FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1927 493 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River in 1927 



Catch of shad in the Hudson River, 1896 to 1927 



Year 



New York 



Total 



1896. 

 1897. 



1901. 



1910 1. 

 1915.. 

 1916 __ 

 1917.. 

 1918.. 

 1919.. 

 1920- _ 

 1921.. 

 1922.. 

 1923.. 

 1924.. 

 1925.. 

 1926.. 

 1927.. 



Value 



$58, 921 



49, 353 



50, 875 



100, 762 



28,896 



51,715 



5,969 



4,540 



5,810 



44, 784 



60, 690 



43,882 



24,329 



27, 451 



22, 644 



17,619 



24. 030 



47,175 



56, 950 



Pounds 

 2,356,966 I 

 2,036,062 i 

 2, 141, 300 

 3,779,562 

 604, 29t) 1 

 913,016 

 68,668 

 40,173 I 

 43,384 I 

 234, 602 

 374, 974 

 199, 844 

 130, 803 

 175, 186 

 121,728 

 94, 369 

 124,334 

 265, 420 

 358, 055 



Value 



$83, 237 

 67, 287 

 69, 385 



122, 409 

 46, 654 



100, 824 



8,643 



5,465 



6,530 



48,184 



83,724 



56, 309 



30,623 



39, 706 



28, 644 



23, 104 



26, 430 



53, 475 



63, 650 



1 Includes catch in lower New York Bay and Raritan Bay and tributaries, but this was inconsiderable. 

 FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 



The latest statistical canvass of the fisheries and fishery industries 

 of the Chesapeake Bay States (Maryland and Virginia) was for the 

 calendar year 1925. Complete statistics are published in the report 

 of the division of fishery industries for 1926 and in condensed form 

 in Statistical Bulletin No. 745. 



During 1925, the fisheries and fishery industries of Maryland and 

 Virginia gave employment to 39,091 persons, of whom 25,856 were 

 engaged in fishing operations, 9,671 in the wholesale fishery trade, 

 and 3,564 in the canning, salting, smoking, and by-products industries. 

 The products of the fisheries of the two States amounted to 333,205,769 

 pounds, valued at $13,948,060. The products of the canning and 

 other fishery industries had a value of $4,936,664. 



In addition to the above general canvass, annual statistics are 

 collected on the production of the shad and alewife fisheries of the 

 Potomac River and on the fishery products received at the municipal 

 fish wharf and market in Washington, D. C. Statistics for 1927 on 

 these subjects are discussed on the following pages. 



