372 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



From Pomonkey Point fishing shore 333 t 000 



From Tent Landing fishing shore 796,000 



From Chapman's Point fishing shore .... , 1,610.000 



From the gillers 5,361,000 



Total ." 22,576,000 



Interesting details showing the fluctuations in production during the 

 season will be found in Table I. 



Table I. — Shmving the number of slued eggs collected from the different finking shores on 



the Potomac River, season of 1885. 



In connection with the operation of the Fish Commission seine an 

 accurate record was kept each day. The total number of shad taken, 

 the number of males, the number of females, the number of ripe females, 

 the number of eggs taken and impregnated, and the temperature of the 



