Table 1. --North Carolina shad catch for selected years, 1880 to 1952 

 /_From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1953-55, except for 

 1896, from Stevenson (1899) and 1904 from Cobb (1906)7 



Year Catch in pounds 



1880 3,221,000 



1887 4,783,000 



1888 5,725,000 



1889 5,403,000 



1890 ^ 5,815,000 



1896 ' 8,843,000 



1897 8,963.000 

 1902 6,567,000 

 1904 3,230,000 

 1908 3,942,000 

 1918 1,657,000 

 1923 2,370,000 



1927 2,387,000 



1928 3,118,000 



1929 1,913,000 



1930 1,172,000 



1931 883,000 



1932 925,000 

 1934 .. 1,274,000 



1936 1,095,000 



1937 698,000 



1938 1,032,000 



1939 859,000 



1940 801,000 

 1945 912,000 



1950 1,100,000 



1951 1,244,500 



1952 1,479,200 



