Table 1 and figure 2 present data which indicate the trends in the Patuxent 

 River and Chesapeake Bay during the period from 1944 to 1953. 



Table 1 - Commercial Fish Catch 

 Chesapeake Bay vs. Patuxent River, 1944 



1953 



The sport fishery in the Patuxent River was found to be of considerable 

 magnitude. Analyses of the information collected duripg the summer of 1952 

 indicate that sportsmen's catches were excellent during the entire season from 

 Solomons to Benedict. Table 2 summarizes this information. 



Table 2 - Summary of the Summer Sport Fishery 

 in the Patuxent River, 1952 



Principal species of fish taken in descending order of abundance were: 

 spot, white perch, croaker, striped bass, and sea trout. 



(2) Explosive test observations 



Tables 3 and 4 present all data from the selected test area. Supple- 

 mental observations from an area 2 miles downriver, close to Patience, and 

 from an area in Chesapeake Bay near Barren Island are presented in table 3a. 



