188 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Statistics of the catch of shad and alewives in Potomac River are 
also included in the catch data for Maryland and Virginia which are 
published elsewhere in this report. 
Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac River, 1935 




Item Maryland Virginia Total 
Fishermen on boats and 























shore: Number) Pounds| Value | Number | Pounds | Value | Number | Pounds | Value 
Regular 14 299 2 313) eee 
C@asualies ees 237 |e ees 
Motale 22 e. 2 eee 650): -2=2 2-3) | Sees 
Boats 
Motor. Sa este ke 44 Freee Ce 130 Seees= |e as 174) .2.--25 |S 
Otherys ee OE oe S| eee aT. ee 142)_. 3S ee 
Apparatus: 
Poundinets:=--=s=--= oP eee se | ee 293) See ae ea | ee $25 loses SaceHleeeeees 
Gillinets——-_-— 7i° 3 nna eee eee 629). 2 225 Sees 1420|- Eee ees Serees 
Squaresyardses-—|| 1435845 eos sees eres L030) 0 | Pee 246, 955) 222552555 Eee 
Shad caught: fe rT 
With pound nets-_-_-_-_ 8,646] 29, 672) $3, 343 127,920} 385, 100|$34, 027 136, 566} 414, 772|$37, 370 
With gill nets_._.___. 15,419} 52,499) 5,014 47,661] 163,900) 13, 407 63, 080) 216,399} 18, 421 
Total==ssee ==) 24,065} 82,171} 8,357 175, 581} 549, 000) 47, 434 199, 646} 631,171) 55, 791 
Alewives caught: 
With pound nets_---} 555, 750} 222,300) 2, 738/10, 532, 000)4, 212, 800) 23, 712|11, 087, 750/4, 435, 100} 26, 450 
SWE Rk oa lire ise ae ee Se ee | ee 55,000) 22, 000! 200 55, 000} 22, 000 200 
Motalss neha oe ee 555, 750) 222,300) 2, 738/10, 587, 000/4, 234, 800) 23, 912/11, 142, 750/4, 457, 100) 26, 650 








TRADE IN FISHERY PRODUCTS IN WASHINGTON, D. C.1! 
The muncipal fish wharf and market in Washington, D. C., 
located in the southwestern part of the city on an arm of the Potomac 
River. At the present time 16 firms have stalls in this market, 2 
are located in the immediate vicinity of the market, 3 have stalls in 
the Center Market, located at Fifth and K Streets NW., and 2 are 
located in other parts of the city. Altogether there are 23 firms 
which employ 121 persons who received $136,560 in salaries and wages 
during 1935. Of the total employees 86 were regularly employed. 
These firms conduct mainly a wholesale business although some retail 
trade is carried on. 
The facilities for handling fish and oysters from boats and vessels 
that may land at the wharf are good, but only a comparatively small 
quantity are brought into the city by this method. In the fall and 
winter, considerable quantities of shell oysters are landed, but most 
of the oysters handled in Washington are brought in already shucked 
from Maryland and Virginia, by trucks and other transportation 
facilities. 
During the year 1935 the receipts of fresh and frozen fishery products 
as received at the municipal fish wharf amounted to 12,187,970 
pounds. This is an increase of 23 percent as compared with 1934, and 
an increase of 24 percent as compared with the 5-year average. 
During 1935 two firms in Washington, D. C., smoked fishery prod- 
ucts, and one firm produced shucked oysters. The total value of 
the products produced by these firms amounted to $22,960. 
ll Trade of fishery products handled at the municipal wharf, Washington, D. C., are reported to the 
Bureau by agents of the Health Department, District of Columbia. 
