11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1988 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 . . . . . . . 1 . 3 . Rainbow smelt 1 181620 . . . 166561 124863 . . . . 348181 124863 Rainbow smelt 4 3 . . . . . 2 . 139 . 144 . Channel catfish 1 . . . . . . 5 2 . . 5 2 Burbot 4 75 . . . 50 . . . 184 . 309 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 144540 69910 . . 174009 67731 7298 4502 14699 6743 340546 148886 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 253 154 . . . . 173 100 55 42 481 . Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 417702 316632 894822 777739 337271 368585 1649795 1462956 Round whitefish 1 65 26 . . . . 1403 620 . . 1468 646 Round whitefish 4 . . . . . . . . 42 . 42 . Chubs 1 6325 2779 . . 66359 43845 . . 1737 1757 74421 48381 Chubs 2 . . . . 101579 60929 . . . . 101579 60929 Chubs 4 . . . . . . . . 396 468 396 . Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 938 419 . . 938 419 Lake trout 1 118 96 . . 62102 66311 165475 113899 16254 17162 243949 197468 Lake trout 4 322 322 . . . . . . . . 322 . Siscowet (fat trout) 1 . . . . 164387 65995 . . 307792 214595 472179 280590 Siscowet (fat trout) 4 4 . . . . . 12 . . . 16 . Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 624 317 . . 624 317 Suckers 1 7040 . . . . . . . . . 7040 . Suckers 4 . . . . 6410 . 7300 . 1845 . 15555 . Walleye 1 . . . . 168 . 305 444 . . 473 444 Walleye 4 . . . . . . 5 7 . . 5 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 340367 73287 . . 1159327 746306 1078362 898049 680415 609352 3258471 2326994 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 339708 72811 . . 1051288 685377 1070870 897942 677753 608842 3139619 2264972 Human Food 2 . . . . 101579 60929 . . . . 101579 60929 No Sale 4 659 476 . . 6460 . 7492 107 2662 510 17273 . 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1988 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 4 5022 74 . . 930 . . . . . 5952 . Alewife 5 10028554 172535 . . . . . . . . 10028554 172535 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 5 . . . . . 5 . Gizzard shad 5 170 3 . . . . . . . . 170 3 Rainbow smelt 1 1547628 812227 . . . . . . 1139977 99319 2687605 911546 Rainbow smelt 4 3354 2010 . . 10 . . . . . 3364 . Northern pike 1 5588 1599 . . . . . . . . 5588 1599 Northern pike 4 46 12 . . . . . . . . 46 . Brown bullhead 1 12390 . . . . . . . . . 12390 . Brown bullhead 4 4123 . . . . . . . . . 4123 . Channel catfish 1 1615 695 . . . . 5565 2123 . . 7180 2818 Channel catfish 4 61 25 . . 171 . 17 7 8 . 257 . Burbot 1 8130 2283 . . . . 140 . 825 88 9095 2371 Burbot 4 48259 13324 . . 213 . 57960 . 18781 1907 125213 . White bass 1 2882 1751 . . . . . . . . 2882 1751 White bass 4 181 113 . . . . . . . . 181 . Freshwater drum 1 6515 981 . . . . . . 90 14 6605 995 Freshwater drum 4 168 28 . . . . . . . . 168 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 8000 . . . . . 672 267 . . 8672 267 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 . . . . . . 30 14 . . 30 . Lake whitefish 1 1286395 1406338 . . 17 . 2544282 1762493 1455881 1598437 5286575 4767268 Lake whitefish 4 1255 2033 . . 44 . . . . . 1299 . Round whitefish 1 52671 24919 . . . . 170512 69521 . . 223183 94440 Round whitefish 4 468 218 . . . . . . . . 468 . Chubs 1 875216 753458 46062 49067 5345 4384 334960 334529 379094 334074 1640677 1475512 Chubs 2 1367310 1086293 . . . . . . . . 1367310 1086293 Chubs 3 17123 14174 . . . . . . . . 17123 14174 Chubs 4 17 17 . . 24 24 . . . . 41 . Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 85243 52381 . . 85243 52381 Lake trout 1 . . . . . . 283906 180536 . . 283906 180536 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 1418 728 . . 1418 728 Suckers 1 93722 3720 . . . . 1458 567 580978 213169 676158 217456 Suckers 4 24570 1057 . . 1150 . 10786 5748 20386 2506 56892 . Carp 1 . . . . . . 1344 202 197 39 1541 241 Carp 4 8 . . . . . 88 13 2 . 98 . Yellow perch 1 795663 1118915 191504 255060 1522687 1918714 47485 66635 . . 2557339 3359324 Yellow perch 4 409 582 . . . . . . . . 409 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 693 1106 . . 693 1106 Walleye 4 9 . . . . . 7 10 . . 16 . ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 16197522 5419384 237566 304127 1530596 1923122 3546566 2476880 3596219 2249553 25108469 12373066 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 4696415 4126886 237566 304127 1528049 1923098 3477678 2471088 3557042 2245140 13496750 11070339 Human Food 2 1367310 1086293 . . . . . . . . 1367310 1086293 Human Food 3 17123 14174 . . . . . . . . 17123 14174 No Sale 4 87950 19493 . . 2547 24 68888 5792 39177 4413 198562 . Animal Food 5 10028724 172538 . . . . . . . . 10028724 172538 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1988 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 . . 134 6 134 6 Bowfin 4 . . 805 69 805 . Alewife 1 . . 1115 223 1115 223 Gizzard shad 1 . . 80 15 80 15 Rainbow smelt 1 . . 22950 13770 22950 13770 Brown bullhead 1 . . 2497 1073 2497 1073 Channel catfish 1 2578 1041 508424 299985 511002 301026 Channel catfish 4 . . 15 9 15 . Burbot 1 . . 511 89 511 89 Burbot 4 . . 69 9 69 . White perch 1 . . 2678 1666 2678 1666 White bass 1 . . 6464 5710 6464 5710 White bass 4 . . 285 285 285 . Freshwater drum 1 . . 23583 5122 23583 5122 Freshwater drum 4 . . 53 11 53 . Gars 1 . . 135 14 135 14 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 5065 1779 . . 5065 1779 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 7 2 . . 7 . Lake whitefish 1 1701864 1356849 1204724 1326555 2906588 2683404 Round whitefish 1 29843 10766 16964 20794 46807 31560 Round whitefish 4 28 11 2 2 30 . Chubs 1 69606 67415 . . 69606 67415 Chubs 4 13 14 . . 13 . Chinook salmon 1 404263 250123 . . 404263 250123 Chinook salmon 4 63 47 . . 63 . Lake trout 1 165309 107464 . . 165309 107464 Coho salmon 1 864 567 . . 864 567 Coho salmon 4 16 11 . . 16 . Suckers 1 . . 128080 16917 128080 16917 Suckers 4 . . 2467 300 2467 . Carp 1 5628 624 667139 111162 672767 111786 Carp 4 424 47 10 2 434 . Quillback 1 . . 30495 8699 30495 8699 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 1324 759 1324 759 Rockbass 1 . . 1004 1010 1004 1010 Rockbass 4 . . 39 57 39 . Crappies 1 . . 10804 20566 10804 20566 Crappies 4 . . 3 6 3 . Yellow perch 1 18991 26926 88631 144334 107622 171260 Walleye 1 6189 9681 . . 6189 9681 Walleye 4 38 60 . . 38 . ============================================================================== Totals 2410789 1833427 2721484 1979219 5132273 3812646 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 2410200 1833235 2717736 1978469 5127936 3811704 No Sale 4 589 192 3748 750 4337 . 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1988 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 . . 8923 207 . . . . 8923 207 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 140027 . . . 140027 . Rainbow smelt 1 . . . . 50 47 . . 50 47 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 242 222 . . 242 . Brown bullhead 1 5421 1355 55046 5680 . . . . 60467 7035 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 30 . 154 . 184 . Channel catfish 1 15208 9114 244048 72968 6 3 . . 259262 82085 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 62 31 537 . 599 . American eel 4 . . . . . . 41 . 41 . Burbot 4 . . . . 1006 . . . 1006 . White perch 1 . . 387913 82020 180720 12252 . . 568633 94272 White perch 4 . . . . 25135 1702 214 . 25349 . White bass 1 1049 629 128251 136522 14163 5932 . . 143463 143083 White bass 4 . . . . 1235 539 8 . 1243 . Freshwater drum 1 1180 472 655348 41936 35039 2541 . . 691567 44949 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 14178 1365 30 . 14208 . Lake whitefish 1 . . 692 880 14498 10177 . . 15190 11057 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . 224 182 10 . 234 . Suckers 1 . . 20873 987 1030 70 . . 21903 1057 Suckers 4 . . . . 7306 529 651 . 7957 . Goldfish 1 188 47 12396 603 . . . . 12584 650 Carp 1 417365 63611 1010951 64705 . . . . 1428316 128316 Carp 4 . . . . 12 . 14 . 26 . Quillback 1 1380 139 59262 3804 . . . . 60642 3943 Bigmouth buffalo 1 9471 3975 45060 7592 . . . . 54531 11567 Minnows 4 . . . . 54 162 . . 54 . Minnows 6 . . . . 6323 16699 . . 6323 16699 Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 873 . 873 . Yellow perch 1 . . 801699 926486 184580 201901 9504 17640 995783 1146027 Yellow perch 4 . . . . 4 4 . . 4 . Walleye 1 . . . . 11561 12755 . . 11561 12755 Walleye 4 . . . . 545 551 . . 545 . ================================================================================================================== Totals 451262 79342 3430462 1344390 638030 267664 12036 17640 4531790 1709036 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 451262 79342 3430462 1344390 441647 245678 9504 17640 4332875 1687050 No Sale 4 . . . . 190060 5287 2532 . 192592 . Bait 6 . . . . 6323 16699 . . 6323 16699 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1988 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 4 200 . Northern pike 4 804 . Brown bullhead 1 48544 31488 Brown bullhead 4 86 74 Channel catfish 4 101 . American eel 4 269 . Burbot 4 67 . White perch 1 16081 8699 White perch 4 38 19 White bass 4 2 . Freshwater drum 1 2426 501 Cisco (Lake herring) 4 21 . Lake whitefish 1 83 125 Suckers 4 488 . Carp 4 10 . Sunfish and Bass 1 3695 2160 Sunfish and Bass 4 25 15 Rockbass 1 2240 529 Rockbass 4 20 5 Crappies 1 1607 2132 Crappies 4 25 29 Yellow perch 1 57883 63028 Yellow perch 4 13 13 Walleye 4 90 . ========================================== Totals 134818 108817 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 132559 108662 No Sale 4 2259 155 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1988 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 1 0 6 . 10029 173 . . Bowfin 0 0 1 . . . . . Buffalofish 56 12 . . . . . . Bullheads 124 40 4 . . . . . Burbot 10 2 127 . . . . . Carps 2103 240 1 . . . . . Catfish 777 386 1 . . . . . Chubs 3271 2753 0 . . . . . Crappie 12 23 0 . . . . . Eel, Common . . 0 . . . . . Garfish 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 9 0 140 . 0 0 . . Goldfish 13 1 . . . . . . Lake herring 354 151 1 . . . . . Lake trout 1165 766 0 . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . 0 . . . 6 17 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 6 2 1 . . . . . Quillback 91 13 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 3 2 1 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 493 305 0 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 724 52 14 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3059 1050 4 . . . . . Suckers 833 235 83 . . . . . Sunfish 4 2 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 153 151 2 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 9858 8925 2 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 271 127 1 . . . . . White perch 587 105 25 . . . . . Yellow Perch 3719 4740 0 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 19 24 1 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 27716 20104 415 . 10029 173 6 17 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1988 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 . 10034 173 . . 1 . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . . . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 17 . . . . . Burbot 480 0 . 56 2 . . 0 . Carps 630 . . 0 . . . . . Catfish 660 . . 2 1 . . 0 . Chubs 720 6 3 2428 1959 46 49 5 4 Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Garfish 1330 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . 0 0 . . 0 . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 145 70 182 68 . . . . Lake trout 2000 0 0 226 132 . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . 6 2 . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 7 1 . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 182 . 1718 937 . . 0 . Suckers 4230 7 . 125 4 . . 1 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 3 2 . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1705 1723 . . 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 0 0 53 25 . . . . White perch 5060 . . . . . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 796 1119 192 255 1523 1919 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . 0 . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 340 73 17357 6146 238 304 1531 1923 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1988 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 1 0 . . . . . . Bowfin 360 1 0 . . . . 0 . Buffalofish 420 11 5 45 8 . . . . Bullheads 450 8 2 55 6 0 . 49 31 Burbot 480 78 0 . . 1 . 0 . Carps 630 1092 176 1011 65 0 . 0 . Catfish 660 532 312 244 73 0 0 1 . Chubs 720 786 738 . . . . . . Crappie 840 11 21 . . . . 2 2 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 0 . Garfish 1330 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 0 0 9 0 140 . . . Goldfish 1360 0 0 12 1 . . . . Lake herring 1681 28 13 . . . . 0 . Lake trout 2000 939 634 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 6 17 . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . 1 . Quillback 2810 32 9 59 4 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 1 1 . . . . 3 1 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 493 305 . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 25 6 655 42 49 3 2 1 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 1163 113 . . 0 0 . . Suckers 4230 753 231 21 1 8 0 1 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 4 2 White bass, Freshwater 5000 8 6 128 137 15 6 0 . Whitefish, Common 5031 8139 7191 1 1 15 10 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 219 102 . . . . . . White perch 5060 3 2 388 82 206 12 16 9 Yellow Perch 5170 155 238 802 926 185 202 67 81 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 7 11 . . 12 13 0 . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 14485 10114 3430 1344 638 262 147 126 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 11:48 Thursday, April 9, 1998 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1988 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 1 428 19 43 246 . . . 737 February Food 0 160 21 20 208 . . . 408 March Food 0 587 37 336 364 478 . 3 1804 Industrial . 86 . . . . 0 . 86 April Food 184 790 19 181 2199 1289 111 47 4820 Industrial . 562 . . . . 0 . 562 May Food 14 559 15 174 2755 980 85 27 4607 Industrial . 4267 . . . . 1 . 4268 June Food 8 614 6 86 1341 291 40 3 2388 Industrial . 1539 . . . . 2 . 1541 July Food 10 677 7 44 1626 106 52 0 2523 Industrial . 97 . . . . 2 . 99 August Food 16 800 12 38 1203 80 90 1 2239 Industrial . 47 . . . . 1 . 47 September Food 19 725 20 23 1334 208 42 12 2383 Industrial . 87 . . . . 0 . 87 October Food 82 808 25 34 1985 . 14 21 2968 Industrial . 1585 . . . . 0 . 1585 November Food . 451 26 313 665 . 7 21 1483 Industrial . 1178 . . . . 0 . 1178 December Food 6 636 32 236 437 . . 9 1355 Industrial . 582 . . . . . . 582 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 340 7234 238 1528 14363 3430 442 142 27716 Industrial . 10029 . . . . 6 . 10035 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 340 17262 238 1528 14363 3430 448 142 37751 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.