﻿CXXVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

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  Ike 
  i^had 
  and 
  aletvife 
  cateh 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1806 
  by 
  apparatus 
  fished 
  

  

  primarily 
  for 
  these 
  fish 
  . 
  

  

  States. 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  

  

  Delaware 
  

  

  Florida 
  

  

  Georgia 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  Massachusetts. 
  . 
  . 
  

   New 
  Iliunpsbire. 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Pennsylvania 
  

  

  llhode' 
  Island 
  

  

  South 
  Carolina 
  . 
  - 
  

   Virginia 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Shad. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pounds 
  

  

  67, 
  746 
  

   467, 
  744 
  

   46(1, 
  214 
  

   143, 
  974 
  

   348, 
  757 
  

   1, 
  542, 
  869 
  

   3,355 
  

  

  3, 
  207, 
  593 
  

   537, 
  543 
  

  

  2, 
  U96, 
  804 
  

  

  621, 
  239 
  

  

  9,258 
  

  

  146, 
  627 
  

  

  3, 
  196, 
  672 
  

  

  12, 
  940, 
  395 
  

  

  251,810 
  

   1, 
  990, 
  694 
  

   1,298,605 
  

  

  536, 
  627 
  

  

  1,334,443 
  

  

  5, 
  540, 
  224 
  

  

  13, 
  420 
  

  

  13, 
  746, 
  298 
  

   2,181,724 
  

   8, 
  842, 
  708 
  

   2, 
  501, 
  143 
  

   36, 
  534 
  

   671,513 
  

   11, 
  145, 
  870 
  

  

  50, 
  091, 
  613 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $13, 
  486 
  

   69, 
  160 
  

   62, 
  589 
  

   49, 
  289 
  

   29, 
  553 
  

  

  166, 
  464 
  

   934 
  

  

  333, 
  188 
  

   73, 
  596 
  

  

  417, 
  243 
  

   79, 
  445 
  

   2,408 
  

   33, 
  436 
  

  

  306, 
  339 
  

  

  1, 
  637, 
  130 
  

  

  Alowives. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  2, 
  257, 
  798 
  

  

  2, 
  057, 
  390 
  

  

  40, 
  000 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value 
  

  

  812, 
  119 
  

  

  822, 
  956 
  

  

  16,000 
  

  

  4, 
  670, 
  581 
  

   44, 
  103, 
  306 
  

  

  7, 
  370, 
  689 
  

   479, 
  500 
  

  

  5, 
  610, 
  990 
  

   2, 
  317, 
  070 
  

  

  35, 
  889, 
  798 
  

  

  1, 
  572, 
  000 
  

  

  4, 
  364, 
  120 
  

  

  30, 
  500 
  

  

  30, 
  085, 
  617 
  

  

  140, 
  849, 
  359 
  

  

  2, 
  598, 
  527 
  

  

  17, 
  641, 
  322 
  

  

  3, 
  970, 
  274 
  

  

  269, 
  734 
  

  

  2, 
  859, 
  299 
  

  

  926, 
  828 
  

  

  14, 
  355, 
  920 
  

  

  638, 
  500 
  

  

  1,745,648 
  

  

  12, 
  200 
  

  

  12, 
  034, 
  247 
  

  

  58, 
  703, 
  574 
  

  

  $10, 
  498 
  

  

  7,756 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  19,664 
  

  

  125,870 
  

  

  35, 
  050 
  

  

  2,795 
  

  

  14, 
  157 
  

  

  11,225 
  

  

  115,945 
  

  

  4, 
  372 
  

  

  24, 
  333 
  

  

  463 
  

  

  62, 
  453 
  

  

  434, 
  981 
  

  

  The 
  incidental 
  catch 
  of 
  shad 
  and 
  alewives 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  

   following 
  table. 
  This 
  represents 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  nearly 
  800 
  pound 
  nets, 
  

   several 
  thousand 
  gill 
  and 
  trammel 
  nets, 
  and 
  about 
  60 
  seines, 
  whose 
  

   individual 
  take 
  was 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  warrant 
  their 
  inclusion 
  in 
  the 
  special 
  

   statistics. 
  

  

  state. 
  

  

  California 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  Oregon 
  and 
  Washington. 
  

  

  llhode 
  Island 
  

  

  Virginia 
  

  

  Total 
  207,153 
  

  

  Shad. 
  

  

  Number, 
  i 
  Pounds. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  61,861 
  

   2,542 
  

  

  18, 
  169 
  

   347 
  

  

  36, 
  460 
  

   100 
  

  

  40, 
  887 
  

   5,271 
  

  

  31,311 
  

   3,374 
  

   6,831 
  

  

  247, 
  445 
  

  

  9, 
  380 
  

  

  70, 
  486 
  

  

  1,275 
  

  

  100, 
  712 
  

  

  300 
  

  

  163, 
  528 
  

  

  18, 
  822 
  

  

  125, 
  246 
  

  

  12, 
  912 
  

  

  24, 
  649 
  

  

  $4, 
  397 
  

  

  596 
  

  

  1,235 
  

  

  40 
  

  

  2, 
  300 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  6,868 
  

  

  1,237 
  

  

  1,252 
  

  

  925 
  

  

  716 
  

  

  774,755 
  t 
  19,581 
  

  

  Alewives. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pounds 
  

  

  472, 
  625 
  

  

  1, 
  567, 
  258 
  

  

  64, 
  980 
  

  

  2, 
  675, 
  237 
  

  

  47, 
  000 
  

   733, 
  050 
  

   211,470 
  

  

  828, 
  280 
  

   408, 
  400 
  

  

  7, 
  008, 
  300 
  

  

  189, 
  069 
  

   789, 
  799 
  

  

  25, 
  993 
  

   1, 
  386, 
  215 
  

  

  23, 
  937 
  

   368, 
  775 
  

  

  84, 
  588 
  

  

  331,312 
  

   163, 
  360 
  

  

  3, 
  363, 
  048 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $1,533 
  

   5,672 
  

   180 
  

   10, 
  074 
  

   250 
  

   1,408 
  

   1,378 
  

  

  3,551 
  

   571 
  

  

  24, 
  617 
  

  

  The 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  fishing 
  in 
  1896 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  rivers, 
  

   bays, 
  etc., 
  in 
  the 
  appended 
  tabulation. 
  The 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  streams 
  

   into 
  which 
  these 
  fishes 
  regularly 
  run 
  make 
  them 
  tlie 
  leading 
  river 
  fishes 
  

   of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  considered 
  collectively, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  princii)al 
  

   river 
  fishes 
  in 
  each 
  State 
  with 
  only 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  excej)tions. 
  

  

  The 
  Delaware 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  table 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   shad 
  stream 
  in 
  1896. 
  Over 
  2,800,000 
  fish 
  were 
  taken, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  to 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  $306,000. 
  More 
  than 
  1,000,000 
  additional 
  shad 
  were 
  

   caught 
  in 
  Delaware 
  Bay, 
  this 
  hydrographic 
  area 
  being 
  credited 
  with 
  a 
  

   catch 
  of 
  over 
  4,217,000 
  shad, 
  valued 
  at 
  $425,000. 
  The 
  second 
  shad 
  

   stream 
  in 
  1896 
  was 
  the 
  Potomac, 
  in 
  which 
  684,000 
  fish 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

   Next 
  in 
  order 
  are 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  with 
  589,000; 
  the 
  York, 
  with 
  547,000; 
  the 
  

   James, 
  with 
  496,000, 
  and 
  the 
  Rappahannock, 
  with 
  418,000. 
  In 
  Chesa- 
  

   peake 
  Bay 
  and 
  its 
  numerous 
  tributaries, 
  which 
  constitute 
  the 
  most 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  shad-fishing 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  about 
  4,870,000 
  shad 
  were 
  

   taken; 
  these 
  were 
  valued 
  at 
  $4i)l,000. 
  The 
  extensive 
  fisheries 
  in 
  the 
  

   basin 
  of 
  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  yielded 
  1,130,000 
  fish, 
  worth 
  $203,000. 
  

  

  