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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$32,806 to the flshermen--a decline of 5 percent In volume,but an Increaseof 2 per- 

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

 1 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. 



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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. 



