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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

   Statement 
  by 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  alewife 
  catch 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  in 
  1896 
  — 
  Cont'd. 
  

  

  "Waters. 
  

  

  State. 
  

  

  Shad. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pounds. 
  Value 
  

  

  Alewives. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Pouuds. 
  Value 
  

  

  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  and 
  

   tributaries 
  : 
  

  

  Sound 
  shores 
  

  

  Pasquotank 
  River 
  

  

  Perquimans 
  River 
  

  

  Chowan 
  River 
  

  

  Roanoke 
  River 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  ....do 
  

  

  .....do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Croatan 
  Sound 
  

  

  Roanoke 
  Sound 
  

  

  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  

  

  Pamlico 
  River 
  and 
  trib- 
  

   utaries. 
  

  

  Neuse 
  River 
  and 
  tribu- 
  

   taries. 
  

  

  Cape 
  Fear 
  River 
  and 
  

   tributaries. 
  

  

  "Winyab 
  Bay 
  and 
  Wac- 
  

   camaw 
  River. 
  

  

  Pee 
  Dee 
  River 
  and 
  trib- 
  

   utaries. 
  

  

  Black 
  River 
  

  

  Santee 
  River 
  

  

  Edisto 
  River 
  

  

  Ashepoo 
  River 
  

  

  Conibaht-e 
  River 
  

  

  Cooper 
  River 
  and 
  Sam- 
  

   pit 
  Creek. 
  

  

  Savannah 
  River 
  

  

  North 
  Carolina 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  .do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  South 
  Carolina. 
  

  

  .do 
  

  

  .do 
  

   .do 
  

   .do 
  

   .do 
  

   -do 
  

   .do 
  

  

  Ogeechee 
  River 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Altamalia 
  River 
  

  

  tributaries. 
  

  

  Satilla 
  River 
  

  

  St. 
  Marys 
  River... 
  

  

  St. 
  Johns 
  River. 
  

   Columbia 
  River* 
  

  

  and 
  

  

  South 
  Carolina 
  

   and 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  Georgia 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Sacramento 
  River 
  * 
  

  

  San 
  Pablo 
  and 
  San 
  Fran- 
  

   cisco 
  bays.* 
  

   Monterey 
  Bay 
  * 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Georgia 
  and 
  

  

  Florida. 
  

  

  Florida 
  

  

  Oregon 
  and 
  

  

  Washington. 
  

  

  California 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  .do 
  

  

  735, 
  192 
  

  

  8,757 
  

  

  32, 
  822 
  

  

  183, 
  545 
  

  

  169, 
  409 
  

  

  3,050,809 
  $140,159 
  11,447,204 
  

   36,015 
  ~" 
  

  

  135, 
  684 
  

   762, 
  875 
  

  

  678, 
  553 
  

  

  1,129,725 
  

  

  4, 
  663, 
  936 
  

  

  162, 
  460 
  

  

  7,081 
  

  

  448, 
  089 
  

  

  67, 
  082 
  

  

  207, 
  052 
  

  

  75, 
  315 
  

  

  80, 
  069 
  

  

  11,071 
  

  

  5,825 
  

   7,309 
  

  

  28, 
  273 
  

   6,880 
  

   3,090 
  

   1,116 
  

  

  54, 
  406 
  

  

  55, 
  425 
  

  

  29, 
  377 
  

  

  1,500 
  

   10, 
  193 
  

  

  456, 
  281 
  

   31,311 
  

  

  1,617 
  

   51, 
  894 
  

  

  680, 
  609 
  

  

  30, 
  878 
  

  

  1,933,142 
  

  

  289, 
  421 
  

  

  905, 
  217 
  

  

  339, 
  505 
  

  

  371, 
  167 
  

  

  49, 
  363 
  

  

  24, 
  632 
  

   32, 
  380 
  

   130, 
  933 
  

   30, 
  335 
  

   13, 
  762 
  

   6,095 
  

  

  214, 
  906 
  

  

  210, 
  725 
  

   95, 
  624 
  

  

  5,050 
  

   37, 
  217 
  

  

  1, 
  284, 
  556 
  

   125, 
  246 
  

  

  6,468 
  

   207, 
  577 
  

  

  4, 
  578, 
  882 
  

  

  1, 
  5991 
  829, 
  000 
  331, 
  600 
  

  

  6, 
  2991 
  662, 
  500 
  265, 
  000 
  

  

  34,422 
  13,559,600 
  5,423,840 
  

  

  20, 
  489 
  4, 
  177, 
  OOOj 
  1, 
  670, 
  800 
  

  

  202, 
  968 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  31, 
  

  

  1, 
  

  

  109, 
  

  

  13, 
  

  

  39, 
  

  

  18, 
  

   18, 
  

  

  2, 
  

  

  1, 
  

   1, 
  

  

  5, 
  

   1, 
  

  

  19, 
  236 
  

  

  240 
  

   ,754 
  

  

  $34, 
  671 
  

  

  4,167 
  

  

  2,126 
  

  

  36, 
  715 
  

  

  19, 
  962 
  

  

  30, 
  675, 
  304 
  12, 
  270, 
  122 
  

  

  1,471,500 
  

  

  19, 
  400 
  

  

  1,137,334 
  

  

  501, 
  204 
  

  

  2, 
  085, 
  056 
  

  

  10,100 
  

   17, 
  600 
  

  

  1,800 
  

  

  'i,'666 
  

  

  40, 
  000 
  

  

  212 
  

   ,492 
  

  

  693 
  

  

  13, 
  147, 
  548 
  50, 
  866, 
  368 
  1. 
  656, 
  711 
  147, 
  857, 
  659 
  62, 
  066, 
  622 
  459, 
  598 
  

  

  588, 
  600 
  

  

  7,760 
  

  

  454, 
  934 
  

  

  200, 
  482 
  

  

  834, 
  022 
  

  

  4,040 
  

   7,040 
  

  

  720 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  16, 
  000 
  

  

  97, 
  641 
  

  

  6,565 
  

  

  81 
  

  

  4,112 
  

  

  2,374 
  

  

  5,172 
  

  

  167 
  

   264 
  

  

  400 
  

  

  ■ 
  Figures 
  are 
  for 
  1895. 
  

  

  SALMON 
  FISHERY 
  OF 
  PENOBSCOT 
  BAY 
  AND 
  RIVER. 
  

  

  During 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  1896, 
  the 
  writer 
  made 
  a 
  personal 
  

   examination 
  of 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  sahnon 
  fishery 
  in 
  Penobscot 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  River. 
  The 
  Penobscot 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  only 
  stream 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  having 
  an 
  important 
  run 
  of 
  salmon, 
  and 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  the 
  scene 
  of 
  extensive 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  fishermen 
  were 
  interviewed 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  

   securing 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  fishing 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  1896 
  and 
  an 
  expres- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  their 
  opinion 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  and 
  the 
  results 
  

   of 
  fish-cultural 
  work. 
  

  

  The 
  outcome 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  was 
  4,395 
  salmon 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  6,403 
  salmon 
  

   in 
  1896, 
  valued 
  at 
  $11,356 
  and 
  $12,716, 
  respectively. 
  As 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  

   case 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  practically 
  the 
  entire 
  catch 
  is 
  taken 
  with 
  weirs 
  of 
  

   various 
  types. 
  Of 
  the 
  193 
  weirs 
  set 
  in 
  1895 
  and 
  184 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  year, 
  

  

  