12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1990 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 ==================================================================================================================================== Rainbow smelt 1 41565 10391 . . 66178 56020 . . 42 . 107785 66411 Rainbow smelt 4 3 1 . . . . . . 71 . 74 . Channel catfish 1 . . . . . . 6 . . . 6 . Burbot 4 . . . . 40 . . . 44 . 84 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 255048 106781 . . 486442 164581 11089 4143 16878 6076 769457 281581 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 55 35 . . . . . . 1 1 56 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 360070 329795 1481249 1257088 408210 490105 2249529 2076988 Round whitefish 1 . . . . . . 3741 1091 7 . 3748 1091 Round whitefish 4 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 2 . Chubs 1 11855 6652 . . 12259 7598 . . 283 250 24397 14500 Chubs 2 . . . . 26217 9269 . . . . 26217 9269 Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 8947 5459 . . 8947 5459 Rainbow trout 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . 2 . Lake trout 1 82 86 . . 63669 53090 206257 125532 13605 11927 283613 190635 Lake trout 4 261 308 . . . . . . . . 261 . Siscowet (fat trout) 1 . . . . 75765 29098 9013 3231 1233 1475 86011 33804 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 805 383 1 . 806 383 Suckers 1 . . . . . . . . 1411 363 1411 363 Suckers 4 . . . . 875 . . . 3085 781 3960 . Carp 1 . . . . . . 21 5 . . 21 5 Yellow perch 1 . . . . . . 95 54 . . 95 54 Walleye 1 . . . . 6 . 117 127 . . 123 127 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 308869 124254 . . 1091522 649451 1721342 1397113 444872 510978 3566605 2681796 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 308550 123910 . . 1064389 640182 1721342 1397113 441670 510196 3535951 2671401 Human Food 2 . . . . 26217 9269 . . . . 26217 9269 No Sale 4 319 344 . . 916 . . . 3202 782 4437 . 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1990 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 17550 . . . . . . . . . 17550 . Alewife 4 197000 3366 . . . . . . 2100 . 199100 . Alewife 5 10550178 111909 . . . . . . . . 10550178 111909 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . . . 1250 . . . 1250 . Rainbow smelt 1 1833932 1116831 . . . . 17 2 1262619 240588 3096568 1357421 Rainbow smelt 5 24100 18557 . . . . . . . . 24100 18557 Brown bullhead 1 7874 3826 . . . . . . . . 7874 3826 Channel catfish 1 . . . . 231 . 8079 2707 65 . 8375 2707 Channel catfish 4 . . . . . . . . 255 . 255 . Burbot 1 22898 6553 . . . . . . 1690 470 24588 7023 Burbot 4 605 79 . . 50 . 18240 . 20489 5165 39384 . White perch 1 6 2 . . . . . . . . 6 2 White bass 4 4057 1853 . . . . . . . . 4057 . Freshwater drum 4 9986 . . . . . . . . . 9986 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . . . 63 25 . . 63 25 Lake whitefish 1 958125 1186377 . . . . 1807656 1426340 2326067 2429112 5091848 5041829 Lake whitefish 4 21119 23720 . . . . . . . . 21119 . Round whitefish 1 16227 5838 . . . . 184351 67743 . . 200578 73581 Chubs 1 756511 621321 61062 74023 . . 478959 295896 397532 232299 1694064 1223539 Chubs 2 2015977 772544 . . . . . . . . 2015977 772544 Chubs 3 29579 11617 . . . . . . . . 29579 11617 Chubs 4 13919 7594 . . . . . . . . 13919 . Chubs 5 150 69 . . . . . . . . 150 69 Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 21462 10219 . . 21462 10219 Brown trout 1 . . . . . . . . 2 . 2 . Lake trout 1 . . . . 25929 . 432860 213847 . . 458789 213847 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 299 227 . . 299 227 Suckers 1 . . . . . . 1550 78 328702 12973 330252 13051 Suckers 4 62263 7071 . . . . 10267 524 9635 372 82165 . Carp 1 . . . . . . . . 200 . 200 . Carp 4 . . . . . . 187 . . . 187 . Bigmouth buffalo 4 65 . . . . . . . . . 65 . Yellow perch 1 774399 1315629 167617 302794 658408 1028227 82592 148874 . . 1683016 2795524 Yellow perch 4 3060 5106 . . . . . . . . 3060 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 503 564 . . 503 564 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 17319580 5219862 228679 376817 684618 1028227 3048335 2167046 4349356 2920979 25630568 11712931 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4387522 4256377 228679 376817 684568 1028227 3018391 2166522 4316877 2915442 12636037 10743385 Human Food 2 2015977 772544 . . . . . . . . 2015977 772544 Human Food 3 29579 11617 . . . . . . . . 29579 11617 No Sale 4 312074 48789 . . 50 . 29944 524 32479 5537 374547 . Animal Food 5 10574428 130535 . . . . . . . . 10574428 130535 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1990 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 . . 1603 321 1603 321 Bowfin 4 . . 2500 500 2500 . Alewife 1 . . 13981 7813 13981 7813 Rainbow smelt 1 38 29 2898 4352 2936 4381 Brown bullhead 1 . . 4925 1282 4925 1282 Brown bullhead 4 . . 305 79 305 . Channel catfish 1 1392 450 735912 389044 737304 389494 Channel catfish 4 . . 149 75 149 . Burbot 1 . . 444 65 444 65 Burbot 4 . . 1226 167 1226 . White perch 1 . . 44201 16935 44201 16935 White bass 1 . . 32792 24022 32792 24022 White bass 4 . . 5 5 5 . Freshwater drum 1 . . 49894 9486 49894 9486 Freshwater drum 4 . . 220 39 220 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 10722 3478 . . 10722 3478 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 5 2 . . 5 . Lake whitefish 1 1176909 999999 1315588 1551822 2492497 2551821 Lake whitefish 4 . . 1450 1728 1450 . Round whitefish 1 38309 15152 8567 7855 46876 23007 Round whitefish 4 . . 54 50 54 . Chubs 1 134293 110067 6 . 134299 110067 Chinook salmon 1 373252 161296 . . 373252 161296 Rainbow trout 1 . . 16 14 16 14 Lake trout 1 84852 47211 . . 84852 47211 Suckers 1 . . 137273 18310 137273 18310 Suckers 4 . . 2242 225 2242 . Carp 1 10039 1340 483209 81951 493248 83291 Carp 4 456 48 636 96 1092 . Quillback 1 . . 49135 16942 49135 16942 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 47405 5278 47405 5278 Rockbass 1 . . 1073 1215 1073 1215 Rockbass 4 . . 250 414 250 . Crappies 1 . . 5904 12348 5904 12348 Yellow perch 1 2830 4321 87514 144470 90344 148791 Yellow perch 4 . . 3839 6741 3839 . Walleye 1 4206 5502 4406 . 8612 5502 ============================================================================== Totals 1837303 1348895 3039622 2303644 4876925 3652539 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 1836842 1348845 3026746 2293525 4863588 3642370 No Sale 4 461 50 12876 10119 13337 . 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1990 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 . . 19333 578 . . . . 19333 578 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 23926 . . . 23926 . Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 194 . . . 194 . Brown bullhead 1 488 123 58906 10625 . . . . 59394 10748 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 15 . . . 15 . Channel catfish 1 2025 1215 365038 120304 . . . . 367063 121519 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 14 . 245 . 259 . American eel 4 . . . . . . 29 . 29 . Burbot 4 . . . . 15327 . . . 15327 . White perch 1 . . 786286 241220 3395 498 . . 789681 241718 White perch 4 . . . . 53889 8624 708 . 54597 . White bass 1 . . 392268 260540 3537 1740 . . 395805 262280 White bass 4 . . . . 2401 1014 20 . 2421 . Freshwater drum 1 . . 639995 73895 . . . . 639995 73895 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 18164 . 66 . 18230 . Lake whitefish 1 . . 10138 10138 112750 65487 . . 122888 75625 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . 819 504 . . 819 . Suckers 1 . . 41430 2858 . . . . 41430 2858 Suckers 4 . . . . 3400 . 1793 . 5193 . Goldfish 1 877 201 31179 2494 . . . . 32056 2695 Carp 1 158151 19590 1189999 103010 . . . . 1348150 122600 Quillback 1 . . 134304 15436 . . . . 134304 15436 Bigmouth buffalo 1 40064 16358 132261 39103 . . . . 172325 55461 Minnows 6 . . . . 5275 16508 . . 5275 16508 Sunfish and Bass 4 . . . . . . 3 . 3 . Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 510 . 510 . Yellow perch 1 . . 1559174 2711074 184702 232116 22010 31385 1765886 2974575 Walleye 1 . . . . 10012 9997 . . 10012 9997 Walleye 4 . . . . 175 172 . . 175 . ================================================================================================================== Totals 201605 37487 5360311 3591275 437995 336660 25384 31385 6025295 3996807 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 201605 37487 5360311 3591275 314396 309838 22010 31385 5898322 3969985 No Sale 4 . . . . 118324 10314 3374 . 121698 . Bait 6 . . . . 5275 16508 . . 5275 16508 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1990 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 4 109 . Northern pike 4 440 . Brown bullhead 1 58628 38541 Brown bullhead 4 3344 3227 Channel catfish 1 3128 642 Channel catfish 4 62 11 American eel 4 61 . Burbot 4 31 . White perch 1 11695 4797 White perch 4 64 25 White bass 1 4 . White bass 4 1 . Freshwater drum 1 5650 1165 Freshwater drum 4 49 9 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 20 10 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 29 17 Lake whitefish 1 19 19 Lake whitefish 4 24 24 Suckers 1 370 122 Suckers 4 850 284 Carp 1 482 80 Carp 4 77 13 Sunfish and Bass 1 5378 2719 Sunfish and Bass 4 26 12 Rockbass 1 2917 791 Rockbass 4 282 78 Crappies 1 3971 6566 Crappies 4 37 65 Yellow perch 1 44533 54069 Yellow perch 4 288 339 Walleye 4 163 . ========================================== Totals 142732 113625 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 136795 109521 No Sale 4 5937 4104 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1990 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 32 8 199 . 10550 112 . . 305 0 . . . . . . . Bowfin 2 0 3 . . . . . Buffalofish 220 61 0 . . . . . Bullheads 131 54 4 . . . . . Burbot 25 7 56 . . . . . Carps 1842 206 1 . . . . . Catfish 1116 514 1 . . . . . Chubs 3925 2142 14 . 0 0 . . Crappie 10 19 0 . . . . . Eel, Common . . 0 . . . . . Gizzard shad 19 1 25 . . . . . Goldfish 32 3 . . . . . . Lake herring 780 285 0 . . . . . Lake trout 913 485 0 . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . . . . . 5 17 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) . . 0 . . . . . Quillback 183 32 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 4 2 1 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 405 178 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 696 85 28 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3207 1428 0 . 24 19 . . Steelhead trout 0 0 . . . . . . Suckers 511 35 94 . . . . . Sunfish 5 3 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 429 286 6 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 9957 9746 23 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 251 98 0 . . . . . White perch 846 263 55 . . . . . Yellow Perch 3584 5973 7 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 19 16 0 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 29142 21930 520 . 10574 131 5 17 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1990 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 . . 10765 112 . . . . 305 305 . . . . . . . . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . 0 . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 8 4 . . . . Burbot 480 . . 24 7 . . 0 . Carps 630 . . . . . . . . Catfish 660 . . . . . . 0 . Chubs 720 12 7 2855 1422 61 74 . . Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . . . . . . . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 255 107 486 165 . . . . Lake trout 2000 0 0 139 82 . . 26 . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 10 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 42 10 1924 1191 . . . . Steelhead trout 4150 . . . . . . . . Suckers 4230 . . 63 . . . . . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 4 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1339 1516 . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 . . 16 6 . . . . White perch 5060 . . 0 0 . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 777 1316 168 303 658 1028 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 0 . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 309 124 18411 5821 229 377 685 1028 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1990 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 16 8 . . . . . . 305 305 0 . . . . . . . Bowfin 360 4 0 . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 87 22 132 39 . . . . Bullheads 450 6 1 59 11 0 . 62 39 Burbot 480 42 1 . . 15 . 0 . Carps 630 653 103 1190 103 . . 1 0 Catfish 660 748 393 365 120 0 . 3 1 Chubs 720 1011 639 . . . . . . Crappie 840 6 12 . . . . 4 7 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 0 . Gizzard shad 1340 1 . 19 1 24 . 0 . Goldfish 1360 1 0 31 2 . . . . Lake herring 1681 39 14 . . . . 0 0 Lake trout 2000 748 403 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 5 17 . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . 0 . Quillback 2810 49 17 134 15 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 1 1 . . . . 4 1 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 405 178 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 50 9 640 74 18 . 6 1 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1266 245 . . 0 . . . Steelhead trout 4150 0 0 . . . . . . Suckers 4230 494 32 41 3 3 . 3 0 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 5 3 White bass, Freshwater 5000 33 24 392 261 6 2 0 . Whitefish, Common 5031 8517 8154 10 10 114 65 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 235 92 . . . . . . White perch 5060 44 17 786 241 57 0 12 5 Yellow Perch 5170 177 298 1559 2711 185 232 67 85 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 9 6 . . 10 10 0 . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 14642 10669 5360 3591 438 326 168 141 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 12:40 Thursday, April 30, 1998 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1990 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 0 367 25 1 260 . . . 653 Industrial . 26 . . . . . . 26 February Food 0 451 19 7 162 . 0 0 639 Industrial . 36 . . . . 0 . 36 March Food 0 501 15 43 383 862 14 7 1827 Industrial . 146 . . . . 0 . 146 April Food 43 886 13 45 2364 1662 58 61 5132 Industrial . 1297 . . . . 0 . 1297 May Food 16 414 21 65 2674 1235 71 33 4528 Industrial . 3793 . . . . 0 . 3793 June Food 13 385 11 125 1260 509 47 7 2357 Industrial . 297 . . . . 1 . 299 July Food 10 1137 13 79 1675 73 8 2 2997 Industrial . 265 . . . . 1 . 266 August Food 13 763 17 66 1561 155 32 1 2610 Industrial . 212 . . . . 1 . 212 September Food 31 627 18 47 1274 389 53 8 2447 Industrial . 367 . . . . 0 . 368 October Food 155 577 29 112 1967 232 26 24 3121 Industrial . 3016 . . . . 0 . 3016 November Food 1 467 19 91 456 176 4 14 1229 Industrial . 1061 . . . . 1 . 1062 December Food 27 950 28 4 527 66 0 2 1605 Industrial . 59 . . . . 0 . 59 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 309 7524 229 685 14563 5360 314 159 29142 Industrial . 10574 . . . . 5 . 10580 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 309 18098 229 685 14563 5360 320 159 39722 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.