ATLANTIC OCEAN 



Figure 24. — Hudson River from Castleton, N.Y., to the 

 Atlantic Ocean. 



Key: 



FISHERIES BY WATER AREA 



Since 1915 New York has instituted, as a 

 conservation measure, closed weekends or 

 "lift periods", during which shad fishing is 

 not permitted. From 1915 through 1917 the 

 weekly closure was 2 1/2 days, but this applied 

 only to fishing in the Hudson River from the 

 headwaters to Verplanck Point 18 miles up- 

 river from the New Jersey line. After 1917 

 the closure applied to the entire Hudson under 



the supervision of New York. In 1951 a 72-hr. 

 "lift period" was set for the river and New 

 York side of New York Bay. From 1952 to 

 1958, the "lift periods" were 60 hr., and 

 in the following 2 yr., 48 hr. The State of 

 New Jersey did not establish closed days 

 in its section of the Hudson River until 1940. 

 Since that time the two States have coop- 

 erated, and the "lift period" each year has 

 been uniform in the Hudson River and in 

 New York Bay. 



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