Commercial fishing is insignificant in Illinois: only 98,000 lb of fish, valued at $98,000, made up the commercial catch in 1998, down from 405,000 lb and $566,000 in 1994. Sport fishing is of modest importance in southern Illinois and in Lake Michigan. Some 450 lakes and ponds and 200 streams and rivers are open to the public. In 1998, over 422,873 sport anglers were licensed in Illinois.