250 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



THE SHAD FISHERIES O^ CONNECTICUT. 



The extent, by water areas, of each branch of the shad fisheries of 

 Connecticut is presented in the following series of tables: 



Statement, by tvater areas, of the number of persons employed in each branch of the shad 

 fisheries of Connecticut in 1896. 



ain Long Island Sound a number of men operate pound nets, in which shad are taken incidentally, 

 but there are no regular shad fisheries on the Connecticut shore of that sound. 



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

 Connecticut in 1896. 



Statement, by water areas, of the yield of shad in each form of apparatus employed in the 

 fisheries of Connecticut in 1896. 



a Caught incidentally in apparatus set especially for other flsh than sliad. 



6 Of these, 146 shad, worth $30, were taken in seines operated especially for ale wives. 



LONG ISLAND SOUND. 



This sound, occupying the coastal depression between Long Island 

 and the shore of Connecticut, approximates 115 miles in length and 15 

 to 25 miles in width. It is comparatively shallow, the depth in the 

 eastern portion being usually less than 200 feet, while in the part west 

 of Connecticut River it averages from 75 to 100 feet. At its eastern 

 end there is a chain of islands extending in a northeasterly direction 

 from Long Island to Rhode Island, and through the passages between 

 these isUinds tlie waters of the sound mingle with those of the ocean, 



