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Introduction 103 



Migrations of shad 106 



Range of shad in the rivers 110 



Extent of the fisheries in 1896 114 



Comparisons with previous years 123 



The shad fisheries of Florida 1 27 



St. Johns River •. ... 128 



St. Marys River 132 



The shad fisheries of Georgia 133 



Satilla River 134 



Altamaha River 135 



a. Ocinulgee River 135 



b. Oconee River 136 



Ogeechee River 136 



Savannah River 137 



The shad fisheries of South Carolina 140 



Combahee and Ashepoo rivers 141 



Edisto River 142 



Charleston Harbor and tributaries 144 



Sautee River 144 



a. Wateree River 145 



6. Congaree River 145 



"Winyah Bay and tributaries 146 



a. Waccamaw River 147 



b. Pee Dee River and tributaries 147 



The shad fisheries of North Carolina 155 



Cape Eear River and tributaries 157 



a. Black River 150 



b. North East River 160 



Pamlico Sound 161 



Neuse River and tributaries 163 



a. Contentnea River 167 



Pamlico Tar rivers 168 



Croatan and Roanoke sounds 169 



Albemarle Sound 170 



Roanoke River 173 



Chowan River 175 



The shad fisheries of Virginia 176 



Chesapeake Bay in Virginia 178 



Mobjack Bay 180 



James River 181 



a. Chickahominy River 184 



6. Appomattox River 185 



York River 185 



a. Pamunkev River 187 



b. Mattapon'i River 188 



Rappahannock River 189 



The shad fisheries of Maryland 192 



Chesapeake Bay in Maryland 194 



Potomac River . 199 



Patuxent River 204 



Susquehanna River 204 



Pocomoke River 206 



Wicomico River --. 208 



Nantieoke River 209 



a. Marshyhope Creek 211 



Fishing Bay 211 



a. Transquaking River 212 



b. Blackwater River 212 



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Choptank River 212 



«. Tuckahoe Creek 214 



St, Michael River 215 



Chester River. 216 



Sassafras and Elk rivers 217 



The shad fisheries of Delaware 218 



Nantieoke River 219 



a. Broad Creek 220 



Delaware Bay and River 220 



a. Broadkiln Creek 221 



b. Mispillion Creek 221 



c. Murderkill Creek 221 



d. St. Jones Creek 222 



e. Leipsie Creek 222 



/. Duck Creek 222 



</. Appoquinimink Creek 222 



ft. Christiana Creek 222 



The shad fisheries of Pennsylvania 223 



Susquehanna River 224 



Delaware River 227 



The shad fisheries of New Jersey 228 



Delaware Bay and River 230 



a. Cohansey Creek 239 



b. Salem River 239 



c. Raccoon River i 240 



d. Mantua Creek 240 



c. Big Timber Creek 240 



Ocean shore of New Jersey 240 



Sandy Hook Bay .' 240 



Raritan Bay and River 241 



The shad fisheries of New York 242 



New York Bay 243 



Hudson River 245 



Great South Bay and Gardiner Bay 248 



Long Island Sound 248 



a. Nissequague River 249 



b. Little Neck Bay 249 



The shad fisheries of Connecticut 250 



Long Island Sound 250 



Thames River 252 



Connecticut River 253 



a. Farmington River 257 



Housatonic River 257 



The shad fisheries of Rhode Island 258 



Ocean shore of Rhode 1 sland 259 



Narragansett Bay and tributaries 259 



The shad fisheries of Massachusetts 260 



Taunton River 60 



Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound 261 



Capo Cod anil Massachusetts bays 261 



Merrimac River 262 



The shad fisheries of Maine 263 



Saco River 264 



Casco Bay 264 



Kennebec River and tributaries 265 



a. Androscoggin River 267 



b. Eastern River 267 



Penobscot River and Bay 268 



Pleasant and Harrington rivers 269 



