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EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The number and value of shad taken in each county of Maryland in 

 1901 is shown in the following table: 



a3. Ill, 181 pounds. 



The following- table shows the shad catch of Maryland in 1901, by 

 waters, in the order of their importance, their rank being Imsed upon 

 the pounds of shad taken: 



Of the rivers shown in the preceding table, the Potomac, Susque- 

 hanna, Nanticoke, and Pocomoke have shad fisheries in two States, 

 including Maryland. The value of Virginia's shad catch in the Poto- 

 mac is over seven times that of Maryland. The catch from the Sus- 

 quehanna River in Pennsylvania is nearly three times as valuable as 

 in Maryland. Delaware's catch from the Nanticoke slightly exceeds 

 that of Maryland. The proportion of Virginia's catch in the Poco- 

 moke was comparativel}^ small. The total yield of shad for each of 

 the above rivers is shown, by States, in the following table: 



