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Table 8

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Table 8 : Number of Fish Kept by Species in the Great Lakes Fishery - Nonresident Non-Canadian Anglers
Species Lake Ontario Lake Erie Lake St. Clair Lake Huron Lake Superior St. Lawrence River Total Fish Kept in Great Lakes Total Fish Kept in Ontario Percent in Great Lakes
Walleye 8,222 228,941 100,079 68,692 31,326 2,462 439,722 491,166 89.5
Pike 5,524 1,660 2,687 80,424 9,508 6,712 106,514 115,557 92.2
Perch 11,665 150,704 455,225 267,586 11,017 12,312 908,510 1,148,639 79.1
Muskellunge - - 185 218 185 - 588 588 100.0
Whitefish 236 1,528 - 1,574 632 393 4,363 7,731 56.4
Smallmouth Bass 5,175 70,444 24,152 107,789 3,409 9,021 219,988 230,548 95.4
Largemouth bass 1,429 2,062 4,097 18,301 - 4,099 29,988 32,844 91.3
Rainbow Trout 1,275 1,967 - 2,237 1,511 - 6,990 6,990 100.0
Brown Trout 131 2,178 1,311 - - - 3,621 3,621 100.0
Lake Trout 1,712 926 - 7,162 10,509 - 20,309 22,007 92.3
Brook Trout - 370 370 - 4,836 - 5,576 5,759 96.8
Splake - 740 740 525 131 - 2,136 2,136 100.0
Chinook 1,793 - 2,623 16,272 131 - 20,819 21,004 99.1
Coho 784 - 918 4,010 918 - 6,630 6,630 100.0
Sturgeon - - - - 1,180 - 1,180 1,180 100.0
Catfish 787 14,259 16,156 2,600 243 - 34,046 39,705 85.7
Crappie - 4,744 20,691 10,135 - - 35,570 50,335 70.7
Rock Bass - 10,593 92,667 22,820 - 2,535 128,615 134,930 95.3
Sunfish 262 4,209 72,109 14,457 - - 91,037 158,596 57.4
Smelt - 6,072 - - - - 6,072 6,133 99.0
Other fish 349 38,530 29,175 19,716 393 192 88,356 113,778 77.7
Total fish 39,343 539,926 823,186 644,518 75,931 37,727 2,160,631 2,599,876 83.1
average per angler 6.7 17.4 41.4 11.2 7.3 6.3 17.4    

* numbers of participants are those who fished anywhere on the Great Lakes system

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