FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 395 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER 
In 1925 there were 221 persons engaged in the shad fishery of the 
Hudson River in New York and New Jersey. The investment 
amounted to $26,265, and 38,868 shad, or 124,334 pounds, were 
caught, valued at $26,430. Of this quantity, 34,568 shad, or 110,359 
pounds, valued at $24,030, were taken in New York, and 4,300 shad, 
or 13,975 pounds, valued at $2,400, in New Jersey. 
In 1926 there were 240 persons engaged in this fishery. The 
investment amounted to $27,370, and 84,462 shad, or 265,420 pounds, 
valued at $53,475, were caught. The catch in New York amounted 
to 73,312 shad, or 219,183 pounds, valued at $47,175, and in New 
Jersey to 11,150 shad, or 46,237 pounds, valued at $6,300. 
Compared with 1924, there was an increase in 1925 of 37 in the 
number of persons engaged, $3,427 in the investment, 10,074 in 
number of shad taken (or 29,972 pounds), and of $3,326 in the value. 
In 1926, as compared with 1924, there was an increase of 56 persons, 
$4,532 in the investment, and 55,668 in the number of shad taken 
(or 171,051 pounds), and of $30,371 in the value. As compared with 
the previous year, the number of persons engaged and the investment 
in 1926 were only slightly greater, while the catch of shad and the 
value were more than double. The statistics for 1925 and 1926 and 
comparative statistics of the catch from 1915 to 1926, inclusive, are 
given in the following table: 
Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1925 

















Items New York | New Jersey Total 
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Number| Pounds | Value | Number Pounds, Value |Number| Pounds | Value 
HUI SHENTHOHS > 2b 5222 teow TALiy | hes es on ae see | 16 |e =ee ee ea 7-2 4G ee | Ue 
Rowboats and scows____---- 89) [2225-5 $4, 920 Giy|be ess | $1, 240 lh | $6, 160 
Garplineihboats--—--- 22-2. =: 20 ss ee eee 2,805 Oi | eee 2, 000 2s tl es as Spe 4, 805 
Gill mepssaruih® st 9D) oe Ee UE BST 2 £285 eb ees oT Eee ep 2 dh 0023227 ee 11, 165 
Gillmets: stake: - 95. ea Bip EE 2 ee 920 AA td 400 ily Py (Ee een. aie 1,320 
IS Ciriicci ee ae ae i OE Ae ALON Seo eae eae nen | eee | ee oo 415 
Shore and accessory property|--------|--------- TUSK, Ul ee =k 1 B00) fae 62 — ee 2ee __2,400 
otaleemer eee ee ae be DISD n| See eee wowee 45 Od Gy | Ste See 26, 265 
Shad caught: | | 
With drift gill nets______ Be O00) WL 041060;|) 2an002 en won| aoe | eee eS | 32, 509 | 104,063 | 22, 902 
With stake gill nets_____ 1, 144 3, 644 729 | 4,300 | 13,975 | 2,400} 5,444] 17,619} 3,129 
With haul seines________ 825 2, 375 2 EE ars pe eee tes eee ae | 825 2, 375 344 
With other apparatus, 
incidentally________-_- 90 277 fsa) aes 5 $y | ee eee Se 90 277 55 
1 Me 121 eee 34, 568 | 110,359 | 24,030 | 4,300 | 13,975 | 2,400 | 38,868 | 124,334 | 26,430 








Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1926 

























Items New York New Jersey Total 
2 Number) Pounds | Value |Number| Pounds) Value |Number| Pounds | Value 
MME TENGH ese eee ee Shee ot 2777, | EE A 8) a | J aaa a ZAQM Beare 2 3 | aoe es 
Rowboats and scows_____-_- Uy | ae | $5, 140 | Gis ee $1, 240 101-}|- es. 53225 $6, 380 
Gasoline boats_____________- 1 be (eee ed 2, 655 3)| eee es 2, 000 PG Ee eee 4, 655 
Sriseripis drift 86-22 8. D6 alvK Siete Til S 2B: a2 25 Se a eal OGRE ae 11, 825 
Gunes, stake... -.--- iby eee 775 i tal ol 400 aU | Pepe ee 1,175 
ent seInes 82 2 | = Ul aes See fee Lye eae | | ed Ll eS Sf Pete eS 935 
Shore and accessory property|--------|--------- (DUN poceeces eceeees) (cbell) [Pee Seo ease 2, 400 
SiG, Se SS eee eee 22340 pees a} sb Pek 82 A O40 ¢ | a |e Sa 27,370 
Shad caught: 
With drift gill nets______ GE O20 PSs Ono tae O00 eee Nees ae a 61, 625 | 184,059 | 39, 356 
With stake gill nets__--- 4, 544 14,443 | 3,708 | 11,150 | 46,237 | 6,300 | 15,694 | 60,680 | 10,008 
With haul seines_____--- Gs O63" eecUs LUZK EEN OaG! | sae eet ee 6,963 | 20,102 | 3,986 
With other apparatus, 
incidentally__. _._.._- 180 579 TAA Eee | NI a cee IN ieee 180 579 125 
PLO UAlen se ee 73,312 | 219,183 | 47,175 | 11,150 | 46,237 | 6,300 | 84,462 | 265,420 | 53,475 

