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  MIDDLE 
  ATLANTIC 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  HUDSON 
  RIVER 
  SHAD 
  FISHERY 
  

  

  The 
  Hudson 
  River 
  run 
  of 
  shad 
  yielded 
  commercial 
  landings 
  of 
  6 
  2,000 
  fish 
  weighing 
  231,571 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $32, 
  805 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  5 
  percent 
  in 
  volume,but 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  2 
  per- 
  

   cent 
  in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  Fishermen 
  received 
  an 
  average 
  price 
  of 
  14 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  — 
  

   I 
  cent 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  In 
  1970, 
  65 
  fishermen 
  participated 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  commercial 
  

   shad 
  fishery--a 
  decline 
  of 
  11 
  fishermen 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  on 
  the 
  1970 
  operating 
  units 
  and 
  landings 
  of 
  shad 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  River 
  by 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  New 
  Jersey 
  fishermen 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  operating 
  units 
  and 
  landings 
  data 
  for 
  those 
  States. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  HUDSON 
  RIVER 
  OPERATING 
  UNITS 
  AND 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  

  

  NOTE;--DATA 
  REPRESENT 
  LANDINGS 
  IN 
  THE 
  HUDSON 
  RIVER 
  BETWEEN 
  WEEHAWKEN, 
  N.J.,AND 
  HUDSON, 
  N.Y. 
  

  

  