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Introduction 103 



Mignitious of shad 106 



Kange of sbad iu the rivers 110 



Extent of tlie fisheries in 1896 114 



Comparisons with previous years 123 



The shad fisheries of Florida ] 27 



St. Johns Eiver 128 



St. Marys Kiver ia2 



The sliad fisheries of Georgia 133 



Satilla River 134 



Altamaha River 135 



a. Ocmulgee River 135 



h. Oconee River 136 



Ogeechee River 136 



Savannah River 137 



The shad fisheries of South Carolina 140 



Conibahee and Ashepoo rivers 141 



Edisto River 142 



Charleston Harbor and tributaries 144 



San tee River 144 



a. Wateree River 145 



6. Congaree River 145 



Winyah Bay and tributaries 146 



a. Waccamaw River 147 



6. Pee Dee Eiver and tribp.tariis 147 



The shad fisheries of Nortli Camlina 155 



Cape Fear River and tributaries 157 



a. Black River 159 



6. IVorth East River 160 



Pamlico Sound 161 



Neuse River and tributaries 163 



a. Contentnea River 167 



PamlicoTar ri ver.s 168 



Croatau and Roanoke sounds 169 



Albemarle Sound 170 



Roanoke River 173 



Chowan Eiver 175 



The shad fisheries of Virginia 176 



Chesapeake Bay in Virginia 178 



Mobjack Bay 180 



James River 181 



a. Chickahominy River 184 



h. Appomattox River 185 



York River ...185 



a. Paraunkey Eiver 187 



h. Mattaponi Eiver 188 



Eappahannock Eiver 189 



The shad fisheries of Maryland 192 



Chesapeake Bay in Maryland 194 



Potomac Eiver 199 



Patiixent Eiver 204 



Susquehanna Eiver 204 



Pocomoke Eiver 206 



Wicomico Eiver 208 



Nanticoke Eiver 209 



a. Marshyhope Creek 211 



Fishing Bay .211 



a. 'i'ransquaking River 212 



b. Blackwater River 212 



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Choptank l!i ver 212 



a. Tuckahoe Creek 214 



St. Michael River 215 



Chester River 216 



Sassafras and Elk rivers 217 



The shad fisheries of Delaware 218 



Nanticoke River 219 



a. Broad Creek 220 



Delaware Bay and Eiver 220 



a. Broadki'ln Creek 221 



h. Mispillion Creek 221 



c. Murderkill Creek 221 



d. St. Jones Creek 222 



c. Leipsic Creek 222 



/. Duck Creek 222 



g. A ppoquinimink Creek 222 



h. Christiana Creek 222 



The shad fisheries of Pennsylvania 223 



Susquehanna River '. 224 



Delaware River 227 



The shad fisheries of New Jersey 228 



Delaware Bay and River ' 230 



a. Cohansey Creek 239 



b. Salem River 239 



c. Raccoon River 240 



d. Mantua Creek 240 



e. Big Timber Creek 210 



Ocean shore of Ke w Jersey 240 



Saudy Hook Bay 240 



Raritan Bay and River 241 



The shad fisheries of New York 242 



New York Bay 243 



Hudson River" 245 



Great South Bay and Gardiner Bay 248 



Long Island Sound .' 248 



a. Nissequague River 249 



b. Little Neck Bay 249 



The shad fisheries of Connecticut 250 



Long Island Sound 250 



Thames Eiver 252 



Connecticut Eiver 253 



a. Farmington River 257 



Housatonic River 257 



The shad fisheries of Rhode Island 258 



Ocean shore of Rhode ] sland 259 



Narragansett Bay and tributaries 259 



The shad fisheries of Massachusetts 260 



Taunton River : 60 



Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound 261 



Cape Cod and Massachusetts bavs 261 



Merniuac River ." 262 



The shad fisheries of Maine 263 



Saco River 264 



CascoBay 264 



Kennebec River and tributaries 265 



o. Androscoggin River 267 



6. Eastern River 267 



Penobscot Eiver and Bay 268 



Pleasant and Harrington rivers 269 



