SHAD FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC COAST. 



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Statement of the number of persons employed in the shad fisheries of the Atlantic coast of 



the United States in 1896. 



a 8 wheel, 6 cast-net. 



6 Wheel. 



c 3 hedge, 6 fall-trap. dFall-trap. e Spear. 



Statement of the boats, apparatus, etc., employed in the shad fisheries of the Atlantic coast 

 of the United States in 1896. 



States. 



Florida 



Georgia 



South Carolina . 

 North Carolina. 



Virginia 



Maryland 



Delaware 



Pennsylvania . . 



New Jersey 



New York 



Connecticut 



Rhode Island . . 

 Maine 



Total. 



Boats. 



No. Value. 



251 



495 



799 



2,831 



2,028 



1,976 



350 



468 



1,180 



547 



102 



3 



281 



11,311 



472, 044 



Drift nets. 



No. 



191 



280 

 271 

 377 

 1,370 

 2,638 

 309 

 173 

 848 

 450 



228 

 7, 227 



Length 

 (yards). 



Value. 



91, 550 { 



36. 994! 



85, 947| 



34,682, 

 298, 043 

 472, 138 

 107, 361 



70, 770 

 546, 807 

 624, 265 



20, 193 



517, 350 



11, 788 

 15, 490 



6,063 

 25, 998 

 44, 464 



12, 971 

 11, 028 

 94, 518 

 30, 189 



4,265 



56, 298 2, 870 



2, 445, 048,276, 994 



Stake nets. 



No. 



10 

 148 



128 

 57, 787 

 9,378 

 3,955 



7 



2,627 

 1,403 



75, 443 



Length 



(yards). 



Value, 



850 



3, 288! 1, 292 



8, 390! 3, 346 



103,872 73,874 



90,214 10,949 



84, 588i 9, 532 



2, 700 240 



56, 826 

 33, 895 



16, 131 

 3,878 



l,384,623!ll9.442 



Seines. 



No. 



2-1 



22 

 230 

 42 

 90 

 68 

 96 

 87 

 41 

 17 



a2 

 719 



Length 

 (yds.). 



7,150 



1,635 

 76, 658 

 24, 36] 

 33, 349 



8,307 

 19, 305 

 19, 190 

 28, 820 



3,048 



Value. 



2,175 



931 



56, 561 



19, 005 



25, 816 



3,187 



12,285 



14, 663 



5,840 



1,243 



ol purse seine, 960 yards long, worth $350. 

 6 3 cast nets and 80 wheels and fall traps. 

 c Wheels. 



dZ hedges and 19 fall traps. 

 e Fall traps or fish pots. 



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