﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXXIX 
  

  

  More 
  than 
  half 
  the 
  alewives 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1896 
  were 
  

   caught 
  in 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  basin, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  these 
  fish 
  was 
  

   phenomenally 
  large. 
  More 
  than 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  

   Bay 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  River, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  

   the 
  principal 
  alewife 
  stream. 
  In 
  1896 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  so 
  abundant 
  that 
  at 
  

   times 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  sale 
  for 
  them, 
  and 
  the 
  average 
  price 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  

   was 
  less 
  than 
  $1.20 
  per 
  1,000. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  24,438,000 
  alewives 
  credited 
  

   to 
  the 
  Potomac 
  was 
  nearly 
  equaled 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay, 
  

   where 
  24,112,000 
  were 
  taken. 
  The 
  Albemarle 
  region 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  

   is 
  the 
  next 
  important 
  ground 
  for 
  alewives; 
  30,675,000 
  were 
  secured 
  

   there, 
  of 
  which 
  13,560,000 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  Chowan 
  River. 
  Other 
  

   l^rominent 
  alewife 
  streams 
  are 
  the 
  Damariscotta 
  (2,472,000 
  fish), 
  Con- 
  

   necticut 
  (2,210,000 
  fish), 
  Hudson 
  (2,192,000 
  fish), 
  Delaware 
  (4,420,000 
  

   fish), 
  Susquehanna 
  (10,864,000 
  fish), 
  and 
  Roanoke 
  (4,177,000 
  fish). 
  

  

  Statement 
  by 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1896. 
  

  

  Waters. 
  

  

  St. 
  Croix 
  River 
  

  

  Dennys 
  Kiver 
  

  

  Machiaa 
  River 
  

  

  Penobscot 
  River 
  

  

  Medomali 
  River 
  

  

  St. 
  George 
  River 
  

  

  Pemaquid 
  River 
  

  

  Damarisrotta 
  River 
  

  

  Kennebec 
  River 
  

  

  Casco 
  Bay 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Maine 
  

  

  PiscataquaRiver 
  

  

  Newmarket 
  River 
  

  

  Exeter 
  River 
  

  

  Merrimack 
  River 
  

  

  Gape 
  Cod 
  Bay 
  

  

  Taunton 
  River 
  

  

  Pond8,sniallrivers, 
  and 
  creeks 
  

  

  Shores 
  ot'Maasachnsetts 
  

  

  Warren 
  River 
  

  

  Ponds 
  anil 
  small 
  rivers 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  River 
  

  

  Housatoiiic 
  River 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Connecticiit 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  

  

  New 
  York, 
  Sandy 
  Hook, 
  and 
  

   Rarltan 
  bays. 
  

  

  Shores 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  Delaware 
  River 
  

  

  Delaware 
  Bay. 
  

   Indian 
  River.. 
  

  

  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  and 
  tribu- 
  

   taries: 
  

  

  Bay 
  shores 
  

  

  Susquehanna 
  River 
  

  

  Northeast 
  River 
  

  

  Elk 
  River 
  

  

  Chester 
  River 
  , 
  

  

  Choptauk 
  River 
  and 
  tribu- 
  

   taries. 
  

  

  Nanticoke 
  River 
  

  

  Wicomico 
  River 
  

  

  Pocomoke 
  River 
  

  

  Patuxent 
  River 
  

  

  Potomac 
  River 
  

  

  Rappahannock 
  River 
  

  

  York 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  . 
  

  

  James 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  

  

  Sassafras, 
  Transquaking, 
  

   and 
  Black 
  water 
  rivers. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Maine 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  ...... 
  

  

  New 
  Hampshire 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  . 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Rhode 
  Island.. 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  ... 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  

  

  N.Y.andN.J.. 
  

   do 
  

  

  New 
  Jersey 
  

  

  N.J., 
  Pa., 
  and 
  

  

  Del. 
  

   N. 
  J. 
  and 
  Del 
  . 
  . 
  

   Delaware 
  

  

  Shad. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pounds. 
  Value. 
  

  

  290, 
  122 
  

  

  64, 
  690 
  

  

  12, 
  000 
  

  

  100 
  

  

  32, 
  905 
  

   3,355 
  

  

  ,555 
  

   ,258 
  

  

  216, 
  425 
  

  

  16, 
  240 
  

   2, 
  833, 
  101 
  

  

  1, 
  183, 
  761 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  F 
  B 
  9; 
  

  

  Md. 
  and 
  Va 
  

  

  Md. 
  and 
  Pa 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Md. 
  and 
  Del 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Maryland 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Md. 
  and 
  Va... 
  

  

  Virginia 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  Marvland 
  

  

  421 
  

  

  $27 
  

  

  1,160,488 
  26,257 
  

  

  220, 
  020 
  3, 
  59S 
  

  

  24, 
  000 
  912 
  

  

  300 
  15 
  

  

  Alewives. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pounds, 
  i 
  Value. 
  

  

  86, 
  732 
  1, 
  449 
  

   13, 
  420 
  934 
  

  

  13, 
  980 
  

   36, 
  534 
  

  

  851 
  

   2,408 
  

  

  12, 
  912 
  

   190,934 
  

   37, 
  360 
  

   32, 
  896 
  

   31, 
  680 
  

   2,356,966 
  83,237 
  

   861,6531 
  30,941 
  

  

  925 
  

   9,508 
  

   2,471 
  

   2,103 
  

   2,241 
  

  

  64, 
  9371 
  3, 
  518, 
  

   11, 
  752, 
  359 
  306, 
  536 
  

  

  5,075,891119,870 
  

  

  11, 
  100 
  

  

  160, 
  500 
  

  

  91, 
  700 
  

  

  017, 
  608 
  

  

  73, 
  800 
  

  

  686, 
  000 
  

  

  206, 
  000: 
  

  

  2,472,100, 
  

  

  494, 
  781 
  

  

  1, 
  .391, 
  250i 
  

  

  33,000 
  

  

  47, 
  OOOl 
  

  

  46, 
  350! 
  

  

  433, 
  150 
  

  

  945, 
  000, 
  

  

  1, 
  732. 
  972 
  

   1,897,478 
  

   4,528,2111 
  

  

  942, 
  265 
  

   403, 
  200 
  

  

  3, 
  960, 
  920 
  

   828, 
  280 
  

  

  2, 
  216, 
  243 
  

  

  4,200 
  

  

  509, 
  980 
  

  

  336, 
  540, 
  

  

  2, 
  192, 
  000 
  

  

  930, 
  800 
  

  

  3, 
  482, 
  140 
  

  

  4, 
  420, 
  700 
  

  

  221,490 
  

   550, 
  700 
  

  

  1, 
  742, 
  455 
  0, 
  261, 
  967 
  177, 
  742 
  24, 
  112, 
  084 
  

  

  140, 
  087 
  565, 
  037 
  20, 
  153 
  10, 
  864, 
  000 
  

  

  47,205 
  176,215 
  5,138 
  587,400 
  

  

  14,164 
  52,250 
  1,579 
  2, 
  ,327, 
  OOO 
  

  

  48,703 
  195,387 
  7,448 
  1,219,160 
  

  

  338,420 
  1,115,620 
  35, 
  810J 
  1,993,560 
  

  

  216, 
  324 
  

   68, 
  015 
  

   29, 
  752 
  

  

  52, 
  354 
  

  

  723, 
  026 
  

  

  227, 
  563: 
  

  

  95, 
  482 
  

  

  199, 
  200 
  

  

  084,0631 
  2,476,730 
  

  

  417,789 
  1,442.505 
  

  

  546,548 
  1,888,354 
  

  

  495, 
  762 
  1, 
  657, 
  203 
  

  

  28, 
  144 
  94, 
  202 
  

  

  20, 
  669 
  

  

  8,480 
  

  

  4, 
  304| 
  

  

  5,867 
  

  

  63, 
  008 
  

  

  35, 
  371i 
  

  

  50,361 
  

  

  51,247 
  

  

  2, 
  933| 
  

  

  1, 
  527, 
  000 
  

   173, 
  300 
  

  

  32, 
  730 
  

  

  1, 
  474, 
  330 
  

  

  24, 
  437, 
  885 
  

  

  2, 
  798, 
  826; 
  

   632, 
  798 
  

   528, 
  230, 
  

  

  2, 
  321, 
  600 
  

  

  6, 
  243 
  

  

  90, 
  280 
  

  

  51, 
  581 
  

  

  308, 
  844 
  

  

  41,512 
  

  

  385, 
  804 
  

  

  115, 
  875 
  

  

  1,390,612 
  

  

  277, 
  726 
  

  

  701, 
  287: 
  

  

  18, 
  562 
  

  

  23, 
  937 
  

  

  26, 
  088 
  

  

  243, 
  646 
  

  

  472, 
  500 
  

  

  884, 
  255 
  

  

  1, 
  067, 
  324 
  

  

  2, 
  430, 
  450 
  

   501, 
  960 
  

   161, 
  280 
  

  

  1, 
  584, 
  368 
  

   331,312 
  

   795, 
  497 
  

   1,680 
  

   204, 
  Oil 
  

   134, 
  616 
  

   876, 
  800 
  

   465, 
  400 
  

  

  1, 
  955, 
  234 
  

   1, 
  812, 
  980 
  

  

  88, 
  596 
  

   220, 
  280 
  

  

  9, 
  644, 
  835 
  

   4, 
  345, 
  600 
  

   234, 
  960 
  

   930, 
  800 
  

   487, 
  664 
  

   797, 
  424 
  

  

  610, 
  800 
  

  

  69, 
  320 
  

  

  13, 
  092 
  

  

  589, 
  732 
  

  

  9, 
  775, 
  154 
  

  

  1,119,530 
  

  

  253, 
  119 
  

  

  211,292 
  

  

  928, 
  040 
  

  

  $93 
  

  

  470 
  

  

  570 
  

  

  3,028 
  

  

  417 
  

  

  3,014 
  

  

  1,100 
  

  

  9,811 
  

  

  2,739 
  

  

  3,771 
  

  

  323 
  

  

  250 
  

  

  270 
  

  

  2,525 
  

  

  4,200 
  

  

  5,479 
  

  

  9,478 
  

  

  21, 
  372 
  

  

  4,595 
  

  

  692 
  

  

  23, 
  641 
  

  

  3,551 
  

  

  10, 
  350 
  

  

  28 
  

  

  1,653 
  

  

  2,840 
  

  

  9,763 
  

  

  1,374 
  

  

  8,873 
  

   11, 
  044 
  

  

  1,589 
  

   3, 
  823 
  

  

  61,709 
  

  

  48, 
  983 
  

  

  929 
  

  

  3,834 
  

  

  4,625 
  

  

  5,598 
  

  

  4,339 
  

  

  628 
  

  

  223 
  

  

  4,008 
  

  

  39, 
  003 
  

  

  6,411 
  

  

  3, 
  111 
  

  

  2,539 
  

  

  4,124 
  

  

  4, 
  8G9, 
  785 
  17, 
  170, 
  741 
  490, 
  710 
  75, 
  029, 
  903 
  30, 
  Oil, 
  962 
  190, 
  064 
  

  

  -IX 
  

  

  