CONTENTS 



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Description of tiie river 1 



The commercial fishery 1 



Population study 4 



Standardization of effort 6 



The sport fishery 7 



Spawning area 8 



Age determination from scale reading 8 



Summary and conclusions 10 



Literature cited 11 



FIGURES 



Figure 1 . - -Ogeechee River 2 



Figure 2 . --Aerial view of Ogeechee River between mouth and 



Kings Ferry 3 



TABLES 



Table 1 . --Licenced nets and catch of the commercial fishery 



(full-time and part-time fishermen combined 



for 1954) 5 



Table 2. --Total effort, catch (number of shad), and catch 



per unit of effort of each type of gear fished 



in the Ogeechee River, 1954 7 



Table 3. --Shad catches made at eleven sport-fishing camps 



between Kings Ferry and Guyton, 1954 9 



Table 4. --Estimated number of shad caught by sport fishermen 

 at State park and four landings between 

 Brooklet and Midville, 1954 9 



Table 5. --Number of shad eggs collected at various stations 



in the Ogeechee River, 1954 10 



