FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922, 



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SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 



In 1921 there were 307 persons engaged in the fishery of the 

 Hudson River in New York and New Jersey. The investment 

 amounted to S44,607, and the catch was 35,448 shad in number, or 

 130,803 pounds, valued at $30,623. Of this quantity 28,948 shad 

 in number, or 104,883 pounds, valued at S24,329, were taken in New 

 York and 6,500 in number, or 25,920 pounds, valued at $6,294, in 

 New Jersey. 



In 1922 there were 272 persons engaged in this fishery, the invest- 

 ment amounted to $40,342, and the catch was 48,336 shad in number, 

 or 175,186 pounds, valued at $39,706. The catch in New York was 

 36,111 shad in number, or 128,324 pounds, valued at $27,451, and 

 in New Jersey 12,225 in number, or 46,862 pounds, valued at $12,255. 



Compared with 1920 there was a decrease in 1921 of 61 persons 

 and of 13,867 shad in number, or 69,041 pounds, and of $25,706 in 

 the value, but an increase of $4,256 in the investment. In 1922, as 

 compared with 1920, there was a decrease of 96 persons and of 979 

 in the number of shad, 24,658 in the number of pounds, and $16,603 

 in the value, with practically no change in the amount of capital 

 invested. In 1922 the number of persons engaged and the invest- 

 ment in the fishery were not as large as in 1921, but there was an 

 increase in the catch of 4,888 shad in number, or 44,383 pounds, and 

 of $9,103 in the value. The statistics for 1921 and 1922, and also 

 comparative statistics of the catch from 1915 to 1922, are given in 

 the following tables; 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1921 and 1922. 



