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Table 9

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Table 9 : Number of Fish Kept by Species in the Great Lakes Fishery - All 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 130,069 363,987 166,294 615,083 106,354 12,499 1,394,286 2,095,387 66.5
Pike 31,029 16,329 3,342 239,309 16,376 10,352 316,736 433,725 73.0
Perch 138,856 733,696 955,441 646,634 35,333 310,985 2,820,944 4,434,220 63.6
Muskellunge 281 - 3,386 218 185 - 4,070 5,988 68.0
Whitefish 4,621 1,656 - 8,874 986 393 16,532 75,095 22.0
Smallmouth Bass 23,430 197,862 55,829 326,255 5,377 25,324 634,077 941,348 67.4
Largemouth bass 51,235 19,171 12,699 77,637 - 8,421 169,164 340,996 49.6
Rainbow Trout 40,721 21,155 2,737 135,400 8,456 - 208,469 273,307 76.3
Brown Trout 5,740 3,758 1,311 2,991 215 - 14,016 23,419 59.8
Lake Trout 11,022 3,914 839 40,585 14,143 722 71,226 143,190 49.7
Brook Trout 2,942 881 370 5,206 28,166 - 37,565 114,025 32.9
Splake 144 1,366 740 15,049 8,252 - 25,551 38,108 67.0
Chinook 61,805 1,230 3,535 173,511 1,829 - 241,911 292,733 82.6
Coho 15,483 1,644 1,996 29,703 2,932 643 52,402 81,157 64.6
Sturgeon 2,214 - - - 1,180 - 3,395 3,995 85.0
Catfish 80,790 24,899 21,420 48,972 243 47,066 223,390 270,012 82.7
Crappie 9,037 47,657 45,040 76,317 - 1,372 179,423 393,700 45.6
Rock Bass 12,650 25,015 98,761 40,098 - 2,535 179,059 323,841 55.3
Sunfish 32,442 16,961 95,062 17,006 - 45,625 207,097 588,772 35.2
Smelt 95,468 565,737 57,194 154,562 194,951 - 1,067,911 1,281,086 83.4
Other fish 5,891 45,697 30,663 23,343 1,480 973 108,047 188,219 57.4
Total fish 755,871 2,092,613 1,556,659 2,676,754 426,459 466,911 7,975,268 12,342,324 64.6
average per angler 6.8 21.0 39.0 12.2 15.6 18.5 17.0    

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

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