REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, 
Ww 
-~I 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 
In connection with the canvass of the coastal fisheries of New York 
and New Jersey, statistics were obtained of the shad fishery of the 
Hudson River for the years 1917 and 1918. In 1918 there were 227 
fishermen engaged in this fishery, using 125 boats, valued at $4,790; 
273 gill nets, valued at $10,756; 15 seines, valued at $1,370; and shore 
and accessory property valued at $3,191; a total investment of $20,- 
107. The catch of shad was much larger than in any of the three 
preceding years, amounting to 67,403 in number, or 234,602 pounds, 
valued at $48,184. Of this quantity 63,404 shad, or 220,602 pounds, 
valued at $44,784, were taken on the New York side of the river, and 
3,999 shad, or 14,000 pounds, valued at $3,400, were taken on the 
New Jersey side. In 1915 the total catch of shad in this river in 
both States was 15,855 fish, or 68,668 pounds, valued at $8,643; in 
1916, 9,287 fish, or 40,173 pounds, valued at $5,465; and in 1917, 
12,015 fish, or 43,384 pounds, valued at $6,540. The catch each year 
was taken chiefly with gill nets. 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER, 1917 AND 1918.2 










1917 
Items. New York. New Jersey. Total. 
Number. | Pownds.| Value.| Number. | Pownds.| Value.| Number. 
Fishermen.......-- EE eet Soapec|lacosoce 8 ea 282 52) Goeoms 149 
Rowboats....------ MOUS caseeaes $2,940 1 eee $130 74 
Gasoline: 2.33.25. ste eee = ae 200 Rl le ee ee 300 
Gillimetss: tacos n'e:s,c PAT (eee epee: 6, 500 | ROE a! 700 215 
Seines<sa=ecsccrers2 133 easeeeee 1 Oe SO eeprom sen acetone mesons 13 
Shore and accessory 
PROPEL Ye eis sin oh aia ee amie alee | er etateleiata Mey Dy Be Seo eScand essousocr MRE Us UB se peeere| ocsccanc 
VOCE = sce ciccoc| na taecee ses |at seers ae (25115 3 sococe cal sonceeans 2, A800 lan osisc asec ele eeewacae 
Shad caught: 
With gill nets .. 9,535 | 34,420 | 5,225 1, 400 5, 040 720 10,935 | 39,460 | 5,955 
With seines..... 1,080 3,924 D8. |haaendemactlecseesece| aeeeee 1,080 924 585 
TOCALAS oc ccc 10,615 | 38,344 | 5,810 1, 400 5, 040 | 720 | 12,015 | 43,384 | 6,540 
1918 
WISHELIMCHE Soemcen-|| ab mecee names chelsea 3 4 fal eee 0S bite 
Rowboats.....----- 192 3|24. eae ee $4, 240 1 1933 [eevee $4,340 
Gasoline. foe we tecsn ie soc Le sic teat [bint Seer aS Se oc 
Gill nets. - 5.2.4. t-a4- 2 Vitceae ses 10, 456 1 PBS epee oi 10, 756 
BEINES scg-cce tees! TD) steareena EB Y Oe se Soncigadboscousadllonoecnac 15" |r waece 1,370 
Shore and accessory 
Poa ech Ae Maange Pahosse bcc |lencedaase PPT Me ee osaeysgSod boecenood be pital) | Snemcmoasec ee seetioo: 3,191 
Wotal 2. .sescc) rate ceee =| (aces eae 18; S574) eee eee otee sete a] kp O00! tnee cease Seleeecetene 20, 107 
Shad caught: | 
With gill nets .. 61,583 | 214,196 |43, 413 3,999 65,582 | 228,196 | 46,813 
With seines..... 1, 821 GB AOG ie SAME acim cessninypecsl anatssebaelasell eceieueieie 1,821 6,406 | 1,371 
motels... cees 63,404 | 220,602 |44, 784 3,999 67,403 | 234,602 | 48,184 




« Includes Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Rockland, Ulster, and Westchester Counties in New 
York; and Bergen and Hudson Counties in 1917, and Berges County in 1918, in New Jersey. 
