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Fisheries of Virginia, 1936 — Continued 

 SEED OYSTER FISHERY: By counties— Continued 



Item 



King and 

 Queen 



Mathews 



Nansemond 



New Kent 



OPERATING UNITS 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore: 



Regular 



Casual. 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Total. 



42 



Vessels, motor 



Net tonnage. - 



Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Apparatus, tongs. 



Oysters, seed: 



Public, spring. 

 Public, fall 



Bushels 

 2,400 



Total. 



2,400 



Value 

 $300 



Bushels 

 28, 100 

 28, 100 



360 



56, 200 



Value 



$5, 058 

 8,430 



Bushels 

 35, 000 

 37, 800 



Value 

 $6, 325 

 11, 190 



Bushels 

 500 

 500 



17, 515 



1,000 



Value 



$75 



75 



150 



Item 



Norfolk 



Northampton 



Warwick 



York 



OPERATING UNITS 



Fishermen: 



On vessels 



On boats and shore: 



Regular 



Casual 



Number 



Number 



Number 



Number 



193 

 3 



100 

 46 



Total. 



196 



156 



135 



Vessels, motor... 



Net tonnage. 

 Boats: 



Motor 



Other 



Apparatus: 



Tongs 



Rakes 



4 



188 



188 



82 

 135 



CATCH 



Oysters, seed: 



Public, spring 



Public, fall 



Private, spring... 



Bushels 

 7,815 

 1,685 



Total. 



9,500 



Value 



$1, 172 



253 



Bushels 

 10, 575 

 7,525 

 15, 040 



1,425 



33, 140 



Value 



$2, 115 



1,905 



3,008 



Bushels 

 18, 530 

 18, 530 



7,028 



37, 060 



Value 



$2, 779 



2,780 



Bushels 

 33, 000 

 33, 000 



66, 000 



Value 

 $.5. 940 

 9,900 



15, 840 



Note. — Of the total number of persons fishing for seed oysters, 1,343 are duplicated among those fishing 

 tor market oysters or other species. Similarly, the following craft and gear are duplicated: 10 vessels, 480 

 motor boats, 248 other boats, 981 tongs, and 188 rakes. 



SHAD AND ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER 



The catch of shad in the Potomac River in 1936 amounted to 134,409 

 in number, 359,800 pounds in weight and tlieir total value to the 

 fishermen was $35,358. The catch of alewives for the same season 

 amounted to 11,287,000 in number, with a total weight of 4,514,800 

 pounds, and a value to the fishermen of $36,674. These figures show 

 a decrease of 43 percent in the w^eight and 37 percent in the value of 

 shad as compared with 1935, and an increase of 1 percent in weight 

 and 38 percent in the vahie of alewives. 



Approximately 68 percent of the shad, in weight, were taken wdth 

 pound nets, and 30 percent with gill nets. About 99 percent of 



