FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 19?. 7 



281 



5,000 pounds; flounders, 10,892,000 pounds; haddock, 9,758,000 

 pounds; hake, 73,000 pounds; hahbut, 9,000 pounds; mackerel, 3,434,- 

 000 pounds; pollock, 65,000 pounds; sea bass, 594,000 pounds; soup 

 or porgy, 1,066,000 pounds; swordfish, 1,000 pounds; tilefish, 

 2,563,000 pounds; whiting 288,000 pounds; wolffish, 3,000 pounds; 

 sea scallops, 110,000 pounds; and squid, 11,000 pounds. Data on the 

 landings at New York City are also included in the catch by States. 



SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER 



The shad fishery of the Hudson River in 1936 was prosecuted by 

 476 fishermen who used 207 boats, 14 haul seines, 124 drift gill nets, 

 1,223 stake gill nets, and 16 fyke nets. The total commercial catch 

 amounted to 697,225 shad having a weight of 2,467,900 pounds and 

 a value to the fishermen of $170,187. This is an increase of 168 

 percent in the number of shad and 141 percent in their value as 

 compared with 1935. The average price per pound received by the 

 fishermen was about 7 cents compared with a price of about 8 cents 

 in 1935. 



Gill nets accounted for 99 percent of the weight of the shad taken, 

 while haul seines accounted for less than 1 percent. Fyke nets 

 accounted for the remainder of the catch. 



Statistics of the catch of shad in the Hudson River also are included 

 in the catch data for New York and New Jersey which are pubhshed 

 elsewhere in this report. 



Shad fishery of the Hudson River, 1936 



