Figure 13. — Drift gill net being lifted at end of a drift, Neuse River, N.C. 



gear included 30,000 yd. of drift gill nets (30 

 to 80 yd. long, 35 to 45 meshes deep, and 5- 

 to 5 1/2-in. mesh) and 692 bow nets. The 

 greatest concentration of gill nets was near 

 Greenville and that of bow nets was near 

 Tarboro. The catch in the inland area was 

 245,000 lb., of which gill nets caught about 

 78 percent and bow nets 22 percent. About 50 

 percent of the inland area catch was marketed 

 in Washington, and the remainder was con- 

 sumed locally. 



The gears and locations fished for shad 

 in i960 were the same as in 1896 except 

 that no seines were operated in the Pam- 

 lico River in I960. Twice as many pound 

 nets were fished in I960 as in 1896, but the 

 catch was only half as large. The catch by 

 gill nets and bow nets was larger in I960 

 than in 1896. 



Table 23, --Shad catch, by area and gear, Neuse River, N. C. , and 

 tributaries, 1960 



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