502 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The number and value ol' shad taken in each eounty of Mainland in 

 1901 is shown in the followinj*- table: 



Counties. 



Anne Arundel 



Biiltimore 



Calvert 



Caroline 



Cecil 



Charles 



Dorchester . . . 



Harford 



Kent 



Counties. 



Prince George. 

 Queen Anne... 



St. Mary 



Somerset 



Talbot 



Wicomico 



Worcester 



No. 



Total I a876, 245 



Value. 



120, 602 



a 3, 111, 181 pounds. 



The following table shows the shad catch of Maryland in IHtJl, b}!- 

 waters, in the order of their importance, their rank l)cing based upon 

 the pounds of shad taken: 



Of the rivers shown in the preceding' table, the Potomac, Susque- 

 hanna, Nanticoke, and Pocomoke have shad fisheries in two States, 

 including- Maiyland. The vakie of Virginia's shad catch in the Poto- 

 mac is over seven times that of MaiTland, The catch from the Sus- 

 quehanna River in Pennsylvania is nearly three times as valuable as 

 in Maryland. Delaware's catch from the Nanticoke slightly exceeds 

 that of Maryland. The proportion of Virginia's catch in the Poco- 

 moke was comparatively small. The total yield of shad for each of 

 the above rivers is shown, by States, in the following table: 



