SHAD FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. 

 THE SHAD FISHERIES OF PENNSYLVANIA. 



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The shad fisheries of Pennsylvania are confined to the Susquehanna 

 JKiver and to the Delaware Bay and Eiver and their tributaries. The 

 following series of tables shows the extent of those fisheries in detail: 



Statement, by water areas, of the niimher of peraoyis enqdoyed in the shad fisheries of 

 Pennsylvania in 1S96. 



Statement, by water areas, of the boats, apparatus, etc., employed in the shad fisheries of 

 I'ennsylvania iw 1896. 



Statement, by water areas, of the yield of shad in Pennsylvania in 1896. 



