CONTENTS 



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Abstract 1 



Introduction 1 



Description of Alosa sapidissima 2 



Distribution of shad 3 



Life history of shad 3 



Migrations 3 



Spawning runs 5 



Spawning and early development 6 



Food and feeding habits 8 



Age and growth 9 



Mortality 10 



Fishing mortality 10 



Natural mortality 10 



Predators 10 



Parasites 11 



History and description of fishery 11 



Historical notes 11 



Development of the fisheries 12 



Present fisheries 15 



Shad fisheries of Florida 17 



Fisheries by water area 18 



St. Johns River 18 



St. Marys River 20 



Trends in production 22 



Shad fisheries of Georgia 22 



Fisheries by water area 23 



Satilla River 23 



Altamaha River 23 



Ogeechee River 25 



Savannah River 25 



Trends in production 26 



Shad fisheries of South Carolina 27 



Fisheries by water area 27 



Combahee and Ashepoo Rivers 27 



Edisto River 30 



Charleston Harbor and tributaries 31 



Samtee River 31 



Winyah Bay and tributaries 31 



Trends in production 34 



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