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New York waters, and other eastern localities, ten or 

 twelve years ago." 



M. Goraud : " Is there not a proposition to 

 exclude California shad from the New York market ? " 



Dr. Bean : " I clont know whether the California 

 shad could be sold in the New York market, when 

 they have been selling in the Chesapeake basin as 

 low as six dollars per hundred, six cents apiece for 

 large shad. Surely California could not compete, 

 because the transportation would cost double as much 

 as the shad." 



Mr. Mather : " I have heard from several corres- 

 pondents that shad weighing fourteen to sixteen pounds 

 are common in the markets." 



Dr. Bean : " There is a reason for the shad being 

 cheap on the Pacific coast. The shad in California 

 do not go to sea. They remain the year round in the 

 bays or in brackish water near the river mouths. 

 They are kept from going to sea by a wall of cold 

 water and as a consequence they can be got in every 

 month of the year. They have gradually spread into 

 the estuaries along the coast until they are now known 

 in southern Alaska." 



Mr. Goraud: "Isn't the so called limit of size 

 of the shad in eastern waters due to their excessive 

 capture, which operates to prevent the growth of the 

 fish? It has been said that in our fore-father's time, 

 when shad were a penny a piece they grew to large 

 size." 



Dr. Bean: "Within the last five years two shad 

 weighing about thirteen pounds have been recorded. 

 It is ver)- difficult to say how increased fishing acts to 

 diminish the size of the fish, because they are never 

 cauo'ht until thev come back into our fresh waters to 



