Rainy River sturgeon: an Ojibway resource in the fur trade economy. HOLZKAMM, T., LYTWYN, V., & WAISBERG, L. The Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien, 32(3):194–205, 1988. ![Rainy River sturgeon: an Ojibway resource in the fur trade economy [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex Previous fur trade scholarship has emphasized the hunting of fur bearers and large game rather than fishing as a component of trade relations with native peoples in the northwestern interior of North America. Evidence from fur trade records of the 18th and 19th centuries clearly indicates the importance of the Rainy River sturgeon fishery to Ojibway subsistence and commerce. In addition to being a major food resource, sturgeon provided the Ojibway with a substance called isinglass, which was traditionally important and was also a marketable commodity. Derived from the air bladder of sturgeon, isinglass was highly valued in the European market. The Hudson's Bay Company took great efforts to secure supplies of isinglass from native fishermen. Analysis of isinglass returns from Hudson's Bay Company account books reveals the magnitude of sturgeon production from the Rainy River area. During the fur trade period, the sturgeon fishery was a highly productive industry, characterized by a sustained annual yield. With the advent of non‐native commercial fisheries in the region, production increased beyond the level of sustained yield. This resource was virtually destroyed by the early 20th century.
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