REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CXXIX 



More than half the alewives taken in the United States in 1896 were 

 caught in the Chesapeake basin, in which the run of these fish was 

 phenomenally large. More than a third of the yield of Chesapeake 

 Bay and its tributaries was taken in the Potomac Eiver, which is now 

 the principal ale wife stream. In 1890 the fish were so abundant that at 

 times there was no sale for them, and the average price for the season 

 was less than $1.20 per 1,000. The catch of 24,438,000 alewives credited 

 to the Potomac was nearly equaled on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, 

 where 24,112,000 were taken. The Albemarle region of North Carolina 

 is the next important ground for alewives; 30,675,000 were secured 

 there, of which 13,500,000 were obtained in the Chowan Eiver. Other 

 prominent alewife streams are the Damariscotta (2,472,000 fish), Con- 

 necticut (2,210,000 fish), Hudson (2,192,000 fish), Delaware (4,420,000 

 fish), Susquehanna (10,864,000 fish), and Roanoke (4,177,000 fish). 



Statement hy waters of the shad and alewife catch of the United States in 1S96. 



Waters. 



State. 



Shad. 



Number. Pounds. I Value. 



Alewives. 



Number. Pounds. I Value. 



St. Croix River 



Denn ys Kiver 



Machias River 



Penobscot River 



Medomab River 



St. George River 



Pemaquid River 



Damariscotta River 



Kennebec River 



CascoBay 



Shores o{ Maine 



Piscataqua Kiver 



Kewmarket Kiver 



Exeter Kiver 



Merrimack River 



Gape Cod Bay 



Taunton River 



Ponds. small rivers, and creeks 



Shores ofMassachusetts 



Warren River 



Ponds and small rivers 



Shores of Rhode Island 



Connecticut River 



Housatonic River 



Shores of Connecticut 



Shores of Long Island 



Hudsou River 



New Tork, Sandy Hook, and 

 Karitan bays. 



Shores of Xew Jersey 



Delaware River 



Maine 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



New Hampshire 



do 



do 



Massachusetts. 



do 



do 



.... do 



do 



Rhode Island.. 



do 



do 



Connecticut . . . 



do 



do 



New Tork 



N.Y.andN.J.. 

 do 



$27 



290, 122 



64, 690 



12, 000 



100 



1,160,488 26,257 



220, 020 3, 592 



24, 000 912 



300 15 



32, 905 

 3,355 



86, 732 

 13, 420 



3,555 

 9,258 



13, 980 

 36, 534 



Delaware Bay. 

 Indian River.. 



New Jersey 



N. J., Pa., and 



Del. 

 N. J. and Del . . 

 Delaware 



3,374 



51, 690 



9,878 



8,720 



8,786 



588, 898 



214 425 



16, 240 

 2, 833, 101 



1, 183, 761 



8.51 

 2,408 



12, 912 



190,934 



37, 360 



32, 896 



31, 680 



2,356,960 83,237 



861, 653| 30,941 



925, 

 9, 508i 



2,471 

 2, 103| 



,241 



64, 937| 3, 518 

 11, 752, 359 306, 536 



5, 075, 891 119, 870 



Chesapeake Bay and tribu- 

 taries: 



Bay shores 



Susquehanna River 



Northeast River 



Elk River 



Chester River 



Choptank River and tribu- 

 taries. 



Nanticoke River 



Wicomico River 



Pocomoke River 



Patuxent River 



Potomac River 



Kaiipahannock River 



York Kiver and tributaries. 



James Rlverandtributaries 



Sassafras, Transquaking, 

 and Blackwater rivers. 



11, lOOi 



160, 500 



91, 700 



617, 608 



73, 800 



686, 000 



206, 000 



2,472,100 



494, 781 



1,391,250 



33, 000 



47, 000 



46, 350 



433, 150 



945, 000| 



1, 732, 972 



1,897,478 



4,528,211 



942, 265 



403, 200 



3, 960, 920 

 828, 280 



2, 216, 243 



4,200 



509, 980 



336, 540 



2, 192, 000 

 930, 800 



3, 482, 140 



4, 420, 700 



221,490 

 550, 700 



Total 



F R 9< 



Md. and Va 



Md. and Pa ... 

 Maryland , 



ao 



do 



do 



ild. and Del 

 Maryland... 



do 



do 



Md. and Va . 



Virginia 



do 



do 



Marvland 



1, 742, 455 6, 261, 967 177, 742 24, 112, 084 



140, 087 565, 037 20, 153 10, 864, 000 



47, 205, 176, 215 5, 138 587, 400 



14,164! 52,250 1,579 2,327,000 



48,703 195,387' 7,448 1,219,160 



338,420 1,115,620 35,810.1,993,560 



216, 324 



68,015 



29, 752 



52, 354 



684,063 



417, 789 



723, 026 



227, 563 



95, 482 



199, 200 



2, 476, 730 



1,442,505 



546,548 1,888,354 



495, 762| 1,657,203 



28, 144 94, 202 



20,669 1,527,000 

 8, 480 173, 300 



4, 304| 32, 730 



5, 8671 1,474,330 

 63, 60824, 437, 885 

 35, 37i; 2,798,826 



50, 361 1 632, 798 



51, 247| 528, 230 

 2,933; 2,321,600 



6, 243' 



90, 280] 



51, 581 



308, 844l 



41, 512; 



385, 804 



115, 875 



1,390,612 



277, 726 



701, 287 



18, 562 



23, 937 



26, 088 



243, 646 



472, 500 



884, 255 



1, 067, 324 



2, 430, 450 

 501, 960 

 161, 280 



1, 584, 368 

 331,312 

 795, 497 

 1,680 

 204, Oil 

 134, 616 

 876, 800 

 465, 400 



1, 955, 234 

 1, 812, : 



88, 596 

 220, 280 



9, 644, 835 

 4, 345, 600 

 234, 960 

 930, 800 

 487, 664 

 797, 424 



610, 800 



69, 320 



13, 092 



589, 732 



9, 775, 154 



1,119,530 



253, 119 



211,292 



928, 640 



470 



570 



3,028 



417 



3,014 



1,100 



9,811 



2,739 



3,771 



323 



250 



270 



2,525 



4,200 



5,479 



9,478 



21, 372 



4,595 



692 



23, 641 



3,551 



10, 350 



28 



1,653 



2,840 



9,763 



1,374 



8,873 

 11, 044 



1,589 

 3,823 



61, 709 



48, 983 



929 



3,834 



4,625 



5,598 



4,3^9 



628 



223 



4,008 



39, 003 



6,411 



3,111 



2,539 



4,124 



4, 869, 785 17, 170, 741 490, 710 75, 029, 903 30, Oil, 962,190, 064 



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