11:38 Friday, May 16, 1997   1
                                  COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1995
                                              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     149938    31484        .        .    23980        .      215      430        .        .   174133    31914
Burbot               1       1390      138        .        .     6677        .        .        .        .        .     8067      138
Burbot               4          .        .        .        .        .        .        2        .        .        .        2        .
Cisco (Lake herring) 1     414313   182296        .        .   119340        .    56844    25594    25125     7364   615622   215254
Lake whitefish       1          .        .        .        .    60408        .   353772   272387   204995   164170   619175   436557
Round whitefish      1          .        .        .        .   178055        .      369      188        .        .   178424      188
Chubs                1      11080     6985        .        .      450        .     3903     2654      430      283    15863     9922
Chubs                2          .        .        .        .    15552        .        .        .        .        .    15552        .
Chinook salmon       1          .        .        .        .        .        .      966      747        .        .      966      747
Lake trout           1        189        .        .        .    25420        .    54157    32491    12351    18542    92117    51033
Siscowet (fat trout) 1        118        .        .        .    84756        .        .        .      988      448    85862      448
Coho salmon          1          .        .        .        .        .        .      508        .        .        .      508        .
Suckers              1       7980      803        .        .     3613        .        .        .      322       20    11915      823
Carp                 1          .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .       20        2       20        2
Yellow perch         1          .        .        .        .        .        .     1573        .        .        .     1573        .
Walleye              1          .        .        .        .        .        .      816        .        .        .      816        .
====================================================================================================================================
Totals                     585008   221706        .        .   518251        .   473125   334491   244231   190829  1820615   747026

TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS
======================
Human Food           1     585008   221706        .        .   502699        .   473123   334491   244231   190829  1805061   747026
Human Food           2          .        .        .        .    15552        .        .        .        .        .    15552        .
No Sale              4          .        .        .        .        .        .        2        .        .        .        2        .
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                                  COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1995
                                              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          8        5        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        8        5
Gizzard shad         1          .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .    22328     1120    22328     1120
Gizzard shad         4       4520     2712        .        .        .        .      240        .        .        .     4760        .
Rainbow smelt        1    1233504   740102        .        .        .        .        .        .   180357    41490  1413861   781592
Rainbow smelt        2       2438     1463        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .     2438     1463
Rainbow smelt        4       6240     3745        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .     6240        .
Brown bullhead       1        476      251        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      476      251
Channel catfish      1          .        .        .        .        .        .      416      130      450      284      866      414
Channel catfish      4          .        .        .        .        .        .       71        .        .        .       71        .
Burbot               1      13145     8843        .        .        .        .        .        .     2603     1849    15748    10692
Burbot               4        113       53        .        .        .        .    29491        .        .        .    29604        .
White perch          1        185       48        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      185       48
White bass           1         18       13        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .       18       13
White bass           4        647      454        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      647        .
Freshwater drum      1          .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      268       51      268       51
Lake whitefish       1    1306455  1306580        .        .      329        .  2115551  1332832  3913463  3075033  7335798  5714445
Lake whitefish       2      17048    17048        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .    17048    17048
Lake whitefish       4       8509     8509        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .     8509        .
Round whitefish      1       6232     6869        .        .        .        .    90229    31620        .        .    96461    38489
Round whitefish      2          .        .        .        .        .        .        6        .        .        .        6        .
Round whitefish      4        105      289        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .      105        .
Chubs                1      56518    10409    29060    18020        .        .   403273   270200   235024   152787   723875   451416
Chubs                2    2240622  1386903        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .  2240622  1386903
Chubs                4     710791     8410        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .   710791        .
Chinook salmon       1          .        .        .        .        .        .    57381    28095        .        .    57381    28095
Lake trout           1          .        .        .        .        .        .   437169   218973        .        .   437169   218973
Suckers              1          .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .   609145    36546   609145    36546
Suckers              4       1373      272        .        .        .        .     9294        .        .        .    10667        .
Carp                 4          .        .        .        .        .        .      605        .        .        .      605        .
Yellow perch         1     386582  1010837   173232   396715   302873   736023    10629    20414        .        .   873316  2163989
Yellow perch         2       1289     3428        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .     1289     3428
Yellow perch         4       4402    11581        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .     4402        .
Walleye              1          .        .        .        .        .        .      245      360        .        .      245      360
====================================================================================================================================
Totals                    6001220  4528824   202292   414735   303202   736023  3154600  1902624  4963638  3309160 14624952 10891366

TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS
======================
Human Food           1    3003115  3083952   202292   414735   303202   736023  3114893  1902624  4963638  3309160 11587140  9446494
Human Food           2    2261397  1408842        .        .        .        .        6        .        .        .  2261403  1408842
No Sale              4     736700    36025        .        .        .        .    39701        .        .        .   776401        .
Animal Food          5          8        5        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        .        8        5
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                                  COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1995
                                              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          .        .      552      133      552      133
Rainbow smelt        1          .        .      866      199      866      199
Brown bullhead       1          .        .      411       96      411       96
Channel catfish      1       2540      610   356701   224753   359241   225363
Channel catfish      4         39        .        .        .       39        .
Burbot               1          .        .     5494     3897     5494     3897
White perch          1          .        .     7501     4911     7501     4911
White bass           1          .        .     8118     7503     8118     7503
Freshwater drum      1          .        .    63049    11996    63049    11996
Gars                 1          .        .       14        3       14        3
Cisco (Lake herring) 1       3398     1131        .        .     3398     1131
Lake whitefish       1    1945087  1186739  1541899  1274106  3486986  2460845
Round whitefish      1       6200     2232     3665     3279     9865     5511
Chubs                1      34609    25262        .        .    34609    25262
Chinook salmon       1     504873   242333        .        .   504873   242333
Chinook salmon       4         14        .        .        .       14        .
Lake trout           1     125690    65366        .        .   125690    65366
Suckers              1          .        .   101101     6066   101101     6066
Suckers              4        673        .        .        .      673        .
Carp                 1       1145       58    26509     2926    27654     2984
Carp                 4        368        .        .        .      368        .
Quillback            1          .        .    62611    21285    62611    21285
Rockbass             1          .        .      275      478      275      478
Crappies             1          .        .      142      325      142      325
Yellow perch         1        586     1113   121068   319615   121654   320728
Walleye              1       5007     7537        .        .     5007     7537
==============================================================================
Totals                    2630229  1532381  2299976  1881571  4930205  3413952

TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS
======================
Human Food           1    2629135  1532381  2299976  1881571  4929111  3413952
No Sale              4       1094        .        .        .     1094        .
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                                  COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1995
                                              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          .        .        .        .       24        .        .        .       24        .
Gizzard shad         1         23        1    55515     1662        .        .        .        .    55538     1663
Gizzard shad         4          .        .        .        .    22168        .        .        .    22168        .
Brown bullhead       1        827      189    41675     7831        .        .        .        .    42502     8020
Brown bullhead       4          .        .        .        .       23        .        .        .       23        .
Channel catfish      1      16168    10189   381721   113929      329      106        .        .   398218   124224
Channel catfish      4          .        .        .        .       22        .      128        .      150        .
Burbot               1          .        .        .        .     8479     3726        .        .     8479     3726
Burbot               4          .        .        .        .    20293        .     1886        .    22179        .
White perch          1         64       42   380958   263470    30425    14601        .        .   411447   278113
White perch          4          .        .        .        .     1170        .       47        .     1217        .
White bass           1       1850     1702    89201   107801     1419      995        .        .    92470   110498
White bass           4          .        .        .        .     2966        .        5        .     2971        .
Freshwater drum      1      39673     7538   692059    81203    14212     3564        .        .   745944    92305
Freshwater drum      4          .        .        .        .     4952        .       10        .     4962        .
Lake whitefish       1          .        .    41253    28129   182611   131482        .        .   223864   159611
Lake whitefish       4          .        .        .        .        .        .        3        .        3        .
Suckers              1        436       26    76852     4731     8961     2252        .        .    86249     7009
Suckers              4          .        .        .        .     2265        .      490        .     2755        .
Goldfish             1        517      130     9375     1875        .        .        .        .     9892     2005
Carp                 1     329262    36222  1517136   117395       10        .        .        .  1846408   153617
Carp                 4          .        .        .        .       75        .       12        .       87        .
Quillback            1      66013    22446   261948    29126        .        .        .        .   327961    51572
Bigmouth buffalo     1          .        .   269563    76751        .        .        .        .   269563    76751
Rockbass             4          .        .        .        .        .        .     2635        .     2635        .
Crappies             4          .        .        .        .        .        .        1        .        1        .
Yellow perch         1          .        .   439576  1149817    30557    69665     3109     4760   473242  1224242
Walleye              1          .        .        .        .    35323    46634        .        .    35323    46634
Walleye              4          .        .        .        .     5817        .        .        .     5817        .
==================================================================================================================
Totals                     454833    78485  4256832  1983720   372101   273025     8326     4760  5092092  2339990

TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS
======================
Human Food           1     454833    78485  4256832  1983720   312326   273025     3109     4760  5027100  2339990
No Sale              4          .        .        .        .    59775        .     5217        .    64992        .
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                                  COMMERCIAL FISH PRODUCTION - POUNDS AND VALUE, 1995
                                              LAKE ONTARIO, U.S. WATERS

U.S. Geological Survey
GLSC, 1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
==========================================
                              New York
                   Catch   ===============
Species            Class   pounds  dollars
==========================================
Northern pike        4        145        .
Brown bullhead       1      12039     7473
Brown bullhead       4        132        .
Channel catfish      4       1252        .
American eel         4        519        .
Burbot               4        629        .
White perch          1       1388      655
White perch          4        365        .
White bass           1          7        3
White bass           4         48        .
Freshwater drum      1       2163      476
Cisco (Lake herring) 4        196        .
Lake whitefish       1        304      195
Lake whitefish       4         13        .
Suckers              4       2132        .
Carp                 4         84        .
Sunfish and Bass     1        540      352
Sunfish and Bass     4        179        .
Rockbass             1       1429      434
Rockbass             4         87        .
Crappies             1        917     1757
Crappies             4         33        .
Yellow perch         1      39140    66094
Yellow perch         4         30        .
Walleye              4        427        .
==========================================
Totals                      64198    77439

TOTALS BY CATCH CLASS
======================
Human Food           1      57927    77439
No Sale              4       6271        .
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       DISPOSITION SUMMARY OF THE U.S. COMMERCIAL CATCH FOR FOOD AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES

                                                                               Region-Great Lakes
                                                                               Year-1995
                                                                               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        .        .        0        0        .        .
Buffalofish                     270       77        .        .        .        .        .        .
Bullheads                        55       16        0        .        .        .        .        .
Burbot                           38       18       52        .        .        .        .        .
Carps                          1874      157        1        .        .        .        .        .
Catfish                         758      350        2        .        .        .        .        .
Chubs                          3031     1874      711        .        .        .        .        .
Crappie                           1        2        0        .        .        .        .        .
Eel, Common                       .        .        1        .        .        .        .        .
Garfish                           0        0        .        .        .        .        .        .
Gizzard shad                     78        3       27        .        .        .        .        .
Goldfish                         10        2        .        .        .        .        .        .
Lake herring                    619      216        0        .        .        .        .        .
Lake trout                      741      336        .        .        .        .        .        .
Pike or pickerel(no.pike)         .        .        0        .        .        .        .        .
Quillback                       391       73        .        .        .        .        .        .
Rockbass, Freshwater              2        1        3        .        .        .        .        .
Salmon, Silver or Coho          564      271        0        .        .        .        .        .
Sheepshead, Freshwater          811      105        5        .        .        .        .        .
Smelt, Great Lakes             1591      815        6        .        .        .        .        .
Sturgeon, Common                  .        .        0        .        .        .        .        .
Suckers                         808       50       16        .        .        .        .        .
Sunfish                           1        0        0        .        .        .        .        .
White bass, Freshwater          101      118        4        .        .        .        .        .
Whitefish, Common             11683     8789        9        .        .        .        .        .
Whitefish, Menominee            285       44        0        .        .        .        .        .
White perch                     421      284        2        .        .        .        .        .
Yellow Perch                   1510     3778        4        .        .        .        .        .
Yellow pike (Walleye)            41       55        6        .        .        .        .        .
==================================================================================================
Totals                        25683    17434      849        .        0        0        .        .

Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units.
Zero values indicate less than 500 units.
. values indicate no catch or no value.
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                                              FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE

                                                                                               Region-Great Lakes
                                                                                               Year-1995
                                                                                               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          0          .          .          .          .
Buffalofish                  420            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Bullheads                    450            .          .          0          0          .          .          .          .
Burbot                       480            1          0         20          9          .          .          .          .
Carps                        630            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Catfish                      660            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Chubs                        720           11          7       3024       1397         29         18          .          .
Crappie                      840            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Eel, Common                 1141            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Garfish                     1330            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Gizzard shad                1340            .          .          5          .          .          .          .          .
Goldfish                    1360            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Lake herring                1681          414        182        119          .          .          .          .          .
Lake trout                  2000            0          .        110          .          .          .          .          .
Pike or pickerel(no.pike)   2610            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Quillback                   2810            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Rockbass, Freshwater        2900            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Salmon, Silver or Coho      3084            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Sheepshead, Freshwater      3530            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Smelt, Great Lakes          3711          150         31       1266        742          .          .          .          .
Sturgeon, Common            4211            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
Suckers                     4230            8          1          5          .          .          .          .          .
Sunfish                     4260            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
White bass, Freshwater      5000            .          .          1          0          .          .          .          .
Whitefish, Common           5031            .          .       1392       1324          .          .          0          .
Whitefish, Menominee        5035            .          .        184          7          .          .          .          .
White perch                 5060            .          .          0          0          .          .          .          .
Yellow Perch                5170            .          .        392       1014        173        397        303        736
Yellow pike (Walleye)       5190            .          .          .          .          .          .          .          .
==========================================================================================================================
Totals                                    585        222       6519       4493        202        415        303        736

Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units.
Zero values indicate less than 500 units.
. values indicate no catch or no value.
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                                           FRESHWATER FISH LANDINGS BY STATE

                                                                                               Region-Great Lakes
                                                                                               Year-1995
                                                                                               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          .          .          .          .          .          .
Buffalofish                  420            .          .        270         77          .          .          .          .
Bullheads                    450            1          0         42          8          0          .         12          7
Burbot                       480           38          6          .          .         29          4          3          .
Carps                        630          358         39       1517        117          0          .          0          .
Catfish                      660          376        236        382        114          0          0          1          .
Chubs                        720          677        451          .          .          .          .          .          .
Crappie                      840            0          0          .          .          .          .          1          2
Eel, Common                 1141            .          .          .          .          .          .          1          .
Garfish                     1330            0          0          .          .          .          .          .          .
Gizzard shad                1340           23          1         56          2         22          .          .          .
Goldfish                    1360            1          0          9          2          .          .          .          .
Lake herring                1681           85         34          .          .          .          .          0          .
Lake trout                  2000          630        336          .          .          .          .          .          .
Pike or pickerel(no.pike)   2610            .          .          .          .          .          .          0          .
Quillback                   2810          129         44        262         29          .          .          .          .
Rockbass, Freshwater        2900            0          0          .          .          .          .          4          0
Salmon, Silver or Coho      3084          564        271          .          .          .          .          .          .
Sheepshead, Freshwater      3530          103         20        692         81         19          4          2          0
Smelt, Great Lakes          3711          181         42          .          .          .          .          .          .
Sturgeon, Common            4211            .          .          .          .          0          .          .          .
Suckers                     4230          721         43         77          5         11          2          3          .
Sunfish                     4260            .          .          .          .          .          .          1          0
White bass, Freshwater      5000           10          9         89        108          4          1          0          0
Whitefish, Common           5031        10075       7305         41         28        183        131          0          0
Whitefish, Menominee        5035          100         37          .          .          .          .          .          .
White perch                 5060            8          5        381        263         32         15          2          1
Yellow Perch                5170          134        341        440       1150         31         70         42         71
Yellow pike (Walleye)       5190            6          8          .          .         41         47          0          .
==========================================================================================================================
Totals                                  14221       9230       4257       1984        372        273         73         82

Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 units.
Zero values indicate less than 500 units.
. values indicate no catch or no value.
                                                                                                      11:38 Friday, May 16, 1997   9
                                    DISPOSITION OF DOMESTIC CATCH OF FRESHWATER FISH BY MONTH

                                                                                                         Region-Great Lakes
                                                                                                         Year-1995
                                                                                                         Commercial and Indian Catch
====================================================================================================================================
Month                                                            State
  Disposition      Minnesota    Wisconsin     Illinois      Indiana     Michigan         Ohio Pennsylvania     New York        Total
                                                            <-- Thousand pounds -->
====================================================================================================================================
January  
  Food                     1          513           33           47          479            .            .            .         1072
February 
  Food                     0          467           32           13          260            .            .            0          773
March    
  Food                     0          449           38           27          552          747            .           10         1823
April    
  Food                     8          549           15           42         1293          966           13           23         2908
  Industrial               .            0            .            .            .            .            .            .            0
May      
  Food                   170          390           25           47         2529         1123           35            8         4326
June     
  Food                    14          313            4            .         1547          412           67            1         2358
July     
  Food                    24          713           15           15         1326          131           53            0         2276
August   
  Food                    18          541           11           11         1210           88           84            1         1962
September
  Food                    56          462            8           13         1786          305           47            4         2680
October  
  Food                   289          583            9           41         2244          201           11            7         3385
November 
  Food                     .          328            7           22          295          239            .            6          897
December 
  Food                     6          478            5           27          660           43            3            1         1222
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Sub-Totals
  Food                   585         5783          202          303        14180         4257          312           61        25683
  Industrial               .            0            .            .            .            .            .            .            0
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Totals                   585         5783          202          303        14180         4257          312           61        25683

Figures are rounded to nearest 1000 pounds.
Zero values indicate less than 500 pounds.
. values indicate no catch.