470 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Comparative statistics of the shad and alewife product of Maryland 
various years, 1850 to 1925 


Maryland Virginia 



Years | 
Shad Alewives Total | Shad 
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Pounds Value Pounds Value Value Pounds Value 
3, 774, 426 | $140,926 | 9, 203, 959 | $139, 667 | $280,593 | 3,171,953 | $134, 496 
4,040,820 | 146,951 | 11,062,270 | 89,273 | 236,234 3,815,126 | 172,272 
4, 868, 435 | 176,655 | 11,511,774 | 110,291 | 286,946 | 7,056,473 | 321, 634 
7, 127, 486 | 242,909 | 19,766,994 | 143,793 | 386,702 | 7,266,207 | 228, 897 
6, 224, 873 | 211,575 |-17, 418,850 | 131,245 342,820) 6,498,242! 207,394 
5, 541, 499 | 166,551 | 17,667,315 | 126,050 | 292,601 | 11,170,519 | 307, 055 
5, 799, 563 | 159,365 | 17,139,459 | 123,453 | 282,818 | 11,529,474 | 304, 448 
3,111,181 | 120,602 | 13,747,157 | 91, 308 
2,912,249 | 159,772 | 14,484,970 | 137,982 | 297,754 7,419,899 | 439, 625 
3, 937, 000 | 247,000 | 28,805,000 | 157, 000 | 
3, 252, 688 | 272,869 | 23, 637,320 | 155,499 | 428,368 6,030,200 | 488, 336 
1, 454, 535 | 191,517 | 12, 567,580 | 131,779 | 323,296 | 4, 
1, 867,196 | 355,217 | 7,071,688 | 177,190 | 532,407} 7,293, 80. 
1, 807,074 | 347,396 | 6,504,845 | 144,584 491,980, 6, 
1,260,152 | 264,388 | 7,700,914 | 84,284 | 348,672 | 6, 103,704 | 1,372, 491 
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Years j 
Alewives | Total Shad Alewives 
| Pounds Value | Value Pounds Value Pounds Value 
Wie 2 8 aes eS | 6,925,413 | $76,300 $210, 796 | 6, 946,379 | $275,422 | 16,129,372 | $215, 967 
ete eee ee eee a | 4, 401, 635 29, 585 | 201,857 | 7,855,946 | 319,223 | 15, 463, 905 118, 858 
ee eee | 6,453, 005 40, 369 362, 003 | 11,924,908 | 498,289 | 17, 964, 779 150, 660 
Pee e Ss eee en | 10, 641, 698 91, 674 320, 571 | 14,393,693 | 471,806 | 30, 408, 692 235, 467 
Been ene eee ae | 11, 013, 485 93, 905 301, 299 | 12,723,115 | 418,969 | 28, 432, 335 225, 150 
Loe Sat ese | 12, 197, 607 63, 024 | 370, 079 | 16,712,018 | 473, 606 | 29, 864, 922 189, 074 
= Sn Sees Ee eee | 13, 689, 510 70, 841 375, 289 | 17,329,037 | 463,813 | 30, 828, 969 194, 294 
See ceasssacnsos-3| 198, 913; 444019 Tilo, 424 481, 627 | 10, 083,393 | 486, 805 | 27, 660, 601 206, 732 
| 14, 603, 866 90, 733 530, 358 | 10,332,148 | 599,397 | 29, 088, 836 228, 715 
. | 37, 885, 000 | 171, 000 657, 000 | 11, 251,000 | 733,000 | 66, 690, 000 328, 000 
weaseeascecee=5 | 27, 787, 980 | 128,375 616,711 | 9,282,888 | 761,205 | 51, 425, 300 283, 874 
BS ae ee | 16, 054, 130 | 165, 950 | 823, 960 | 6,168,669 | 849,527 | 28, 621, 710 297, 729 
vane eeaaas ae sreeee | 16, 665, 100 | 259,258 | 1,404,364 | 9,161,001 |1, 500, 323 | 23, 736, 788 436, 448 
ee er | | 18, 834, 164 | 245,945 | 1,445,539 | 8, 716, 250 |1, 546, 990 | 25, 339, 009 390, 529 
bosestec cet baeneo se | 17, 910, 247 | 209,723 | 1,582,214 | 7, 363, 856 |1, 636,879 | 25, 611, 161 294, 007 
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Note.—The catch of shad and alewives in these States, outside of the Chesapeake Bay region, is included 
for some years but is practically negligible. In 1925 it amounted to 4,180 pounds of shad, valued at $647, 
and 5,247 pounds of alewives, valued at $142, in Maryland and 30,313 pounds of shad, valued at $5,741, 
and 311,065 pounds of alewives, valued at $3,163, in Virginia, included in the above table. 
The statistics for 1908 in this table are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 
Oyster industry of Maryland and Virginia for various years from 1880 to 1925 
| 
Years Maryland Virginia Totai 

Bushels | Pounds Value Bushels | Pounds Value | Bushels | Pounds Value 
1880__..--|10, 600, 000/74, 200, 000'$4, 730, 476 6, 837, 320 47, 861, 240 $2, 218, 376 17, 437, 320|122, 061, 240'$6, 948, 852 
117 ee 8, 148, 217/57, 037, 519| 2, 683, 43512, 921, 140/20, 447, 980) 1, 002, 901/11, 069, 357| 77, 485, 499) 3, 686, 336 
TRBSS sas 8, 531, 658/59, 721, 606| 2,877, 790, 3, 664, 433/25, 651, 031| 1,336, 012/12, 196, 091) 85,372, 637| 4, 213, 802 
1890. - - ---|10, 450, 087/73, 150, 609| 4, 854,746 6, 074, 025/42, 518, 175| 2, 482, 348116, 524, 112/115, 668, 784| 7, 337, 094 

9, 945, 058 69, 615, 406| 5, 295, 866, 6, 162, 086/43, 134, 602| 2, 524, 348/16, 107, 144|112, 750, 008) 7, 820, 214 
7, 254, 934/50, 784, 538) 2,885, 202 7, 023, 848/49, 166, 936) 2, 041, 683/14, 278, 782| 99, 951, 474) 4, 926, 885 
5, 685, 561/39, 798, 927| 3,031, 518, 6, 067, 669|42, 473, 683| 2, 621, 915 11, 753, 230| 82, 272, 610| 5, 653, 433 
4, 429, 650/31, 007, 550) 2, 417, 674 7, 612, 289/53, 286, 023) 3, 459, 676/12, 041, 939) 84, 293, 573| 5, 877, 350 
6, 232, 000 43, 624, 000| 2, 228, 000 5, 075, 000/35, 525, 000) 2, 348, 000111, 307, 000] 79, 149, 000| 4, 576, 000 
5, 510, 421/38, 572, 947| 2, 127,759 6, 206, 098/43, 442, 686| 2, 286, 34011, 716, 519| 82,015, 633| 4, 414, 099 
4, 547, 47131, 832, 297| 2, 291, 120 3, 963, 569/27, 744, 983! 2) 348, 961) 8,511,040) 59, 577, 280| 4, 640, 081 
1925____--| 4,252, 860 '29; 770, 020| 3, 256,272) 4, 356, 416(30, 494, 912' 2,765, 334) 8, 609, 276| 60, 264, 932| 6, 021, 606 










1 Exclusive of the James and Potomac Rivers, 
Note.—The statistics for 1908 in this table are from data published by the Bureau of the Census. 
