08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 1 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1994 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 66990 14068 . . 21604 4322 857 987 . . 89451 19377 Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . . . 44 . . . 44 . Burbot 1 1841 187 . . 189 5 . . . . 2030 192 Burbot 4 . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 415353 215997 . . 222008 88805 20880 13165 34656 13571 692897 331538 Lake whitefish 1 . . . . 262870 210301 712747 733642 287089 246932 1262706 1190875 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . . . 11 . . . 11 . Round whitefish 1 . . . . 164 . 1813 548 . . 1977 548 Chubs 1 10325 6195 . . 38877 23330 7060 5300 1065 709 57327 35534 Chubs 2 . . . . 66595 39960 . . . . 66595 39960 Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 8814 8489 . . 8814 8489 Lake trout 1 121 . . . 36196 25392 98278 62889 12228 9662 146823 97943 Siscowet (fat trout) 1 22 . . . 125896 44112 . . . . 125918 44112 Coho salmon 1 . . . . . . 56 56 . . 56 56 Suckers 1 2753 276 . . 325 32 . . 741 44 3819 352 Suckers 4 . . . . . . 747 . . . 747 . Carp 1 . . . . . . . . 94 13 94 13 Carp 4 . . . . . . 182 . . . 182 . Yellow perch 1 . . . . . . 528 927 . . 528 927 Walleye 1 . . . . . . 11 20 . . 11 20 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 497405 236723 . . 774724 436259 852029 826023 335873 270931 2460031 1769936 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 497405 236723 . . 708129 396299 851044 826023 335873 270931 2392451 1729976 Human Food 2 . . . . 66595 39960 . . . . 66595 39960 No Sale 4 . . . . . . 985 . . . 985 . 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 2 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1994 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 5 8681 5209 . . . . . . . . 8681 5209 Gizzard shad 1 . . 7315 . . . . . 4980 649 12295 649 Gizzard shad 4 1687 1013 . . . . . . . . 1687 . Rainbow smelt 1 1452326 699073 . . . . 185 74 591563 301704 2044074 1000851 Rainbow smelt 2 440 264 . . . . . . . . 440 264 Rainbow smelt 4 4762 2850 . . . . . . . . 4762 . Brown bullhead 1 669 347 . . . . . . . . 669 347 Brown bullhead 4 16 8 . . . . . . . . 16 . Channel catfish 1 . . . . . . 4491 1434 . . 4491 1434 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 55 . 82 . . . 137 . Burbot 1 17306 3532 . . . . 10 10 25 12 17341 3554 Burbot 4 124 23 . . . . 33613 . . . 33737 . White perch 1 12552 2996 . . . . . . . . 12552 2996 White bass 4 386 270 . . . . . . . . 386 . Freshwater drum 4 896 89 . . . . . . . . 896 . Cisco (Lake herring) 1 . . . . . . 121 49 . . 121 49 Lake whitefish 1 1184572 1184572 . . . . 2219221 1509067 3529165 3035148 6932958 5728787 Lake whitefish 2 1810 1810 . . . . . . . . 1810 1810 Lake whitefish 4 13145 13145 . . 83 . . . . . 13228 . Round whitefish 1 8029 3887 . . . . 160896 57922 . . 168925 61809 Chubs 1 282661 218127 23786 27120 . . 283917 204423 272506 181665 862870 631335 Chubs 2 1793292 1110962 . . . . . . . . 1793292 1110962 Chubs 3 210 95 . . . . . . . . 210 95 Chubs 4 . . . . 215 . . . . . 215 . Chubs 5 1906882 26313 . . . . . . . . 1906882 26313 Chinook salmon 1 . . . . . . 43026 21606 . . 43026 21606 Lake trout 1 . . . . . . 513105 266835 . . 513105 266835 Suckers 1 210 42 . . . . . . 902987 54181 903197 54223 Suckers 4 10175 2031 . . . . 12647 . . . 22822 . Bigmouth buffalo 4 24 4 . . . . . . . . 24 . Yellow perch 1 589812 1443883 210655 417122 1025478 2225343 23817 46692 . . 1849762 4133040 Yellow perch 4 1611 4034 . . . . . . . . 1611 . Walleye 1 . . . . . . 3007 3820 . . 3007 3820 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 7292278 4724579 241756 444242 1025831 2225343 3298138 2111932 5301226 3573359 17159229 13079455 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 3548137 3556459 241756 444242 1025478 2225343 3251796 2111932 5301226 3573359 13368393 11911335 Human Food 2 1795542 1113036 . . . . . . . . 1795542 1113036 Human Food 3 210 95 . . . . . . . . 210 95 No Sale 4 32826 23467 . . 353 . 46342 . . . 79521 . Animal Food 5 1915563 31522 . . . . . . . . 1915563 31522 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 3 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1994 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 ============================================================================== Alewife 1 . . 254 65 254 65 Rainbow smelt 1 . . 687 350 687 350 Rainbow smelt 4 12 . . . 12 . Brown bullhead 1 . . 894 251 894 251 Channel catfish 1 2008 527 350919 221125 352927 221652 Channel catfish 4 6 . . . 6 . Burbot 1 . . 5130 2462 5130 2462 White perch 1 . . 4198 2817 4198 2817 White bass 1 . . 4969 4026 4969 4026 Freshwater drum 1 . . 40411 8080 40411 8080 Cisco (Lake herring) 1 3962 1469 . . 3962 1469 Lake whitefish 1 1498940 1049345 1605008 1380333 3103948 2429678 Round whitefish 1 11648 4436 4920 4848 16568 9284 Round whitefish 4 100 . . . 100 . Chubs 1 76445 63451 . . 76445 63451 Chubs 4 1 . . . 1 . Chinook salmon 1 402913 201635 . . 402913 201635 Lake trout 1 108676 61950 . . 108676 61950 Suckers 1 157 16 124027 7451 124184 7467 Suckers 4 844 . . . 844 . Carp 1 10645 962 45635 5960 56280 6922 Carp 4 232 . . . 232 . Quillback 1 . . 68273 23915 68273 23915 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 7 7 7 7 Rockbass 1 . . 102 127 102 127 Crappies 1 . . 176 396 176 396 Yellow perch 1 169 288 100822 287409 100991 287697 Walleye 1 5493 7972 . . 5493 7972 ============================================================================== Totals 2122251 1392051 2356432 1949622 4478683 3341673 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 2121056 1392051 2356432 1949622 4477488 3341673 No Sale 4 1195 . . . 1195 . 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 4 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1994 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 ================================================================================================================== Lake sturgeon 4 . . . . 3 . . . 3 . Gizzard shad 1 2103 274 101712 3053 . . . . 103815 3327 Gizzard shad 4 . . . . 7175 . . . 7175 . Rainbow smelt 4 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . Brown bullhead 1 659 185 21567 3272 72 . . . 22298 3457 Brown bullhead 4 . . . . 138 . . . 138 . Channel catfish 1 5760 3628 370111 109162 422 287 . . 376293 113077 Channel catfish 4 . . . . 54 . 285 . 339 . American eel 4 . . . . . . 37 . 37 . Burbot 1 . . . . 8599 3037 793 402 9392 3439 Burbot 4 . . . . 3449 . 2215 . 5664 . White perch 1 . . 372153 255142 45279 29897 . . 417432 285039 White perch 4 . . . . 1650 . 63 . 1713 . White bass 1 1819 1474 364121 358557 708 400 . . 366648 360431 White bass 4 . . . . 50 . . . 50 . Freshwater drum 1 111 22 738943 65286 4892 . . . 743946 65308 Freshwater drum 4 . . . . 17451 . 63 . 17514 . Gars 1 68 17 . . . . . . 68 17 Lake whitefish 1 . . 52649 33090 352076 274645 65 . 404790 307735 Lake whitefish 4 . . . . . . 54 . 54 . Suckers 1 . . 68195 5445 5868 . . . 74063 5445 Suckers 4 . . . . 13939 . 976 . 14915 . Goldfish 1 111 . 11997 2396 . . . . 12108 2396 Carp 1 94662 12306 1439112 114718 . . . . 1533774 127024 Quillback 1 8930 3130 276958 23108 . . . . 285888 26238 Bigmouth buffalo 1 . . 295153 86767 . . . . 295153 86767 Minnows 6 . . . . 7551 33766 . . 7551 33766 Rockbass 4 . . . . . . 2120 . 2120 . Crappies 4 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . Yellow perch 1 . . 609388 1579061 57888 122734 3006 4209 670282 1706004 Walleye 1 . . . . 28163 30715 . . 28163 30715 ================================================================================================================== Totals 114223 21036 4722059 2639057 555428 495481 9678 4611 5401388 3160185 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 114223 21036 4722059 2639057 503967 461715 3864 4611 5344113 3126419 No Sale 4 . . . . 43910 . 5814 . 49724 . Bait 6 . . . . 7551 33766 . . 7551 33766 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 5 COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1994 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 4 696 . Northern pike 4 1315 . Brown bullhead 1 20709 12425 Brown bullhead 4 3954 . Channel catfish 4 583 . American eel 4 1567 . Burbot 4 49 . White perch 1 15622 7459 White perch 4 16 . White bass 1 13 7 White bass 4 1 . Freshwater drum 1 4491 1136 Freshwater drum 4 10 . Cisco (Lake herring) 4 9 . Lake whitefish 1 201 90 Lake whitefish 4 4 . Chubs 4 12 . Suckers 4 3583 . Carp 4 535 . Sunfish and Bass 1 2430 1302 Sunfish and Bass 4 38 . Rockbass 1 837 292 Rockbass 4 75 . Crappies 1 2359 3184 Crappies 4 49 . Yellow perch 1 31119 60711 Yellow perch 4 57 . Sauger 4 3 . Walleye 4 943 . ========================================== Totals 91280 86606 TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS ====================== Human Food 1 77781 86606 No Sale 4 13499 . 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 6 DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES Region-Great Lakes Year-1994 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 0 0 . . 9 5 . . Bowfin . . 1 . . . . . Buffalofish 295 87 0 . . . . . Bullheads 45 16 4 . . . . . Burbot 34 10 39 . . . . . Carps 1590 134 1 . . . . . Catfish 734 336 1 . . . . . Chubs 2857 1881 0 . 1907 26 . . Crappie 3 4 0 . . . . . Eel, Common . . 2 . . . . . Garfish 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 116 4 9 . . . . . Goldfish 12 2 . . . . . . Lake herring 697 333 0 . . . . . Lake trout 895 471 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners . . . . . . 8 34 Pike or pickerel(no.pike) . . 1 . . . . . Quillback 354 50 . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 1 0 2 . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 455 232 . . . . . . Sauger . . 0 . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 789 75 18 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 2135 1021 5 . . . . . Sturgeon, Common . . 0 . . . . . Suckers 1105 67 43 . . . . . Sunfish 2 1 0 . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 372 364 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 11706 9659 13 . . . . . Whitefish, Menominee 187 72 0 . . . . . White perch 450 298 2 . . . . . Yellow Perch 2653 6188 2 . . . . . Yellow pike (Walleye) 37 43 1 . . . . . ================================================================================================== Totals 27523 21349 145 . 1916 32 8 34 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 7 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1994 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 . . 9 5 . . . . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . . . Buffalofish 420 . . 0 . . . . . Bullheads 450 . . 1 0 . . . . Burbot 480 2 0 18 4 . . . . Carps 630 . . . . . . . . Catfish 660 . . . . . . 0 . Chubs 720 10 6 4089 1419 24 27 0 . Crappie 840 . . . . . . . . Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . . . Garfish 1330 . . . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 . . 2 . 7 . . . Goldfish 1360 . . . . . . . . Lake herring 1681 415 216 222 89 . . . . Lake trout 2000 0 . 162 70 . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . . . . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . . . Quillback 2810 . . . . . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 . . . . . . . . Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 . . . . . . . . Sauger 3170 . . . . . . . . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 . . 1 . . . . . Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 67 14 1479 704 . . . . Sturgeon, Common 4211 . . . . . . . . Suckers 4230 3 0 11 0 . . . . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . . . White bass, Freshwater 5000 . . 0 . . . . . Whitefish, Common 5031 . . 1462 1397 . . 0 . Whitefish, Menominee 5035 . . 8 4 . . . . White perch 5060 . . 13 3 . . . . Yellow Perch 5170 . . 591 1444 211 417 1025 2225 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 . . . . . . . . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 497 237 8067 5137 242 444 1026 2225 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 8 FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE Region-Great Lakes Year-1994 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 0 0 . . . . . . Bowfin 360 . . . . . . 1 . Buffalofish 420 0 0 295 87 . . . . Bullheads 450 2 0 22 3 0 . 25 12 Burbot 480 39 2 . . 12 3 3 0 Carps 630 151 19 1439 115 . . 1 . Catfish 660 363 227 370 109 0 0 1 . Chubs 720 641 456 . . . . 0 . Crappie 840 0 0 . . . . 2 3 Eel, Common 1141 . . . . . . 2 . Garfish 1330 0 0 . . . . . . Gizzard shad 1340 7 1 102 3 7 . . . Goldfish 1360 0 . 12 2 . . . . Lake herring 1681 60 28 . . . . 0 . Lake trout 2000 732 401 . . . . . . Minnows (hitch) shiners 2230 . . . . 8 34 . . Pike or pickerel(no.pike) 2610 . . . . . . 1 . Quillback 2810 77 27 277 23 . . . . Rockbass, Freshwater 2900 0 0 . . . . 3 0 Salmon, Silver or Coho 3084 455 232 . . . . . . Sauger 3170 . . . . . . 0 . Sheepshead, Freshwater 3530 41 8 739 65 22 . 5 1 Smelt, Great Lakes 3711 593 303 . . 0 . . . Sturgeon, Common 4211 . . . . 0 . . . Suckers 4230 1042 62 68 5 20 . 5 . Sunfish 4260 . . . . . . 2 1 White bass, Freshwater 5000 7 6 364 359 1 0 0 0 Whitefish, Common 5031 9852 7954 53 33 352 275 0 0 Whitefish, Menominee 5035 179 68 . . . . . . White perch 5060 4 3 372 255 47 30 16 7 Yellow Perch 5170 125 335 609 1579 58 123 34 65 Yellow pike (Walleye) 5190 9 12 . . 28 31 1 . ========================================================================================================================== Totals 14380 10145 4722 2639 555 495 101 91 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units. Zero values indicate less than 500 units. . values indicate no catch or no value. 08:23 Wednesday, May 29, 1996 9 DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH Region-Great Lakes Year-1994 Commercial and Indian Catch ==================================================================================================================================== Month State Disposition Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York Total <-- Thousand pounds --> ==================================================================================================================================== January Food 0 340 17 10 113 . . . 481 Industrial . 234 . . . . . . 234 February Food 5 348 7 4 224 . . . 588 Industrial . 333 . . . . . . 333 March Food 5 635 29 107 339 562 . . 1677 Industrial . 669 . . . . . . 669 April Food 46 388 28 200 1329 1212 6 19 3228 Industrial . 223 . . . . 0 . 223 May Food 37 499 19 134 2845 1272 22 21 4849 Industrial . . . . . . 0 . 0 June Food 11 308 14 104 1228 454 33 1 2152 Industrial . 2 . . . . 2 . 4 July Food 12 734 25 57 1490 158 116 1 2592 Industrial . 45 . . . . 2 . 47 August Food 19 725 15 46 1606 195 136 1 2744 Industrial . 8 . . . . 1 . 10 September Food 25 564 18 91 1608 213 120 6 2646 Industrial . 0 . . . . 0 . 1 October Food 323 590 27 120 2180 253 52 21 3566 Industrial . 1 . . . . 1 . 2 November Food 1 431 12 75 401 191 14 10 1134 Industrial . 175 . . . . 0 . 175 December Food 14 556 30 77 968 211 6 2 1865 Industrial . 226 . . . . . . 226 ==================================================================================================================================== Sub-Totals Food 497 6119 242 1025 14332 4722 504 82 27523 Industrial . 1916 . . . . 8 . 1923 ==================================================================================================================================== Totals 497 8034 242 1025 14332 4722 512 82 29446 Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds. Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds. . values indicate no catch.