . 45077 1861 Bigmouth buffalo 1 1367 302 14340 3017 . . . . 15707 3319 Rockbass 1 . . . . . . 11 . 11 . Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 37 . 37 . Smallmouth bass 4 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . Crappies 4 . . . . . . 5 . 5 . Yellow perch 1 19058 5325 1595782 552261 255117 85424 47647 16163 1917604 659173 Yellow perch 4 . . 8 0 1 0 2 0 11 . Walleye 1 . . . . 27504 13566 63711 38127 91215 51693 ================================================================================================================== Totals 365951 40265 7092817 1145660 301248 100694 158834 55945 7918850 1342564 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 365951 40265 7092400 1145660 300280 100694 132268 55945 7890899 1342564 No Sale 4 . . 417 0 968 0 26566 0 27951 . 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 6 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1972 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 1 287 . Bowfin 4 195 . Alewife 4 4 . Rainbow smelt 1 8445 3280 Brown bullhead 1 69344 24845 Channel catfish 1 1852 437 American eel 1 25760 7424 White perch 1 48650 13344 White bass 1 243 62 Freshwater drum 1 84 8 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 181 110 Lake whitefish 1 256 208 Chubs 1 2 . Suckers 1 6708 162 Suckers 4 329 0 Goldfish 4 6 . Carp 1 28096 1444 Carp 4 10 0 Sunfish and Bass 1 14837 3006 Rockbass 1 15808 2372 Crappies 1 10795 3004 Yellow perch 1 79777 17226 Yellow perch 4 19 0 Walleye 1 552 289 ========================================== Totals 312240 77221 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 311677 77221 No Sale 4 563 0 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 7 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1972 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 7 0 14 . 31013 320 . . 305 0 0 0 . . . . . 314 0 . . . . . . . Bowfin 0 0 0 . . . . . Buffalofish 16 3 . . . . . . Bullheads 166 38 0 . . . . . Burbot 111 3 11 . 35 1 . . 607 . . 0 . . . . . Carps 5491 288 3 . . . . . Catfish 940 314 0 . . . . . Chubs 7836 1875 0 . 47 4 . . Crappie 57 25 0 . . . . . Eel, Common 26 7 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 0 0 . . . . . . Goldfish 42 2 0 . . . . . Lake herring 877 160 0 . 11 0 . . Lake trout 351 147 0 . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 25 3 0 . . . . . Quillback 54 2 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 16 2 0 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 2 1 0 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 923 37 1 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 201 36 1 . 1383 25 . . Steelhead trout . . 0 . . . . . Suckers 716 29 27 . 5 0 . . Sunfish 15 3 . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 776 165 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 4916 2384 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 306 69 0 . . . . . White perch 49 13 . . . . . . Yellow Perch 3352 1147 0 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 98 55 0 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 27369 6811 57 . 32494 350 . . Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1972 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 . . 25825 267 7 . 6 . 305 305 . . 0 0 0 . 0 . 314 314 . . . . . . . . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . . . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 12 1 . . . . Burbot 480 2 0 37 2 . . 0 . 607 607 . . . . . . . . Carps 630 . . 1325 44 0 . . . Catfish 660 . . 0 0 . . 0 . Chubs 720 56 10 3170 739 506 142 46 9 Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . . . . . . . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 185 32 197 31 0 0 0 . Lake trout 2000 . . 155 58 21 9 17 7 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 25 3 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . 1 . 1 1 Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 0 0 . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 535 10 420 36 4 1 9 1 Steelhead trout 4150 . . 0 . 0 . . . Suckers 4230 13 0 249 7 0 0 20 2 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 5 1 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1092 591 0 . 1 1 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 2 0 33 8 . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 326 127 361 121 341 115 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 6 3 . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 793 53 32875 1920 899 273 442 134 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 9 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1972 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 5196 53 . . . . 0 . 305 305 0 . . . . . . . 314 314 0 . . . . . . . Bowfin 360 0 0 . . . . 0 . Buffalofish 420 1 0 14 3 . . . . Bullheads 450 57 8 27 4 0 . 70 25 Burbot 480 117 2 . . 0 . 0 . 607 607 . . . . . . 0 . Carps 630 1151 84 2987 158 0 0 31 1 Catfish 660 265 82 673 231 0 0 2 0 Chubs 720 4106 978 . . . . 0 . Crappie 840 46 22 . . . . 11 3 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 26 7 Gizzard shad 1340 0 0 . . . . . . Goldfish 1360 . . 42 2 . . 0 . Lake herring 1681 506 97 . . 0 0 0 0 Lake trout 2000 158 73 . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 0 . . . . . . . Quillback 2810 9 1 45 2 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 0 0 . . . . 16 2 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 0 . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 13 1 896 35 8 0 7 1 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 607 10 1 0 1 0 9 3 Steelhead trout 4150 . . . . . . . . Suckers 4230 312 14 114 6 2 0 39 0 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 15 3 White bass, Freshwater 5000 60 11 699 151 6 1 6 1 Whitefish, Common 5031 3822 1792 . . 1 0 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 271 61 . . . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . 49 13 Yellow Perch 5170 346 113 1596 552 255 85 127 33 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 0 . . . 28 14 64 38 ========================================================================================================================== Totals 17045 3401 7093 1146 301 101 471 133 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:23 Friday, March 17, 2000 10 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1972 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 20 443 43 . 277 . . 8 790 Industrial . 4 . . 7 . . . 11 February Food 2 496 72 . 286 . . . 856 Industrial . 6 . . 1 . . . 7 March Food 2 531 64 6 303 875 . . 1781 Industrial . 4 . . 1 . . . 5 April Food 4 471 67 40 785 1705 19 60 3151 Industrial 0 147 . . 26 . . . 174 May Food 39 1072 63 45 1714 1135 72 140 4281 Industrial 520 4363 2 1 596 . . . 5482 June Food 17 804 72 49 1232 942 39 27 3182 Industrial 15 8404 0 . 1483 . . . 9902 July Food 24 742 57 69 1352 760 27 22 3053 Industrial . 8760 . . 3299 . . . 12059 August Food 42 673 69 71 1208 304 23 23 2413 Industrial 0 2203 . . 378 . . . 2582 September Food 30 488 93 58 1263 239 67 52 2289 Industrial . 503 . . 6 . . . 509 October Food 17 403 129 54 1401 465 43 64 2576 Industrial . 627 . . 8 . . . 635 November Food 20 297 101 42 724 610 11 42 1845 Industrial 0 1084 . . 20 . . . 1105 December Food 30 346 61 2 647 58 . 8 1151 Industrial 9 2 . . 13 . . . 24 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 247 6766 892 435 11192 7092 300 444 27369 Industrial 545 26107 2 1 5839 . . . 32494 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 792 32873 894 436 17031 7092 300 444 59863 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.