SHAD FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. 



115 



Statement of the number of persons employed in the shad fisheries of the Atlantic coast of 

 the United States in 1896. 



aS wheel, 6 cast-net. 



hedge, 6 fall-trap. d Fall-trap. 



'. Spear. 



Statement of the boats, apparattis, etc., employed in the shad fisheries of the Atlantic coast 

 of the United States in 1896. 



Florida 



Georgia 



South Carolina . 

 North Carolina. 



Virginia 



Maryland 



Delaware 



Pennsylvania . . 



New Jersey 



New York 



Connecticut 



Rhode Island . . 

 Maine 



Total. 



251 



495 



799 



2,831 



2,028 



1,976 



350 



468 



1,180 



547 



102 



11, 311 472, 044 



7, 227 2, 445, 048, 276, 994 75, 443 1 , 384, 623 119, 442 719 223, 053 142, 076 



N- (yarfs?. ^-'--' 



^- (yarfs)" ^^l^' 



10 



148 



128 



i7, 787 



9,378 



3,955 



7 



2,627 

 1,403 



850; $200 



3, 288, 1, 292 



8, 390 3, 346 



1,103,872, 73,874 



90, 214 1 10,949 



84,5881 9,532 



2,700 



240 



56,826 16,131 

 33, 895 3, 878 



^«- (yS^-1-- 



$2, 175 



931 

 56, 561 

 19, 005 

 25, 816 

 3,187 

 12, 285 

 14, 663 

 5,840 

 1,243 



370 



Florida 



Georgia 



South Carolina . 

 Nortli Carolina . 



Virginia 



:\[;u-yland 



Delaware 



Pennsylvania... 



Xew Jersey 



New York 



Connecticut 



Khode Island . . . 

 Maine 



Total . 



Pound nets 

 and weirs. 



Fyke nets. 



26 



1,575 



1,156 



901 



4 



132, 083 

 236, 680 

 66,816 



3,630 



""'926 

 23, 340 



$1, 032 

 5,223 



1,964 

 955 



113 



447 



1,278 



810 464,062 706 9,174 2,027 6,045 245 4,758 545,747 



$259 

 1,155 

 3,781 



Miscellane- 

 ous. 



$2, 185 

 1,125 



Shore 

 property. 



$4, 349 



2,817 



3,328 



243, 882 



61, 953 



53, 524 



11,672 



36, 451 



112, 728 



7,130 



955 



120 



Total in- 

 vestment. 



$33, 458 

 23, 387 

 41,038 

 597, 757 

 433, 480 

 311, 092 

 44, 140 

 81, 312 

 341, 912 

 77, 807 

 8,769 

 1,130 

 45, 060 



al purse seine, 960 yards long, worth $350. 

 6 3 cast nets and 80 'wlieels and fall traps. 

 c Wheels. 



d3 hedges and 19 fall traps. 

 e Fall traps or tish pots. 

 / Spears. 



