FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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Fishery Products Received at Municipal Fish Wharf and Market, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, IN 1919 — Continued. 



1 Smoked. 



y m'^^^ bushels. The oysters have been reduced to pounds on the basis of 7 pounds of meat to a bushel, 

 and 8i pounds to a gallon. ' 



» 116,592 gallons. 



SHAD FISHERY OF THE HUDSON RIVER. 



The Bureau has collected the statistics of the shad fishery of the 

 Hudson River without interruption for the five-year period 1915 to 

 1919, inclusive. In 1919 there were 299 men engaged in this fishery 

 using 158 boats valued at $6,700, 373 gill nets valued at $15,269, 

 12 seines valued at $1,700, and shore and accessory property valued 

 at $7,920, a total investment of $31,589. The catch numbered 

 90,301 fish, or 374,974 pounds, valued at $83,724. Of this quantity 



