REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 13 
t black fish; 1 frost fish; 2 salmon; 1 striped bass or rock fish; 
I blue fish; 1 wall-eyed pike; 2 Boston mackerel; 2 Belgian hares. 
“With but one exception every one of the foregoing list of 
fish were taken from the waters of New Jersey, and every one 
of the varieties above mentioned are, to a more or less extent, 
found in the State at some season of the year. These fish were 
mounted in elegant shape, and sent to the Exposition. 
“Tn addition to those specimens mounted dead, there were 
taken from along the coast various samples of salt water fish, 
which were conveyed to St. Louis in cars, and there placed in 
tanks previously supplied with salt from the coast by the Expo- 
sition authorities. 
“The New Jersey Exhibit has been the wonder of the visitors, 
and, as a result of its uniqueness and perfection, received the 
highest reward given by the Exposition. This certainly should 
be a source of gratification to all of the residents of this State, 
and a satisfactory recognition of the efforts being put forth by 
your Commission in the interests of the State. 
“We further beg to report that during the past season your 
Commission has procured various samples of small fresh and 
salt water fishes, which they have forwarded to Prof. John B. 
Smith, of New Brunswick, N. J., for scientific investigation, and 
for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not fishes of such 
character are destroyers of mosquito larva.” 
The Fish and Game Commission truly say that although our 
State is comparatively small in area, it has great length in river 
and sea front and its geographical position makes it well adapted 
for the production of extensive commercial fisheries. Although 
many species of fish are caught and marketed, the shad fishery 
is the most important. The catch of shad in New Jersey 1s 
greater than any other State in the Union, or about one-fourth 
of the entire country. The most of these—qo0%—are taken from 
the Delaware river. 
The earlier shad fisheries were established in the upper Dela- 
ware on the Pennsylvania shore in 1750, on the New Jersey side 
in 1820. Now shad fishing is conducted on a large or small 
scale from Bayside to the Delaware Water Gap. 
