﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXXVII 
  

  

  Tahlc 
  sliowinij 
  hi/ 
  States 
  the 
  vessels, 
  boats, 
  apparatus, 
  and 
  properlji 
  einplojied 
  in 
  the 
  shad 
  

   and 
  alewife 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1896 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  Connooticiit 
  

  

  Delaware 
  

  

  Florida 
  

  

  (ic'orgia 
  

  

  iMaino 
  

  

  ^Maryland 
  

  

  Massaclmsftts. 
  . 
  . 
  

   Ni'w 
  llauipsbiro 
  . 
  

  

  Now 
  JtTsey 
  

  

  New 
  York" 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  I'ciinnvlvaiiia 
  

  

  lihodc' 
  Island... 
  . 
  

   S(>\itli 
  ("arollna 
  . 
  . 
  

   Vireinia 
  

  

  Seines. 
  

  

  ^^- 
  ^IS' 
  ' 
  ^^^1-- 
  

  

  47 
  

   102 
  

   24 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  45 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  145 
  

   67 
  

  

  232 
  

   96 
  

   16 
  

   22 
  

   44 
  

  

  Total 
  , 
  

  

  19, 
  131 
  

  

  32, 
  853 
  

   21, 
  450 
  

  

  2,562 
  

  

  104. 
  367 
  

  

  17, 
  739 
  

  

  360 
  

  

  90, 
  012 
  

  

  35, 
  450 
  

  

  232, 
  749 
  

  

  57,915 
  

  

  9, 
  600 
  

  

  4, 
  905 
  

  

  75, 
  183 
  

  

  704, 
  276 
  

  

  $3, 
  718 
  

   4,501 
  

   2,175 
  

  

  627 
  

  

  26, 
  422 
  

  

  3,075 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  17, 
  838 
  

  

  7, 
  220 
  

  

  56, 
  971 
  

  

  12, 
  285 
  

  

  840 
  

  

  931 
  

  

  19,230 
  

  

  155, 
  883 
  

  

  Gill 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  

  

  Length 
  

   (feet). 
  

  

  457 
  

   201 
  

   428 
  

   228 
  

   7,453 
  

   10 
  

  

  60, 
  704 
  

  

  871, 
  237 
  

  

  277, 
  200 
  

  

  132, 
  845 
  

  

  56, 
  298 
  

  

  1,811,119 
  

  

  2,250 
  

  

  3,658 
  

  

  1,879 
  

  

  58, 
  234 
  

  

  179 
  

  

  399 
  

   10,924 
  

  

  1,845,308 
  

   670, 
  949 
  

  

  3, 
  417, 
  263 
  

   217, 
  770 
  

  

  283,011 
  

   1, 
  253, 
  575 
  

  

  84, 
  139 
  I 
  10, 
  399, 
  589 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $4, 
  285 
  

   14, 
  557 
  

   17, 
  550 
  

   13, 
  080 
  

   2,870 
  

   59, 
  557 
  

   120 
  

  

  111,433 
  

   34, 
  727 
  

   80, 
  002 
  

   11,968 
  

  

  18, 
  836 
  

   40, 
  131 
  

  

  409, 
  116 
  

  

  Fyke 
  nets. 
  

  

  No. 
  Value. 
  

  

  270 
  

   54 
  

  

  !fl80 
  

  

  3,214 
  

   955 
  

  

  1,032 
  

  

  10, 
  729 
  

  

  * 
  Includes 
  fall 
  traps. 
  

  

  The 
  shad 
  catcli 
  of 
  tbe 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  in 
  189G 
  in 
  apparatus 
  set 
  pri- 
  

   marily 
  for 
  this 
  iish 
  was 
  lli/J4:(),0()0 
  fish, 
  weighing" 
  50,000,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  

   valued 
  at 
  $1,637,000. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  alewives 
  was 
  140,850,000 
  fish, 
  weigh- 
  

   ing 
  58,703,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  worth 
  $435,000. 
  The 
  additional 
  output 
  of 
  

   these 
  fish 
  in 
  apparatus 
  set 
  primarily 
  for 
  other 
  fish 
  was 
  207,000 
  shad, 
  

   with 
  a 
  weight 
  of 
  775,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $19,000, 
  and 
  7,008,000 
  

   alewives, 
  weighing 
  3,303,000 
  pounds 
  and 
  worth 
  $24,000; 
  included 
  in 
  

   these 
  figures 
  is 
  the 
  incidental 
  catch 
  of 
  shad 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  table 
  which 
  follows 
  gives 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries 
  in 
  each 
  

   State. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  take 
  precedence 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  the 
  

   weight 
  of 
  shad, 
  being 
  credited 
  with 
  about 
  3,298,000 
  fish, 
  weighing 
  

   13,740,000 
  iiounds. 
  Virginia 
  ranks 
  second, 
  with 
  3,197,000 
  fish, 
  with 
  a 
  

   weight 
  of 
  11,140,000 
  pounds. 
  In 
  ISforth 
  Carolina, 
  Avith 
  a 
  catch 
  of 
  

   2,097,000 
  shad, 
  weighing 
  8,843,000 
  pounds, 
  the 
  value 
  is 
  greater 
  than 
  in 
  

   any 
  other 
  State, 
  namely, 
  $417,000, 
  Maryland 
  is 
  the 
  foremost 
  State 
  in 
  

   the 
  yield 
  of 
  alewives; 
  over 
  44,000,000 
  were 
  taken, 
  weighing 
  17,041,000 
  

   pounds 
  and 
  valued 
  at 
  nearly 
  $120,000. 
  In 
  North 
  Carolina 
  about 
  

   35,890,000 
  alewives 
  were 
  caught 
  and 
  iu 
  \'irgiuia 
  more 
  than 
  30,000,000. 
  

  

  