10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1984 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 3 . . . . . . . . . 3 . Rainbow smelt 1 226584 67975 . . 20051 3969 . . 204 373 246839 72317 Rainbow smelt 4 35 9 . . . . . . 50 87 85 . Channel catfish 4 . . . . . . 73 . . . 73 . Burbot 1 480 34 . . . . 820 164 1370 . 2670 198 Burbot 4 52 4 . . . . . . 5031 . 5083 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 91209 51443 . . 122013 43384 643 244 41612 19171 255477 114242 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 264 162 . . . . 554 240 1895 1120 2713 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 133453 111785 483326 340693 973519 727564 1590298 1180042 Lake whitefish 4 1298 . . . . . . . 64 46 1362 . Round whitefish 1 . . . . 300 148 554 181 . . 854 329 Round whitefish 4 . . . . . . 582 214 397 . 979 . Chubs 1 14569 7723 . . 191070 94549 10308 8080 129156 77996 345103 188348 Chubs 2 . . . . 239693 106900 . . . . 239693 106900 Chubs 4 . . . . . . . . 5600 4155 5600 . Lake trout 1 3665 3680 . . 96669 91636 61900 42769 41787 42431 204021 180516 Lake trout 4 331 394 . . . . . . 39 41 370 . Siscowet (fat trout) 1 3426 1644 . . 111458 41907 1463 761 95341 56715 211688 101027 Siscowet (fat trout) 4 . . . . . . . . 335 219 335 . Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 2889 1967 . . 2889 1967 Coho salmon 4 . . . . . . 27 19 . . 27 . Suckers 1 . . . . 3122 785 . . 464 49 3586 834 Suckers 4 3570 . . . 3372 847 17875 . 4277 456 29094 . Carp 4 . . . . . . . . 128 . 128 . Yellow perch 1 . . . . . . 852 1021 . . 852 1021 Yellow perch 4 . . . . . . 309 401 . . 309 . Walleye 4 . . . . . . 58 . . . 58 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 345486 133068 . . 921201 495910 582233 396754 1301269 930423 3150189 1956155 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 339933 132499 . . 678136 388163 562755 395880 1283453 924299 2864277 1840841 Human Food 2 . . . . 239693 106900 . . . . 239693 106900 No Sale 4 5553 569 . . 3372 847 19478 874 17816 6124 46219 . 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1984 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 . . . . . . . . 978813 19576 978813 19576 Alewife 4 10652 214 . . 17 . . . . . 10669 . Alewife 5 23355610 541433 . . . . . . . . 23355610 541433 Gizzard shad 4 16500 . . . . . . . . . 16500 . Rainbow smelt 1 556631 196380 . . . . 135 7 1826597 91803 2383363 288190 Rainbow smelt 4 10971 4017 . . 917 . . . 63 10 11951 . Northern pike 1 4872 1168 . . . . . . . . 4872 1168 Northern pike 4 418 95 . . . . . . . . 418 . Brown bullhead 1 1497 412 . . . . . . . . 1497 412 Brown bullhead 4 1326 340 . . . . . . . . 1326 . Channel catfish 1 115 37 . . . . 3183 1036 2430 814 5728 1887 Channel catfish 4 89 29 . . 645 . 77 25 56 19 867 . Burbot 1 7233 1207 . . . . 450 225 6750 3243 14433 4675 Burbot 4 92150 15817 . . 579 . 444 222 648 220 93821 . White bass 1 12385 4479 . . . . . . . . 12385 4479 White bass 4 21 8 . . . . . . . . 21 . Freshwater drum 1 . . . . . . . . 620 62 620 62 Freshwater drum 4 855 . . . 226 . . . . . 1081 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . . . 2 1 . . 2 1 Lake whitefish 1 983443 930660 . . 384 507 1450023 1127566 2980598 2200874 5414448 4259607 Lake whitefish 4 1363 1561 . . 699 925 . . . . 2062 . Round whitefish 1 57449 23787 . . . . 248517 69111 3204 1340 309170 94238 Round whitefish 4 3468 1430 . . . . 22 8 50 23 3540 . Chubs 1 1024934 745909 164166 149022 3474 1485 200923 133031 236269 182135 1629766 1211582 Chubs 2 1221719 792780 . . . . . . . . 1221719 792780 Chubs 4 214598 177905 . . 2210 1152 4 3 . . 216812 . Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 2435 978 . . 2435 978 Chinook salmon 4 . . . . . . 879 441 . . 879 . Lake trout 1 . . . . . . 342500 257364 . . 342500 257364 Lake trout 4 . . . . 1901 . 280 275 20 . 2201 . Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 2585 1036 . . 2585 1036 Coho salmon 4 . . . . . . 20 10 . . 20 . Suckers 1 52327 2183 . . 415 45 1168 239 1716712 92621 1770622 95088 Suckers 4 101404 4067 . . 2184 231 1056 169 6188 538 110832 . Carp 1 1292471 51535 . . . . . . 20 2 1292491 51537 Carp 4 56001 5327 . . . . . . . . 56001 . Carp 6 220832 7740 . . . . . . . . 220832 7740 Quillback 1 . . . . . . 119 . . . 119 . Yellow perch 1 510082 762342 198028 251897 1053022 1439953 97742 130667 . . 1858874 2584859 Yellow perch 4 608 938 . . 1991 2731 229 318 . . 2828 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 22022 20266 . . 22022 20266 Walleye 4 1682 . . . . . 455 455 . . 2137 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 29813706 4273800 362194 400919 1068664 1447029 2375270 1743453 7759038 2593280 41378872 10458481 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4503439 2720099 362194 400919 1057295 1441990 2371804 1741527 7752013 2592470 16046745 8897005 Human Food 2 1221719 792780 . . . . . . . . 1221719 792780 No Sale 4 512106 211748 . . 11369 5039 3466 1926 7025 810 533966 . Animal Food 5 23355610 541433 . . . . . . . . 23355610 541433 Bait 6 220832 7740 . . . . . . . . 220832 7740 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1984 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 . . 19 . 19 . Alewife 1 . . 2471 495 2471 495 Gizzard shad 1 . . 3 . 3 . Rainbow smelt 1 . . 14000 7000 14000 7000 Brown bullhead 1 . . 3331 924 3331 924 Channel catfish 1 9584 3210 522462 258919 532046 262129 Channel catfish 4 58 19 760 387 818 . Burbot 1 44 9 521 22 565 31 Burbot 4 . . 793 53 793 . White perch 1 . . 269 194 269 194 White bass 1 . . 12389 7775 12389 7775 Freshwater drum 1 . . 30016 4015 30016 4015 Gars 1 . . 38 . 38 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 3301 793 . . 3301 793 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 14 5 70 . 84 . Lake whitefish 1 497947 286292 1145119 903687 1643066 1189979 Round whitefish 1 25733 7615 25323 23534 51056 31149 Round whitefish 4 25 9 . . 25 . Chubs 1 28837 25535 . . 28837 25535 Chubs 4 7 7 . . 7 . Chinook salmon 1 158 82 . . 158 82 Lake trout 1 181458 105100 . . 181458 105100 Coho salmon 1 4542 1869 . . 4542 1869 Suckers 1 2684 60 114708 51532 117392 51592 Suckers 4 5233 245 29337 4158 34570 . Carp 1 . . 542767 72205 542767 72205 Carp 2 . . 579 75 579 75 Carp 4 350 . 8260 1064 8610 . Quillback 1 . . 73749 14920 73749 14920 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 4571 752 4571 752 Bigmouth buffalo 4 . . 10 3 10 . Minnows 4 . . 20 . 20 . Rockbass 1 . . 567 573 567 573 Crappies 1 . . 5410 7350 5410 7350 Crappies 4 . . 8 9 8 . Yellow perch 1 1558 2233 118706 150544 120264 152777 Yellow perch 4 . . 100 132 100 . Walleye 1 6740 8022 . . 6740 8022 ============================================================================== Totals 768273 441105 2656376 1510322 3424649 1951427 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 762586 440820 2616439 1504441 3379025 1945261 Human Food 2 . . 579 75 579 75 No Sale 4 5687 285 39358 5806 45045 . 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1984 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 ================================================================================================================== Alewife 4 . . . . 490 . . . 490 . Gizzard shad 1 1265200 34044 271939 13602 . . . . 1537139 47646 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 87780 . 37950 . 125730 . Rainbow smelt 1 . . 27100 . 160 41 24 14 27284 55 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 1496 383 181 117 1677 . Mooneye 4 . . . . . . 3 . 3 . Brown bullhead 1 152 39 65848 4505 . . . . 66000 4544 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 49 . 552 . 601 . Channel catfish 1 9208 5335 302963 129073 248 126 56 13 312475 134547 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 276 117 136 27 412 . Burbot 4 . . . . 1435 . 7 . 1442 . White perch 1 . . 131348 27387 16372 4335 9277 1753 156997 33475 White perch 4 . . . . 25590 8783 23780 6704 49370 . White bass 1 2041 845 948936 309773 10003 3303 16541 4767 977521 318688 White bass 4 . . . . 1857 842 1518 407 3375 . Freshwater drum 1 116 7 583426 29303 34000 4277 . . 617542 33587 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 43653 6421 74773 . 118426 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 442 411 2 2 444 413 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . 25 24 12 13 37 . Suckers 1 44 3 19524 1014 . . . . 19568 1017 Suckers 4 . . . . 7364 . 18572 . 25936 . Goldfish 1 . . 6510 336 . . . . 6510 336 Carp 1 422571 54724 800001 55243 . . . . 1222572 109967 Carp 4 500 60 . . 21 . 158 . 679 . Quillback 1 56061 5650 107740 5476 . . . . 163801 11126 Bigmouth buffalo 1 789 390 58529 15599 . . . . 59318 15989 Minnows 4 . . . . 3 9 . . 3 . Minnows 6 . . . . 865 3159 . . 865 3159 Sunfish and Bass 4 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . Rockbass 1 . . . . . . 8 2 8 2 Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 399 75 399 . Crappies 4 . . . . . . 4 . 4 . Yellow perch 1 . . 40045 48412 68126 90623 126885 157214 235056 296249 Yellow perch 4 . . . . . . 22 24 22 . Walleye 1 . . . . 5099 4309 79342 56692 84441 61001 Walleye 4 . . . . 388 383 15 12 403 . ================================================================================================================== Totals 1756682 101097 3363909 639723 305742 127546 390218 227836 5816551 1096202 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 1756182 101037 3363909 639723 134450 107425 232135 220457 5486676 1068642 No Sale 4 500 60 . . 170427 16962 158083 7379 329010 . Bait 6 . . . . 865 3159 . . 865 3159 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1984 LAKE ONTARIO, U.S. WATERS U.S. Geological Survey GLSC, 1451 Green Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105 ========================================== New York Catch =============== Species Class pounds dollars ========================================== Gizzard shad 4 100 . Northern pike 4 97 . Brown bullhead 1 18278 11011 Brown bullhead 4 960 853 Channel catfish 4 215 . American eel 1 26 11 American eel 4 1098 438 Burbot 4 143 . White perch 1 33075 11950 White perch 4 325 108 White bass 1 88 32 White bass 4 55 18 Freshwater drum 1 925 174 Freshwater drum 4 48 9 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 21 . Lake whitefish 4 15 . Suckers 4 2835 . Carp 4 731 . Sunfish and Bass 1 5224 2360 Sunfish and Bass 4 299 145 Rockbass 1 2419 600 Rockbass 4 2037 471 Crappies 1 3560 2914 Crappies 4 142 115 Yellow perch 1 161359 162323 Yellow perch 4 173 184 Walleye 4 67 . ========================================== Totals 234315 193716 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 224954 191375 No Sale 4 9361 2341 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1984 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 981 20 11 . 23356 541 . . Bowfin 0 . . . . . . . Buffalofish 64 17 0 . . . . . Bullheads 89 17 3 . . . . . Burbot 18 5 101 . . . . . Carps 3058 234 66 . . . 221 8 Catfish 850 399 2 . . . . . Chubs 3465 2325 222 . . . . . Crappie 9 10 0 . . . . . Eel, Common 0 0 1 . . . . . Garfish 0 . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1537 48 142 . . . . . Goldfish 7 0 . . . . . . Lake herring 259 115 3 . . . . . Lake trout 940 644 3 . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . 0 . . . 1 3 Mooneye or goldeye . . 0 . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 5 1 1 . . . . . Quillback 238 26 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 3 1 2 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 13 6 1 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 649 38 120 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 2671 368 14 . . . . . Suckers 1911 149 203 . . . . . Sunfish 5 2 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 1002 331 3 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 8648 6630 3 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 361 126 5 . . . . . White perch 190 46 50 . . . . . Yellow Perch 2376 3197 3 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 113 89 3 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 29464 14843 964 . 23356 541 222 11 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1984 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 0 . 23366 541 . . 0 . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . . . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 3 0 . . . . Burbot 480 1 0 99 1 . . 1 . Carps 630 . . 1569 59 . . . . Catfish 660 . . 0 0 . . 1 . Chubs 720 15 8 2892 1740 164 149 6 1 Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Garfish 1330 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . 17 . . . . . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 91 51 122 43 . . . . Lake trout 2000 7 5 208 134 . . 2 . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Mooneye or goldeye 2280 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 5 1 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 1 . . . 0 . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 227 68 588 200 . . 1 . Suckers 4230 4 . 160 3 . . 3 0 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 12 4 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 1 . 1118 1042 . . 1 1 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 . . 61 24 . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 511 762 198 252 1055 1440 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 2 . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 345 132 30735 4557 362 401 1069 1442 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1984 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 10 981 20 . . 0 . . . Bowfin 360 0 . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 5 1 59 16 . . . . Bullheads 450 3 1 66 5 0 . 20 11 Burbot 480 17 4 . . 1 . 0 . Carps 630 975 127 800 55 0 . 1 . Catfish 660 548 269 303 129 1 0 0 0 Chubs 720 611 427 . . . . . . Crappie 840 5 7 . . . . 4 3 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 1 0 Garfish 1330 0 . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 1265 34 272 14 88 . 38 . Goldfish 1360 . . 7 0 . . . . Lake herring 1681 48 20 . . . . 0 . Lake trout 2000 725 505 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 0 . . . 1 3 . . Mooneye or goldeye 2280 . . . . . . 0 . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . 0 . Quillback 2810 130 21 108 5 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 1 1 . . . . 5 1 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 14 6 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 31 4 583 29 78 4 76 0 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1841 99 27 . 2 0 0 0 Suckers 4230 1900 145 20 1 7 . 21 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 6 2 White bass, Freshwater 5000 14 9 949 310 12 3 18 5 Whitefish, Common 5031 7531 5587 . . 0 0 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 304 102 . . . . . . White perch 5060 0 0 131 27 42 4 66 14 Yellow Perch 5170 219 284 40 48 68 91 288 320 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 29 28 . . 5 4 79 57 ========================================================================================================================== Totals 17199 7701 3364 640 306 111 625 412 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 10:39 Tuesday, April 14, 1998 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1984 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food . 188 47 2 548 . . . 784 February Food . 194 56 57 418 . . . 725 March Food . 178 43 54 349 32 . 0 656 Industrial . 1 . . . . . . 1 April Food 47 785 16 188 2903 961 2 79 4981 Industrial . 841 . . . . . . 841 May Food 190 1208 30 175 3734 1374 7 63 6780 Industrial . 8141 . . . . 0 . 8141 June Food 18 909 22 121 1944 557 9 55 3635 Industrial . 7417 . . . . 0 . 7417 July Food 15 539 24 45 2453 4 14 24 3119 Industrial . 573 . . . . 0 . 573 August Food 27 579 23 33 1358 4 32 29 2084 Industrial . 417 . . . . 0 . 418 September Food 24 409 18 50 904 53 34 69 1561 Industrial . 954 . . . . 0 . 954 October Food 6 532 20 106 1211 212 26 80 2194 Industrial . 3927 . . . . . . 3927 November Food 6 444 24 162 376 143 11 46 1211 Industrial . 1246 . . . . . . 1246 December Food 6 678 39 64 908 24 1 13 1731 Industrial . 58 . . . . . . 58 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 340 6643 362 1057 17106 3364 134 457 29464 Industrial . 23576 . . . . 1 . 23577 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 340 30219 362 1057 17106 3364 135 457 53041 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.