area in the Black and North East Cape Fear; 

 anchor gill nets were intermingled with the 

 drift gill nets from the junction of the Black 

 to the lock and dam in the Cape Fear and the 

 upper portion of the coastal area in the Black; 

 and haul seines were used in the coastal area 

 of the North East Cape Fear. 



Four types of gear were used in the inland 

 fishing area in I960. Drift gill nets and stake 

 gill nets were intermingled throughout the 

 Black and North East Cape Fear; haul seines 

 were fished from Highway 53 bridge to the 

 vicinity of Tin City in the North East Cape 

 Fear; and bow nets were used in the upper 

 inland area of the Black and North East Cape 

 Fear. Drift gill nets in the lower Cape Fear 

 were 100 to 200 yd. long and 45 to 65 meshes 

 deep and had 5- to 5 1/2-in. stretched mesh. 

 Those in the upper Cape Fear were 25 to 90 

 yd. long and 25 to 35 meshes deep and had 5- 

 to 5 l/2-in. mesh. In the Black, drift gill nets 

 were 40 to 125 yd. long and 35 to 55 meshes 

 deep and had 5- to 5 l/2-in. mesh. Anchor 



and stake gill nets in the Cape Fear and 

 tributaries ranged from 10 to 40 yd. long and 

 25 and 35 meshes deep and had meshes of 

 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 in. Each seine in the North East 

 Cape Fear was 120 yd. long and 45 meshes 

 deep and had 2 l/2-in. mesh. 



The catch in the coastal area was 126,353 1b., 

 of which drift gill nets caught about 97 percent. 

 The catch in the inland area was 86,410 lb., of 

 which drift gill nets caught about 38 percent; 

 stake gill nets 34 percent, bownets 19 percent, 

 and haul seines the remainder. The catch in 

 the coastal area from the Cape Fear and Black 

 Rivers was marketed in Wilmington; that from 

 the North East Cape Fear, in Castle Hayne. 

 Most of the catch of the inland area was con- 

 sumed locally. The production by gear and 

 amounts of gear in the Cape Fear River and 

 its tributaries during the I960 season are 

 given in table 22. 



The amount of drift gill nets fished in I960 

 increased about 32 percent over 1896, whereas 

 the catch decreased about 32 percent. The 



Table 22. — Shad catch, by area and gear. Cape Fear River, N. C. 



tributaries, 1960 



and 



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