produced approximately 75 percent of the 

 catch, pound nets 24 percent, and seines the 

 remainder. In addition to the commercial fish- 

 eries, an estimated 13,000 lb. were taken by- 

 sport fishermen with rod and reel on the 

 Susquehanna River, and noncommercial (un- 

 licensed) gear took more than 60,125 lb. in 

 the Bay tributaries. The gear and catch by 

 water area for 1896 and 1960 are given in 

 tables 29 and 30. A map of Maryland waters 

 is included in figure 15. 



In 1941 the Maryland State Legislature 

 passed a fishery management law entitled 

 "The Maryland Management Plan." In general, 

 the plan attempted to stabilize the fishing gear 

 and effort at the pre-World War II level and 

 at the same time to liberalize fishing when 

 availability of shad increased. In the First 

 Annual Report of the Maryland Board of 

 Natural Resources, published in 1944, the 

 Maryland Department of Tidewater Fisheries 

 presented the history of the management plan. 



Not set especially for shad and some catch very few of that species. 

 Includes 12 "stick weirs". 

 ^ Fall traps or pots. 



Table 30. --Shad catch, by water area and gear, Maryland, 1896 and 1960 

 [In pounds ] 



Fall traps or pots. 



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