Seven fish wheels and 150 sport fisherman days. 

 Inclades Pasquotank and Perquimans Rivers. 

 ^ Fish wheels. 



Nineteen fyke nets and 1 fish wheel. 



-Shad catch, by water area and gear, North Carolina, 1896 and 1960 

 [In ^unda] 



Fleh wheela, 6,560 pounda and rod and reel fishermen, 505 pounda. 

 Includes Pasquotank and Perquijnana Rivera. 

 ^ Fish wheels. 

 Fyke nets, 600 pounda and fish wheels 120 pounda. 



total catch in the Cape Fear River and 

 tributaries in 1896 was 317,621 lb., of 

 which drift nets caught about 73 percent, 

 seines 15 percent, and bow nets the re- 

 mainder. 



The Cape Fear was free of obstructions 

 in 1960 from the mouth to a 12-ft. dam 

 and lock 65 miles above its nnouth and 30 

 miles above Wilmington. Except during 

 periods of extended high flow, this struc- 

 ture blocked fish from the river above. 

 About 1925 a fishway was constructed in 

 the dam, but it was ineffectual for shad. 

 Occasional fish caught above the lock and dam 

 probably passed the obstruction during high 

 water or during shiplockage. Neither tributary 

 had obstructions to fishpassage. Shad ascended 



the North East Cape Fear to Kornegay, 175 

 miles from the ocean, and the Black to Clinton, 

 100 miles from the nnouth of the tributary. 

 The nnajor spawning areas were immediately 

 below the lock and dam in the Cape Fear; from 

 Highway 53 bridge to Tomahawk, N.C., in the 

 Black; and from Highway 53 bridge to Tin City, 

 N.C., in the North East Cape Fear. 



The coastal fishing area in I960 extended 

 from the mouth of the river to the lock and 

 dam in the Cape Fear River, to the thorough- 

 fare in the Black, and to Highway 53 bridge in 

 the North East Cape Fear. Three types of 

 gear were fished: drift gill nets in the Cape 

 Fear from 9 miles below Wilnnington to the 

 lock and dam, in the Brunswick River and 

 thoroughfare, and throughout the entire coastal 



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