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  CHESAPEAKE 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  POTOMAC 
  RIVER 
  SHAD 
  AND 
  ALEWIFE 
  FISHERY 
  

  

  Shad 
  landings 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  were 
  159,841 
  fish 
  weighing 
  406,000 
  pounds 
  worth 
  

   $39,909 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  — 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  34 
  percent 
  in 
  both 
  number 
  and 
  poundage, 
  and 
  71 
  percent 
  

   in 
  value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  harvest 
  v/as 
  the 
  best 
  since 
  1965. 
  Maryland 
  landings 
  of 
  235,800 
  

   pounds 
  were 
  the 
  largest 
  since 
  1932'. 
  

  

  Landings 
  of 
  alewives 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  were 
  13 
  .6 
  million 
  fish 
  weighing 
  6 
  . 
  2 
  million 
  pounds 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $141,542 
  — 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  89 
  percent 
  in 
  number, 
  80 
  percent 
  in 
  poundage, 
  and 
  105 
  percent 
  in 
  

   value 
  compared 
  with 
  1969 
  . 
  

  

  In 
  1970, 
  275 
  fishermen 
  participated 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  fisheries 
  — 
  120 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  Statistics 
  on 
  operating 
  units 
  and 
  landings 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  operating 
  units 
  

   and 
  landings 
  data 
  for 
  Maryland 
  and 
  Virginia. 
  

  

  NOTE:— 
  EXCLUDES 
  TRIBUTARIES 
  OF 
  THf 
  POTOMAC 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  