Table 6. — Gear employeci in shad fisheries, by state, Atlantic coast of the Unitecl States, 1896 



Cast nets (3) and wheels and fall traps (80). 

 Wheels. 

 ^ Hedges (3) and fall traps (19). 

 Fall traps or fish pots. 

 Spears. 

 Purse seine (1) 960 yards long. 



in gill nets, 23 percent in seines, 18 percent 

 in pound nets, anci the remainder in bow nets, 

 traps, and cast nets. The principal production 

 areas were St. Johns River, Fla.; Altamaha, 

 Ogeechee, and Savannah Rivers, Ga.; Edisto 

 and Pee Dee River, S.C.; and Albemarle and 

 Pamlico Sounds, N.C. 



The shad fisheries of Chesapeake Bay and 

 tributaries were the most extensive on the 

 Atlantic coast in 1896; the catch was about 33 

 percent of the total yield, or 16,712,018 lb. 

 Of this catch, 49 percent was made by pound 

 nets, 33 percent by drift gill nets, 9 percent 

 by stake gill nets, 8 percent by seines, and 

 the remainder by fyke nets, bow nets, and 

 traps. 



In Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, amd 

 New York, shad were caught principally in gill 

 nets and seines; smaller catches came fronn 

 pound and fyke nets and miscellaneous gear. 

 Of the 20,604,809 lb. caught in this area in 

 1896, about 79 percent was taken in gill nets, 

 18 percent in seines, 1 percent each in pound 

 and fyke nets, and the remainder by bow nets 

 and spears. The principal production areas 

 were Delaware Bay and tributaries (nearly 

 17 million pounds) and the Hudson River (more 

 than 2 million pounds). 



In Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, 

 and Maine, shad were caught principally by 

 pound nets, weirs, drift gill nets, and seines. 

 Of the 1,832,580 lb. caught in this area in 



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