liEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CXXVII 



Table showmy luj Slaies the vessels, boats, apparatus, and jn-opcrti/ eiiiploi/cd in the sliad 

 and alewifc fisheries of the United States i« 1S96 — Continued. 



Seines. 



States. 



Connecticut 



lielaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts. . . 

 New llaiiipshii'e . 



New Jersey 



New York 



Korth Carolina . . 



I'einisvlvaiiia 



Khodc'lslniHl.... 

 South (':ir(iliua .. 

 Virginia 



^°- ^^S' I ^^1- 



47 

 102 

 24 



7 



95 



45 



2 



145 

 67 



232 

 96 

 16 

 22 

 44 



Total , 



18, 131 

 32, 853 

 21,450 



2,562 



104, 367 



17, 739 



360 



90,012 



35, 450 



232, 740 



57,915 



9,600 



4, 905 



75, 183 



718 

 501 

 175 



627 

 422 

 075 

 50 

 838 

 220 

 971 

 285 

 840 

 931 

 230 



704,276 1 155,883 



Gill uets. 



No. 



Length 

 (feet). 



Value. 



457 

 201 

 428 

 228 

 7,453 

 10 



60, 704 



371, 237 



277, 200 



132, 845 



56, 298 



1,811,119 



2, 250 



3,658 



1,879 



58, 234 



179 



399 

 10,924 



1, 845, 3G8 

 670, 949 



3,417,263 

 217,770 



283,011 

 1, 253, 575- 



$4, 285 

 14, 557 

 17, 550 

 13, 080 

 2,870 

 59, 557 

 120 



111,433 

 34, 727 

 80, 002 

 11,968 



18, 836 

 40,131 



84,139 I 10,399,589 I 409,116 



Fyke nets. 



No. 



Value. 



270 

 54 



801 



.$180 



3,214 

 955 



1,032 



10, 729 



* Includes fall traps. 



The shad catch of the Atlantic coast in 1896 in apparatus set pri- 

 marily for this fish was 12,940,000 fish, weighing 50,000,000 pounds aud 

 valued at $1,037,000. The yield of alewives was 140,850,000 fish, weigh- 

 ing 58,703,000 pounds and worth $435,000. The additional output of 

 these fish in ai^paratus set primarily for other fish was 207,000 shad, 

 with a weight of 775,000 pounds and a value of $19,000, and 7,008,000 

 alewives, weighing 3,303,000 pounds and worth $24,000; included in 

 these figures is the incidental catch of shad on the Pacific coast. 



The table which fijUows gives the results of these fisheries in each 

 State. New Jersey is seen to take precedence in the number and the 

 weight of shad, being credited with about 3,298,000 fish, weighing 

 13,740,000 pounds. Virginia ranks second, with 3,197,000 fish, with a 

 weight of ll,14(i,000 })ounds. In North Carolina, with a catch of 

 2,097,000 shad, weighing 8,843,000 pounds, the value is greater than in 

 any other State, namely, $417,000. Maryland is the foremost State in 

 the yield of alewives; over 44,000,000 were taken, weighing 17,041,000 

 pounds and valued at nearly $126,000. In North Carolina about 

 35,890,000 alewives were caught and in \'irginia more than 30,000,000. 



