THE PAMLICO AND TAR ItlYEliti. 



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SHAD "BUNS." The great preponderance of buck shad at the beginning of the season, and 

 again in April, would indicate that in the Neuse River, at east, there are two distinct runs of 

 shad, viz, in January and in May. This conclusion agrees with the general belief of the fishermen 

 on all the rivers of Carolina. Although the first run commences in January, shad fishing does 

 not begin until the month following. The average duration of the entire fishing season is sixty 

 days. 



STATISTICAL REVIEW OP NETJSE RIVER FISHERIES. 



The following tables show the number of men, with nets and boats, and value of the same, 

 employed in the Neuse River fisheries during the season of 1S79-'SO, also the quantity and value 

 of the products and dispostion of the same : 



* Clnpea jestivalis and C. vemalis. 



t Of this number 15,660 are rock and 28,890 bass. 



3. FISHERIES OF PAMLIOO AND TAR RIVERS. 



Pamlico River as designated on the charts is only the estuary of Tar River. The physical and 

 hydrographic features of Painlico River are in general similar to those of the Neuse below New 

 Berne. 



The methods of fishing pursued in Pamlico and Tar Rivers are the same as on the Neuse 

 River with this exception, that near Washington, N. C., a large seine, like those used on the 

 Albemarle River, is operated. 



As on the Neuse River, the principal fisheries are those for the capture of shad and herring, 

 the former being by far the more important. 



All the fish taken from this river, with the exception of those retained for local consumption, 

 are sent to Washington, N. C., whence, after having been packed in ice, they are transported by 

 rail to a point on the Roanoke River. Here they are placed on board a steamer and shipped to 

 Norfolk, from which point they are distributed, as consigned, to the various Northern cities. The 

 product of the Pamlico River fisheries, as also the number of men employed, is about the same as 

 that estimated for the Neuse River. But in the absence of detailed information on the subject, 

 no statistical summary is given. 



