09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1982 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 2 . . . . . . . . . 2 . Rainbow smelt 1 152394 19025 . . 99994 23173 . . 476 . 252864 42198 Rainbow smelt 4 62 6 . . . . 14 . 100 . 176 . Burbot 1 . . . . . . . . 1114 . 1114 . Burbot 4 559 . . . 6500 . . . 7450 . 14509 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 185429 83607 . . 96651 29471 2970 1344 20299 12289 305349 126711 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 645 385 . . 4 2 77 43 23 17 749 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 202955 159336 277072 244985 423686 314930 903713 719251 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . . . . . 2 2 2 . Round whitefish 1 . . . . 335 168 951 . 136 44 1422 212 Round whitefish 4 1 . . . . . . . 163 51 164 . Chubs 1 17120 9073 . . 72184 31358 . . 92019 46296 181323 86727 Chubs 2 . . . . 65116 21426 . . . . 65116 21426 Chubs 4 20 13 . . . . . . 2 1 22 . Lake trout 1 33383 33206 . . 109103 99734 36265 37543 32788 36754 211539 207237 Lake trout 4 148 184 . . . . . . . . 148 . Siscowet (fat trout) 1 1216 354 . . 208710 70606 . . 23152 8168 233078 79128 Siscowet (fat trout) 4 . . . . . . . . 243 107 243 . Suckers 1 4484 226 . . . . 82 8 534 116 5100 350 Suckers 4 76 5 . . 3605 . 20589 2059 6673 1422 30943 . Carp 1 . . . . . . . . 72 11 72 11 Yellow perch 1 . . . . . . 254 383 . . 254 383 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 395539 146084 . . 865157 435274 338274 286365 608932 420208 2207902 1287931 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 394026 145491 . . 789932 413846 317594 284263 594276 418608 2095828 1262208 Human Food 2 . . . . 65116 21426 . . . . 65116 21426 No Sale 4 1513 593 . . 10109 2 20680 2102 14656 1600 46958 . 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1982 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 . . . . . . . . 1692106 28206 1692106 28206 Alewife 4 10071 134 . . 1307 . . . 733 5 12111 . Alewife 5 20453193 373284 . . . . . . . . 20453193 373284 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 2486 . . . . . 2486 . Rainbow smelt 1 314106 102000 . . 2299 487 762 115 1529624 44541 1846791 147143 Rainbow smelt 4 7738 2866 . . 1131 246 20 3 . . 8889 . Northern pike 1 6685 1512 . . . . . . . . 6685 1512 Northern pike 4 180 38 . . . . . . . . 180 . Brown bullhead 1 25158 5072 . . . . . . . . 25158 5072 Brown bullhead 4 2390 520 . . . . . . . . 2390 . Channel catfish 1 229 72 . . . . 1687 615 994 339 2910 1026 Channel catfish 4 57 19 . . 76 . . . . . 133 . Burbot 1 34690 6190 . . . . . . 13887 1717 48577 7907 Burbot 4 50935 9673 . . 342 . 11537 . 6374 1526 69188 . White bass 1 9817 3370 . . . . . . . . 9817 3370 White bass 4 166 52 . . . . . . . . 166 . Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 111 . . . . . 111 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . . . 42 14 . . 42 14 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 . . . . 17 . 11 4 . . 28 . Lake whitefish 1 1373052 1133085 . . . . 1415981 1041626 3155640 2036636 5944673 4211347 Lake whitefish 4 441 455 . . 74 . 320 281 21 14 856 . Round whitefish 1 59858 33342 . . . . 147350 50595 . . 207208 83937 Round whitefish 4 789 450 . . . . . . 135 . 924 . Chubs 1 1522587 974071 245973 209023 2752 1967 615742 364571 143394 122904 2530448 1672536 Chubs 2 774421 398137 . . . . . . . . 774421 398137 Chubs 4 13 9 . . . . . . . . 13 . Chinook salmon 4 . . . . 16 . . . . . 16 . Lake trout 1 . . . . . . 220444 203029 . . 220444 203029 Lake trout 4 . . . . 388 . . . . . 388 . Coho salmon 1 . . . . 837 439 834 498 . . 1671 937 Coho salmon 4 . . . . 148 97 . . . . 148 . Suckers 1 200701 7974 . . 3357 547 529 101 741352 22072 945939 30694 Suckers 4 34041 1304 . . 2889 578 38944 7988 29285 1497 105159 . Carp 1 585834 25797 . . . . . . 1500 120 587334 25917 Carp 4 16705 992 . . . . . . . . 16705 . Carp 6 32380 973 . . . . . . . . 32380 973 Yellow perch 1 621285 873541 84818 117327 499438 605207 37686 54298 . . 1243227 1650373 Yellow perch 4 1849 2597 . . 1312 1597 70 98 . . 3231 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 1526 1539 . . 1526 1539 Walleye 4 4 . . . . . 54 54 . . 58 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 26139375 3957529 330791 326350 518980 611165 2493539 1725429 7315045 2259577 36797730 8880050 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4754002 3166026 330791 326350 508683 608647 2442583 1717001 7278497 2256535 15314556 8074559 Human Food 2 774421 398137 . . . . . . . . 774421 398137 No Sale 4 125379 19109 . . 10297 2518 50956 8428 36548 3042 223180 . Animal Food 5 20453193 373284 . . . . . . . . 20453193 373284 Bait 6 32380 973 . . . . . . . . 32380 973 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1982 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 . . 304 1 304 1 Bowfin 4 . . 200 4 200 . Alewife 1 . . 1479 149 1479 149 Rainbow smelt 1 . . 27023 12377 27023 12377 Mooneye 1 . . 185 28 185 28 Brown bullhead 1 . . 7632 1308 7632 1308 Channel catfish 1 4633 1391 669950 288365 674583 289756 Channel catfish 4 . . 1075 490 1075 . Burbot 1 . . 324 9 324 9 Burbot 4 . . 744 64 744 . White bass 1 . . 1725 1534 1725 1534 Freshwater drum 1 . . 35137 4081 35137 4081 Freshwater drum 4 . . 15 2 15 . Gars 1 . . 309 5 309 5 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 3107 1099 . . 3107 1099 Lake whitefish 1 448219 241052 1148487 729920 1596706 970972 Round whitefish 1 15967 5941 20475 16866 36442 22807 Lake trout 1 189303 137523 . . 189303 137523 Suckers 1 . . 136569 14808 136569 14808 Suckers 4 5120 . 9425 799 14545 . Carp 1 684 62 714668 81371 715352 81433 Carp 4 . . 11795 1246 11795 . Quillback 1 . . 80430 13273 80430 13273 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 1456 237 1456 237 Rockbass 1 . . 682 706 682 706 Crappies 1 . . 11226 12787 11226 12787 Yellow perch 1 3102 3882 154407 157510 157509 161392 Yellow perch 4 6 8 837 865 843 . Walleye 1 13675 10549 . . 13675 10549 ============================================================================== Totals 683816 401507 3036559 1338805 3720375 1740312 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 678690 401499 3012468 1335335 3691158 1736834 No Sale 4 5126 8 24091 3470 29217 . 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1982 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 76000 2280 . . . . . . 76000 2280 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 7979 . 980 . 8959 . Gizzard shad 5 . . 161698 2546 . . . . 161698 2546 Rainbow smelt 1 . . . . 3742 545 . . 3742 545 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 13877 1840 1383 . 15260 . Brown bullhead 1 58 14 63025 19405 . . . . 63083 19419 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 314 . 1202 . 1516 . Channel catfish 1 20354 10963 217171 98927 37 8 90 26 237652 109924 Channel catfish 4 . . 470 221 844 231 89 23 1403 . Burbot 1 . . . . 105 36 . . 105 36 Burbot 4 . . . . 242 82 . . 242 . White perch 1 . . 26935 9308 . . . . 26935 9308 White perch 4 . . . . 1439 . 30 . 1469 . White bass 1 1742 934 603477 422827 28649 11587 46136 9808 680004 445156 White bass 4 . . 214 151 44977 14250 1609 327 46800 . Freshwater drum 1 608 61 781660 41132 3830 269 . . 786098 41462 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 237310 16643 41112 . 278422 . Cisco (Lake herring) 4 . . . . . . 40 . 40 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 322 304 . . 322 304 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . 18 17 7 . 25 . Suckers 1 178 16 42231 2172 . . . . 42409 2188 Suckers 4 . . . . 18638 . 20396 . 39034 . Goldfish 1 . . 11159 567 . . . . 11159 567 Carp 1 676896 66579 906296 493028 . . . . 1583192 559607 Carp 4 1200 125 . . 126 . 664 . 1990 . Quillback 1 1430 143 113717 5752 . . . . 115147 5895 Bigmouth buffalo 1 22474 8180 36054 10892 . . . . 58528 19072 Minnows 6 . . . . 7947 18108 . . 7947 18108 Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 295 . 295 . Yellow perch 1 . . 244934 340201 203404 244413 118309 137857 566647 722471 Yellow perch 4 . . . . 584 711 83 98 667 . Walleye 1 . . . . 6318 5493 61622 48989 67940 54482 Walleye 4 . . . . 20 16 112 90 132 . ================================================================================================================== Totals 800940 89295 3209041 1447129 580722 314553 294159 197218 4884862 2048195 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 799740 89170 3046659 1444211 246407 262655 226157 196680 4318963 1992716 No Sale 4 1200 125 684 372 326368 33790 68002 538 396254 . Animal Food 5 . . 161698 2546 . . . . 161698 2546 Bait 6 . . . . 7947 18108 . . 7947 18108 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1982 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 70 . Rainbow smelt 4 14 . Northern pike 4 55 . Brown bullhead 1 37979 20062 Brown bullhead 4 2146 1454 Channel catfish 1 1568 386 Channel catfish 4 418 96 American eel 1 66318 46432 American eel 4 13083 9159 White perch 1 53341 22954 White perch 4 271 109 White bass 1 86 21 White bass 4 51 19 Freshwater drum 1 312 53 Freshwater drum 4 67 14 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 14 . Lake whitefish 4 2 . Chubs 1 10 6 Suckers 4 2776 . Carp 1 1800 630 Carp 4 568 203 Sunfish and Bass 1 7457 3443 Sunfish and Bass 4 215 90 Rockbass 1 10753 2278 Rockbass 4 2748 611 Crappies 1 2715 1951 Crappies 4 62 47 Yellow perch 1 88864 70479 Yellow perch 4 989 788 Walleye 1 45 . Walleye 4 9 . ========================================== Totals 294806 181285 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 271248 168695 No Sale 4 23558 12590 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1982 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 1694 28 12 . 20453 373 . . Bowfin 0 0 0 . . . . . Buffalofish 60 19 . . . . . . Bullheads 134 46 6 . . . . . Burbot 50 8 85 . . . . . Carps 2888 668 31 . . . 32 1 Catfish 917 401 3 . . . . . Chubs 3551 2179 0 . . . . . Crappie 14 15 0 . . . . . Eel, Common 66 46 13 . . . . . Garfish 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 76 2 11 . 162 3 . . Goldfish 11 1 . . . . . . Lake herring 308 128 1 . . . . . Lake trout 854 627 1 . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . . . . . 8 18 Mooneye or goldeye 0 0 . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 7 2 0 . . . . . Quillback 196 19 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 11 3 3 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 2 1 0 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 822 46 279 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 2130 202 24 . . . . . Suckers 1130 48 192 . . . . . Sunfish 7 3 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 692 450 47 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 8445 5902 1 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 245 107 1 . . . . . White perch 80 32 2 . . . . . Yellow Perch 2057 2605 6 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 83 67 0 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 26531 13655 719 . 20615 376 40 19 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1982 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 . 20463 373 . . 1 . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . . . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 28 5 . . . . Burbot 480 1 . 92 6 . . 0 . Carps 630 . . 635 27 . . . . Catfish 660 . . 0 0 . . 0 . Chubs 720 17 9 2434 1425 246 209 3 2 Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Garfish 1330 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . . . . . 2 . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 186 84 97 29 . . 0 . Lake trout 2000 35 34 318 170 . . 0 . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Mooneye or goldeye 2280 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 7 2 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . 1 0 Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . . . . . 0 . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 152 19 422 125 . . 3 0 Suckers 4230 5 0 238 8 . . 6 1 Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 10 3 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1576 1292 . . 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 0 . 61 34 . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 623 874 85 117 501 605 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 0 . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 396 145 27005 4374 331 326 519 609 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1982 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 1694 28 . . . . . . Bowfin 360 1 0 . . . . 0 . Buffalofish 420 24 8 36 11 . . . . Bullheads 450 8 1 63 19 0 . 41 20 Burbot 480 41 2 . . 0 0 . . Carps 630 1407 148 906 493 0 . 3 1 Catfish 660 699 302 218 99 1 0 2 0 Chubs 720 851 534 . . . . 0 0 Crappie 840 11 13 . . . . 3 2 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 79 46 Garfish 1330 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 76 2 162 3 8 . 1 . Goldfish 1360 . . 11 1 . . . . Lake herring 1681 27 15 . . . . 0 . Lake trout 2000 502 423 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 8 18 . . Mooneye or goldeye 2280 0 0 . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . 0 . Quillback 2810 82 13 114 6 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 1 1 . . . . 14 2 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 1 0 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 36 4 782 41 241 0 41 0 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1558 57 . . 18 1 1 . Suckers 4230 989 37 42 2 19 . 23 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 8 3 White bass, Freshwater 5000 3 2 604 423 74 12 48 10 Whitefish, Common 5031 6869 4609 . . 0 0 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 185 73 . . . . . . White perch 5060 . . 27 9 1 . 54 23 Yellow Perch 5170 196 216 245 340 204 244 208 208 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 15 12 . . 6 5 62 49 ========================================================================================================================== Totals 15277 6502 3209 1447 581 281 589 365 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 09:01 Thursday, April 16, 1998 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1982 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 4 52 46 . 141 . . . 243 February Food 3 100 35 . 165 . . . 304 March Food 19 107 23 13 258 113 . . 534 Industrial . 0 . . . . . . 0 April Food 88 808 24 64 2142 1147 1 40 4313 Industrial . 1031 . . . 137 1 . 1169 May Food 61 435 16 83 2871 1018 3 167 4654 Industrial . 5994 . . . 21 1 . 6016 June Food 31 473 10 55 2052 229 35 46 2931 Industrial . 8556 . . . . 1 . 8557 July Food 29 1480 8 32 2625 12 16 8 4210 Industrial . 2460 . . . . 2 . 2462 August Food 54 465 16 40 1469 9 72 26 2151 Industrial . 33 . . . . 0 . 34 September Food 70 460 13 31 982 76 55 79 1767 Industrial . 1091 . . . 0 0 . 1091 October Food 21 1451 22 84 1217 222 48 78 3143 Industrial . 987 . . . 2 1 . 990 November Food 7 164 55 69 527 164 17 47 1051 Industrial . 333 . . . 1 1 . 335 December Food 6 388 63 37 675 57 . 5 1232 Industrial . . . . . 0 . . 0 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 394 6383 331 509 15124 3047 246 497 26531 Industrial . 20486 . . . 162 8 . 20655 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 394 26869 331 509 15124 3208 254 497 47187 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.