242 REPORT OF COMMlbSlONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 

 THE SHAD FISHERIES OF NEW YORK. 



The shad fisheries of New York State are located principally in 

 Hudson Kiver and the sections of Xew York Bay leading thereto, over 

 98 per cent of the yield in 1890 being- obtained in those waters. A 

 few shad are also obtained in the Nissequague Eiver, Little Xeck Bay, 

 Gardiner Bay, Long Island Sound, and Great South Bay, but the catch 

 in the last three bodies of water is merely incidental to the taking of 

 other species of fish. 



The following series of tables shows the extent of the shad fisheries 

 of each water area of this State: 



Statement, hy water areas, of the number of persons employed in eaeh hranch of tlie shad 

 fisheries of New York in 1896. 



Statement, hy water areas, of the numher of boats, apparatus, etc., employed iti the shad 

 fisheries of New York in 1890. 



