FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1930 311 



Landings of fish at New York City and Groton, Conn., 1922 to 19S0 i 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Year 



1922 

 1923 

 1924 

 1925 

 1926, 

 1927. 

 1928 

 1929 

 1930. 



Porgies 



or scup 



and sea 



bass 



1,583 

 2,553, 

 808 

 1,318 

 540 

 459 

 622 

 686 

 509 



Sturgeon 



Swordfish 



Tilefish 



1,153 

 1,364 

 1,262 

 1,015 

 1,975 

 2,777 

 2,365 

 2,458 

 2,907 



Total 



20,754 

 33, 832 

 35, 021 

 40, 622 

 39, 934 

 50, 772 

 71, 177 

 75, 325 

 57,255 



1 Includes landings offish at Groton, Conn., beginning with November, 1927. 

 ' Includes the landings of some mixed fish. 



3 Where landings are not shown for certain species, it is probable that they are included under "Mis- 

 cellaneous." 



Figure 17.- 



-Catch of shad in the Hudson and Potomac Rivers for 

 various years, 1896 to 1930 



SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER 



Shad fishing on the Hudson River in 1930 was followed by 243 

 fishermen who used 21 motor boats, 109 other boats, 105 drift gill 

 nets that had a total area of 324,681 square yards, and 21 stake gill 

 nets that had an area of 33,030 square yards. The catch amounted 



