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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Northward from the Delaware there are only three important shad 

 streams, viz, the Hudson, Connecticut, and Kennebec, the yield in 

 which, in 1890, numbered 588,898, 51,690, and 290,122, respectively. In 

 the Hudson, the most important apparatus are drift nets, stake nets, 

 and seines; in the Connecticut, drift nets and seines only are used; and 

 the entire yield of shad in the Kennebec is obtained in weirs and drift 

 nets. Besides these three rivers there are numerous small streams and 

 coastal indentations in wliich more or less shad are caught each year. 



The following statement shows the number and value of shad caught 

 on the Atlantic coast in 1896: 



Statement, by water areas, of the number and value of shad caught in each form of appa- 

 ratus employed on the Atlantic coast in 1896. 



Water areas. 



St. Johns River 



St. Marys River 



Satilla River 



Altamaha River 



Ogeecbee River 



Savannah River 



Comhahee River 



Ashepoo River 



Edisto River 



Cooper River 



San tee River 



Winyah Bay and tribu- 

 taries 



Cape Fear River 



Pamlico Sound 



Neuse River 



Pamlico-Tar River 



Croatan and Roanoke 



sounds 



Albemarle Sound 



Roanoke River 



Chowan River 



Pasquotank and Per- 

 quimans rivers 



Chesapeake Bay 



James River and tribs. . . 



York River and tribs 



Mobjack Bay 



Rappahannock River 



Potomac River 



Nanticoke River and trib- 

 utaries 



Choptank River and trib- 

 utaries 



Susquehanna River 



Miscellaneous rivers 



Delaware Bay 



Delaware River 



Miscellaneous ri vers 



Ocean shore of New Jersey. 



New York Bay 



Hudson River 



Great South Bay and Gardi- 

 ner Bay 



Long Island Sound 



Connecticut River 



Miscellaneous rivers 



Ocean shore of Rhode Is- 

 land 



Narragansctt Bay and trib- 

 utaries 



Buzzards Bay and Vine- 

 yard Sound 



Cape Cod and Massachu- 



setisbays 



Casco Bay 



Kennebec River and tribs. . 



Penobscot and other Maine 



rivers 



No. 



331, 033 

 7,609 

 1,500 

 17, 310 

 55, 425 

 54, 299 



Value. 



$53, 297 

 1,313 

 240 

 5,803 

 19, 514 

 19, 196 



80, 259 

 54, 809 



18, 485 

 5,221 



4,000 

 500 



242, 903 

 339, 628 

 350, 441 



40, 354 

 279, 280 



117, 266 



120, 261 

 35, 540 

 72, 271 



1, 098, 821 



2, 086, 791 



75, 845 



63, 500 

 297, 178 



6,110 

 50, 317 



18, 527 

 13, 950 



3,244 

 1,139 



23, 971 

 28, 091 

 31, 201 



3,157 



23, 188 



12, 625 

 3,949 



103, 996 

 226, 795 

 13, 508 



7,620 

 42, 958 



46 

 8,244 

 2,810 



355 

 5,434 



Stake nets. 



2,584 

 "9,' 262' 



37 

 3,090 

 6,400 

 21, 967 



80 

 2,065 



387, 236 

 26, 483 



8,114 



73, 626 



429, 599 



6,100 



101, 706 

 43, 921 



104, 118 

 11, 510 



34, 695 

 4,200 



200 

 52, 275 

 222, 575 



Total 5,998,143 696,147 1,703,099 309,156 1,999,942 245,869 3,139,830 361,632 



14 



622 



1,254 



4,281 



25 



433 



15, 090 

 82, 664 

 1,195 



18, 324 

 5,251 



8,242 

 1,616 



2,015 

 3,813 



5.371 

 672 



2,634 

 20 



1,608 

 11, 402 



114,077 

 38, 693 



20, 000 

 132, 213 

 143, 809 



60, 450 



12, 322 

 33, 622 

 49, 509 

 12, 701 



9, 740 

 123, 445 



29, 897 



67, 245 



90, 444 



40, 899 



700 



686, 612 



56, 693 



865 



1,010 



68, 345 



41 

 5,839 

 1,592 



9,087 

 40, 325 

 5,500 



21, 239 

 7,439 



3,800 

 25, 401 

 16, 043 

 11, 835 



2,395 



4,064 



4,341 



955 



Pound nets and 

 weirs. 



60,853 : $13,478 

 22, 471 3, 902 

 7, 759 1, E 



75, 915 

 173, 380 



9, 853 



3,019 



7,478 



13, 832 



5,023 



74 



7^194 

 378 

 223 



10 

 1,264 



456 



2,017 



495 



122, 595 



15, 558 

 1, 277, 367 

 3,119 

 138, 895 

 140, 777 

 262, 504 



42, 143 

 115, 041 

 "7L847 



100 



13, 675 

 42, 332 



4,755 

 9,258 



1,051 



11, 421 



3,385 



1,915 

 18, 055 

 234. 305 



