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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States, 1880 to 1926 — Continued 



CATCH OF CERTAIN SPECIES: By States— Continued 

 [Expressed in thousands of bushels; that is, 000 omitted] 



1 Not specified. 



2 From 1880 to 1908, inclusive, oysters taken from Delaware and New Jersey beds by vessels owned in 

 Pennsylvania were credited to the latter State, but after 1908 they have been credited to the States in 

 which the beds are located. 



TOTAL CATCH: Br States 



" statistics not available. 



SHAD OF THE HUDSON RIVER 



In 1927, the fishery for shad was carried on by 268 fishermen. 

 It yielded 110,284 fish that weighed 358,055 pounds and were valued 

 at $63,650. Of this number, 82 per cent were taken by New York 

 fishermen and the remaining 18 per cent by New Jersey fishermen. 

 Compared with the yield in 1926, there is an increase of 31 per cent 

 in number, 35 per cent in weight, and 19 per cent in value. The 

 yield in 1927 represents the largest catch in any year for which sta- 

 tistics are available, from 1910 to the present, but is less than half as 

 large as the yield for that year. The most successful year of any for 

 which statistics are available, from 1896 to the present, was 1901, 

 when 973,927 w^ere caught. While the catch of 1927 is considerably 

 less than that for 1901, nevertheless it is gratifying to note that the 

 yield has been increasing during late years. 



