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having a combined length of 277 yards. The total catch was 159,358 

 shad, having a weight of 529,754 pounds, and a value to the lishernien 

 of $50,849. This is an increase of slightly over 20 percent in number 

 and 2 percent in value as compared with 1931. The average price 

 per pound received by the fishermen in 1932 was about 10 cents, as 

 compared with 12 cents in 1931. 



Nearly 66 percent of the shad in weight were taken in drift gill nets 

 and 34 percent in stake gill nets. Snuill quantities amounting to 

 less than one-half of 1 percent of the total were taken by haid seines, 

 and incidentally with gear being fished primarily for other species. 



With the exception of some fishing with stake gill nets from one 

 town in New Jersej', the fishery was prosecuted entirely from points in 

 New York. 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1932 



FISHERIES OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY STATES 



(Area XXIII «) 



The yield of the commercial fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay States 

 (Maryland and Virginia) during 1932 amounted to 359^007,494 

 pounds, valued at $5,904,989 to the fisherman, representing an increase 

 of 26 percent in volume but a decrease of 18 percent in value as 

 compared with the catch in the previous year. In addition, there 

 was a production of 1,475,053 bushels of seed oysters, valued at 

 $158,640. These fisheries gave employment to 21,084 fishermen, 

 including those in the fishery for seed oysters. 



' This is the number given to this area by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. It 

 should be explained that there are included under this area craft owned in the area but at times fishing 

 elsewhere. A notable e.xample is the southern trawl fislicry, which extends into area XXIV. Data on the 

 operating units and catch of the fisheries of the Chesapeake Bay States have been taken largely from statis- 

 tics collected by the State fishery agencies of Maryland and Virginia. Supplementary surveys, compila- 

 tions, and analyses have been made by agents of this Bureau in order that the figures may be presented in a 

 manner comparable with those of other sections. It should be observed that the persons engaged, gear and 

 craft employed, and catch of the seed-oyster fishery are not included among the statistics of the fishery for 

 market oysters and other species but are shown in separate tables in this section. 



