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REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 
In connection with the canvass of the coastal fisheries of New York 
and New Jersey, statistics were obtained of the shad fishery of the 
Hudson River for the years 1917 and 1918. In 1918 there were 227 
fishermen engaged in this fishery, using 125 boats, valued at $4,790; 
273 gill nets, valued at $10,756; 15 seines, valued at $1,370; and shore 
and accessory property valued at $3,191; a total investment of $20,- 
107. The catch of shad was much larger than in any of the three 
preceding years, amounting to 67,403 in number, or 234,602 pounds, 
valued at $48,184. Of this quantity 63,404 shad, or 220,602 pounds, 
valued at $44,784, were taken on the New York side of the river, and 
3,999 shad, or 14,000 pounds, valued at $3,400, were taken on the 
New Jersey side. In 1915 the total catch of shad in this river in 
both States was 15,855 fish, or 68,668 pounds, valued at $8,648; in 
1916, 9,287 fish, or 40,173 pounds, valued at $5,465; and in 1917, 
12,015 fish, or 48,384 pounds, valued at $6,540. The catch each year 
was taken chiefly with gill nets. 
SHAD FISHERY OF THE HupSON RIveER, 1917 Aanp 1918.4 
1917 
Items. New York. New Jersey. Total. 
Number. | Pounds.| Value.| Number. | Pownds.| Value.| Number. | Pounds. | Value. 
Fishermen..... Scee 04 Oe ee eeee Besar Si lon seesese| eos cee 149) | 22 aesewe| cee 
Rowboats.......- ae HO) Resebece $2, 940 4 |.....---- $130 74 |----0---- $3, 070 
Gasoline... 1G See 200 eee ates 3 pS bes ee 500 
Gillmets 2. esenc. oc D115 Sal ees 6, 500 pa ae y 700 7A eee 7, 200 
SOMES semeee esse otek Si cece ee DAS erwaeieee =| eee t=] ereae LSP eeerecee 1,135 
Shore and accessory 
POH yo Sheoded lseceaee sone bo 5ocssae Das 0 hate eases | Ree Pe dell so eemcea ce mr m3 2,690 
ROGAN Sa osc oe a| a Koes ae hsmteere e Pa 0 el BESS eae es See 2 (ASO) 50 arise Sasa |— eee 14, 595 
Shad caught: 
With gill nets .. 9,535 | 34,420 | 5, 225 1, 400 5, 040 720 10,935 | 39,460 | 5,955 
With seines..... 1, 080 3,924 Desa) leteeeterstay sae tal este ie aiarete lepaieaeaeed 1, 080 3, 924 585 
Total 2... 10,615 | 38,344 | 5,810 1, 400 5, 040 720 12,015 | 43,384 | 6,540 
1918 
ISHErMeN. pesweme-|| | eameetslcseeemess|asa<nee 59h See asc one seine 220°) acre cane meee 
Rowboats....------ 122 -|, Peer ses $4, 240 Teeeeeee $100 1233 oeecees $4, 340 
GaSOUNG: 2 -peetess =|). | wap Deltcccewans 250 A | (ite 11) en ater. AE 
Gillinets: : S-natcec- D272 | 2 samen ae 10, 456 1 See 300 213" | Some 10, 756 
SCIAUS o's -) nnn cepms pS (Ee pre Se DESY (U) RaSessreecd scccccoc|losonsse 155[ oo eeseeee 1,370 
Shore and accessory 
LUPE. ae ncaee -|-\~ 4-2-4 | -seeee oe ya? Nl oe ene Se ps Pee O50" Cecsceseaen| aoe 3,191 
Total. ccceos|s- iS ecmenss|cceaemcee 18, GO7 "|e. + ese al sesnneces i UN eS ies (eee ser 20, 107 
Shad caught: 
With gill nets .. 61,583 | 214,196 |43, 413 3,999 | 14,000 | 3,400 65,582 | 228,196 | 46,813 
With seines..... 1, 821 6 A06 dp ddlliol ow emnion eupemtemiccioetlebenatond 1,821 6,406 | 1,371 
otal os seca 63,404 | 220,602 |44, 784 3,999 | 14,000 | 3,400 67,403 | 234,602 | 48,184 
« Includes Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Rockland Ulster, and Westchester Counties in New 
York; and Bergen and Hudson Counties in 1917, and Bergen County in 1918, in New Jersey. 
