BtJLLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 441 



The section covered by the above table extends from Deep Eiver, 

 situated on the Connecticut River, 10 miles from its mouth, to Madison, 

 18 miles westward on Long Island Sound. 



The following table shows the annual number of shad taken during a 

 period of thirty years by a single pound-net located about 6 miles west 

 of the mouth of the Connecticut Eiver, near Westbrook, at a station 

 called Money Point, the location of the net being the same each year: 



Tear. 



1856 

 1857 

 1858 

 1859 

 18U0 

 1861 

 1862 

 1863 

 1864 

 1865 

 1866 



Shad. 



3,643 



5, 183 



6,111 



3,000 



6,000 



6,100 



6, 853 



10, 730 



12, 265 



9,410 



10,594 



Tear. 



i 1867 . 

 i 1868 . 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875 . 



1876. 



1877, 



Shad. 



12, 



13, 



11, 



16, 



13, 



8, 



7, 



9, 



20, 



11, 



10, 



500 

 000 

 000 

 558 

 508 

 271 

 343 

 2'JO 

 037 

 041 

 465 



Tear. 



1878 



1879 



1880 



1881 



1882 



1883 



1884 



1885 



Total.... 

 Average 



Shad. 



4,550 

 19, 175 



13, 275 

 10, 500 

 9, 637 

 6,200 

 7,200 

 7,858 



291, 297 

 9,710 



In 1872, 1873, and 1874 fishing was allowed by law for only three days 

 a week. In 1878 the nets were much injured by jelly-fish. There was 

 a good run of shad in that year, but it was impossible to continue pound- 

 fishing after May 5. The above table is thought to indicate a fair aver- 

 age of increase in the catch of pound-nets since their introduction in 

 place of hauling-seines, though of recent years there has been somewhat 

 of a falling off". The first pound-net set for shad in the town of West- 

 brook was in 1849. 



Satbrook, Conn., October 28, 1885. 



139.-KEPORT OIV EXAMIIVATIOIV OF CLUPEOIDS FROIVI €ARP 



PONDS. 



By TARLETON H. BEAN, 



Curator, Department of Fishes. 



1 have to-day reexamined the Glupeoids which were sent over in 

 large numbers from the carp ponds in November and December, 1885, 

 and desire to present herewith a brief report upon them. 



Most of the fishes received on the 28th of November were glut ale- 

 wives, Glupea cestivalis. I selected out of the lot 3 specimens, catalogue 

 No. 37380, and 43 specimens, No. 37381. These examples range from 

 5 to G inches in length. There was one specimen of the branch alewife, 

 Glupea vernaUs, 4f inches long, No. 37370. There were also 8 shad, 

 Glupea sapicUssima, varying from 4 to 6 inches in length, No. 37378. 

 Only two of these shad were of the shorter length. 



We did not preserve all of the fishes sent over, but the statement 

 already made will show that the great mass of them were glutalewives 

 and that the percentage of shad was small. 



